Senior Front-End Engineer (Singapore / Asia)

Goodnotes; Remote; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to work on innovative cross-platform applications. Responsibilities include building prototypes, improving app performance, and maintaining existing projects. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience, expertise in React and TypeScript, and a strong foundation in Computer Science. The role offers flexible working hours, medical insurance, and equity in a profitable startup.

Benefits

Remote, flexible working

Medical insurance for you and your dependents

Great annual leave allowance

Equity in a profitable tech startup

Sponsored visits to our Hong Kong or London office every 2 years

Qualifications

• Experience building cross-platform SDKs for shipping non-trivial apps.
• Can ship high-quality products efficiently following best practices.
• Excellent storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Bring iOS App to cross platforms using cross-platform SDKs.
• Rapidly build prototypes from mockups.
• Improve rendering performance and memory optimizations.
• Support and maintain existing applications.

Skills

Building modern web applications using React/Redux

Expertise with TypeScript

Strong problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Experience building PWA

Education

Minimum 5 years of related working experience

Strong fundamentals in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Cross-platform SDKs

Job description

Senior Front-End Engineer (Singapore / Asia)

At Goodnotes, we believe that every individual holds untapped potential waiting to be unleashed. By reimagining the way we interact with information, we’re merging human creativity with the breakthrough capabilities of AI. Our renewed vision and mission drive us to create the best medium for human and AI collaboration, empowering users to explore new dimensions of productivity, creativity, and learning. Join us on this journey as we transform digital note‑taking into an inspiring and innovative experience.

Our Values:

• Dream big — Be visionary, strategic, and open to innovation
• Build great things — Work in service of our users, always improving and pushing higher
• Operate like an owner — Take responsibility with bold decision‑making and bias for action
• Win like a sports team — Be trusting and collaborative while empowering others
• Learn and grow fast — Never stop learning and iterate fast
• Share our passion — Share ideas and practice enthusiasm and joy
• Be user obsessed — Empathetic, inquisitive, practical

About the Team: Multiple teams are hiring concurrently for this function. Still, regardless, you will be part of a small, cross‑functional, autonomous, distributed team across Europe and Asia in charge of one part of the product or the business end‑to‑end. You will have shared time for collaborative activities such as planning, retros, stand‑ups, and brainstorming sessions. Some interesting challenges the teams face are implementing new technologies such as AI, for multiple platforms, and dozens of millions of users.

This is the role for you, if you’re excited to work on the things listed below:

• Bring our core iOS App to cross platforms i.e. Web, Android and Windows systems, based on scope and requirements, using cross‑platform SDKs.
• Rapidly build prototypes/simulations from mockups that can be directly implemented.
• Improve rendering performance and memory optimizations to create a performant UX.
• Support, maintenance and ongoing development for existing applications and projects.
• Unit‑test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Shipping Progressive Web Apps (PWA) to various platforms utilising latest technologies.

The skills you will need to be successful in the above:

• Experience building modern web applications using libraries and frameworks like React/Redux.
• Expertise with TypeScript; familiarity with Swift a plus.
• At least 5 years of related working experience; we welcome very senior developers who can lead complex initiatives.
• Experience building cross‑platform SDKs for shipping one or more non‑trivial apps on respective app stores.
• Expertise in cloud storage, deployment and computing. We use AWS but we’re open to other platform experience.
• Can ship great quality products efficiently, you follow best practices (CI/CD, automated testing, version control).
• Strong fundamentals in Computer Science, you know how things work under the hood.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and story‑telling skills.
• Experience building PWA with offline capabilities, bonus if you have used WebAssembly (WASM).

At Goodnotes, we want to build a team as diverse as our user base. Even if you don’t meet all the above requirements, you may still be a great fit for the role, so please consider still applying. If you align with our values, are passionate about our product and what you do, we would love to hear from you!

The interview process:

• Introduction: The Talent Team will want to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes.
• Hackerrank Assessment: A short online coding skills test.
• 1 Live Coding & 1 Technical Interview: Conducted by one of our Engineers.
• Hiring Manager Call: A conversation with your hiring manager — the person who will support your day‑to‑day work, guide your growth and development, and help you navigate your career at Goodnotes.
• Values Interview: A session with members of the Goodnotes team, focusing on questions related to values/operating principles.
• AI Literacy Interview: Focused on understanding your experience with AI tools, your understanding of how they work, and how you see AI enhancing or impacting your work in the future.

What’s in it for you:

• Remote, flexible working
• Flexible working hours and location
• Medical insurance for you and your dependents
• Great annual leave allowance
• Meaningful equity in a profitable tech startup
• Budget for things like noise‑cancelling headphones, setting up your home office, personal development, professional training, and health & wellness
• Sponsored visits to our Hong Kong or London office every 2 years
• Company‑wide annual offsite
• Fantastic maternity/paternity packages and allowances

Note: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks, including verification of employment, education, and criminal records.

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