Engineer, Backend
Notability2 months ago
Base Salary
$120k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own core backend features spanning client interactions, API requests, database queries, and scalability challenges.
- Ship stable, readable, and well-tested code serving Notability’s business.
- Communicate clearly and proactively through written communication, conversations, AI-assisted workflows, and pull request descriptions.
- Drive work to completion by navigating ambiguity, feedback, and edge cases.
- Solve difficult problems in unfamiliar areas and collaborate across disciplines.
- Balance product and technical needs through open collaboration.
Requirements
- Evidence of shipping something real professionally or independently.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
- Good judgment and ownership of outcomes rather than tasks.
- Strong collaboration, trust-building, and feedback skills.
- Solid understanding of web fundamentals, including browsers, networks, asynchronous behavior, and application state.
- Fluency with AI coding tools.
- Demonstrated curiosity through something independently built, written, or figured out.
Benefits
- Base salary, bonuses, and profit sharing.
- Stock option equity awards.
- Fully covered medical, dental, and vision healthcare for employees and families.
- Flexible work and vacation schedules.
- 401(k) with matching contributions.
- Matching gifts to nonprofits.
- Lunch stipend when working from headquarters.
- Public transit stipend, home workstation reimbursement, ISP stipend, and monthly phone bill stipend.
- Hybrid work model with a minimum of two days onsite per week in downtown San Francisco and remote flexibility the rest of the week.
- Flexible schedules, work-life balance, and an as-long-as-you-get-your-work-done approach to time off.
Tech Stack
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About Notability
Notability builds a digital note‑taking app that combines handwriting, typing, PDF annotation, and searchable audio recording for students, educators, and professionals. The product is available on iPad, iPhone, and Mac and is distributed through the App Store with a freemium model and optional subscription for advanced features. It is a privately held company focused on education and productivity use cases used globally in classrooms, study, and work settings.