Notability
We’re best known for Notability - an industry-leading app that brings the expressivity of paper to the digital world. Our mission is to help people learn, think, and collaborate more effectively.
For over fifteen years, our growing team has designed intuitive software used by millions around the world. We think deeply about users’ needs and believe the best ideas can come from anywhere. That mindset shapes both our products and our company: we value clear thinking, great design, and thoughtful collaboration.
We’re profitable, proudly independent (no outside investors), and based in downtown San Francisco. Our hybrid work policy supports flexibility, and we actively promote work-life balance. We offer competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a culture where people are trusted to do their best work - without burnout.
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Sr DevSecOps Engineer
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
We're looking for a Sr DevSecOps Engineer with strong network security expertise to help build, secure, and maintain our cloud infrastructure. You'll build infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and defensive security measures to ensure our systems are reliable, scalable, and secure.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (GCP)
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
- Implement network security controls, including firewalls, VPNs, and segmentation
- Monitor systems for security threats and respond to incidents
- Manage container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform
- Conduct security audits and implement remediation measures
- Implement observability solutions (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)
- Collaborate with development teams on secure architecture decisions
- Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization
- Maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies
What You Need
- 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering
- Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, CDNs)
- Experience with security tools (WAFs, CNAPP, IDS/IPS, SIEM, SOAR)
- Extensive knowledge of secure best practices for Cloud based Infrastructure
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, Go)
- You speak and write in Infrastructure as code, with an enthusiasm for automation, and a passion for scalable and reproducible security practices
- You possess broad security knowledge to connect the dots across domains and identify holistic ways to decrease the overall threat surface
- Have a strong grasp of offensive security to anticipate risks from an adversary's perspective, not just check compliance boxes
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO27001, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS)
- Proficiency with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty)
- Knowledge of secrets management and identity/access management
- Excellent communication skills
- Bring experience with modern application stacks, infrastructure, and security tools to implement pragmatic defenses
- Experience with vulnerability management and threat hunting
Bonus Points
- Experience with Typescript and SQL
- Security certifications (CISSP, CEH, AWS Security Specialty)
- Experience with zero-trust architecture
- Background in penetration testing or vulnerability assessment
For this position we are targeting a base pay between $185,000-$243,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Engineer, Android
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
We are looking for an Engineer to join our Android team, with experience developing exceptional and innovative Android applications.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and implement a complex and high-performing native Android application
- Solve difficult technical problems with a cutting edge Android stack
- Participate in code reviews and conversations on software development best practices
- Communicate progress and risks to the team
- Build a product that our customers genuinely love!
What You Need
- 1-2 years of experience developing, architecting, optimizing and shipping high performance Android applications written in Kotlin
- Strong computer science fundamentals and problem- solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication & collaboration skills
- Passionate about solutions while humble in the face of opposing ideas
- Desire to embrace the way engineering is changing (more immutable data, functional patterns, etc.) while also being intensely pragmatic
- Experience with large Android codebases and complex, high-performance apps is a plus
- Experience with Jetpack compose is highly desirable
For this position we are targeting a base pay between $120,000 - $175,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Senior Marketing Manager, Lifecycle
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
We are looking for a data-driven and strategic Senior Marketing Manager, Lifecycle to run global marketing campaigns across dynamic user segments. The perfect candidate for this role will have experience in a small startup culture, can balance the intersection of product strategy, monetization, and engineering excellence, and has flexibility to gather and adapt to changing requirements based on customer and business needs.
What You’ll Do:
- You will join a talented Marketing team contributing to user growth and retention for global user base, including our key markets
- You will work alongside other marketers, engineers, product managers, designers, and the wider Notability team
- This role will also contribute to the creation and scaling of our lifecycle marketing programs, particularly in improving user engagement, retention, and monetization across our app ecosystem
- Lifecycle Strategy & Execution: Design, implement, and optimize lifecycle campaigns (onboarding, engagement, conversion, churn prevention, reactivation) to improve user retention and revenue outcomes. You should have proven experience running campaigns end-to-end, from planning to iteration
- Cross-Functional Project Management: Partner closely with Product, Marketing, Design, Data, and Engineering teams to execute campaigns on time and align CRM efforts with broader company initiatives
- User Channel Operation: Manage multichannel communications (email, push notifications, in-app messages, and product surfaces) with a clear understanding of each channel’s purpose, strengths, and performance metrics
- Experimentation & Optimization: Develop a testing roadmap, run A/B tests, and continuously optimize campaigns based on user behavior and performance insights. Contribute to conversion journeys and upsell opportunities within the subscription funnel
- User, Revenue & Dashboard Insights: Analyze CRM performance, user trends, and monetization metrics. Build dashboards to track lifecycle impact and surface actionable insights. Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders and translate them into scalable strategies
What You Need:
- 5-8+ years of experience in CRM, including lifecycle marketing, ideally in a subscription-based mobile or web product with a global user base in the millions.
- Strong understanding of user journey mapping and frameworks across acquisition, engagement, conversion, and retention
- Hands-on experience with CRM platforms (e.g., Braze), analytics tools (e.g., Amplitude, Looker, Hex), and A/B testing frameworks
- Proven experience managing CRM campaigns end-to-end — from strategy and content briefing to launch, analysis, and iteration
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and manage complex timelines with multiple stakeholders
- Comfortable working with user and revenue data to inform decisions, with strong data literacy and analytical mindset
For this position we are targeting a base pay between $160K - $200k. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Senior Engineer, Backend
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
We are looking for a developer with experience building and supporting complex consumer-facing web services and applications who will help us build and scale the future of Notability. Right now we are preparing to release a feature that allows users to collaborate together on their notes in real time. Another big feature we are working on is Learn, which is our AI-generated study experience that allows users to summarize and interactively quiz themselves on their notes.
What You'll Do
- Iterate with the team on product definition and implementation with a focus on the end user's experience, scalability, and security
- Specify, build, and maintain services, APIs, and features for the product
- Create and support robust integration, testing, deployment, alerting, and monitoring systems
- Perform code reviews and participate in design discussions
- Mentor junior developers
- You will also be on-call for the backend services we are building.
What You Need
- 7+ years of experience
- Strong computer science fundamentals and problem solving skills
- A user-centric mindset
- Expert proficiency with SQL, Typescript, and Node
- Experience with GraphQL and/or REST
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud service, such as AWS or GCP
- Experience with pub/sub systems and streaming platforms
- Experience with large-scale, reliable, and low-latency distributed systems
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong desire to grow and learn new things
Bonus Points
- Experience developing features that utilize LLMs such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude
- Experience with CRDTs
For this position we are targeting a base pay between $160,000-$240,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Senior Product Manager, iOS
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
The perfect candidate for this role will have experience in a small startup culture, can balance the intersection of product strategy, monetization, and engineering excellence, and has flexibility to gather and adapt to changing requirements based on customer and business needs.
What You’ll Do:
- Customer Centric: Be the advocate for our customers, ensuring their needs and feedback are heard, captured, and prioritized
- Strategic Planning: Work with our Director of Product and our CPO to create roadmaps for our product to create cohesive strategies across customer personas.
- Market Analysis & Research: Conduct user interviews with existing and prospective customers to learn about our customers needs and pain points. Gather market insights and competitor analysis to develop product-market fit and target key audiences.
Marketing and Acquisition: Partner with marketing on attribution, deep linking, and campaign performance. Develop and experiment with onboarding funnels to optimize for new user activation and monetization.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate product delivery with other Product leads, model teams, and Customer Relations heads to ensure successful product adoption and success.
- Execution: Work closely with our Design and Engineering teams to create agile and iterative product development, meet timelines and launch window goals.
- Analytics driven: Conduct experiments for new user acquisition, activation, and pricing models. Measure results after product delivery to determine solution success. Develop KPIs for the customer persona to understand engagement and retention.
- Product Innovation: Identify areas of opportunity for new integrations into our product and tech stack for adoption and growth. Stay up to date on product trends and emerging technologies that could solve customer needs and bring business.
What You Need:
- 5-8 years of experience as a Product Manager or owner, with 2-3 years experience in B2C specifically
- Experience with B2C sales of SaaS and technology solutions
- Outstanding communication skills
- Experience with prioritization frameworks, roadmapping, and requirements creation
- Strong analytical skills
Bonus Qualifications:
- Love of user research, prototype testing, and design iteration
- Interest or experience in developing AI driven product solutions
For this position we are targeting a base pay between $160K - $220k. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Android Software Engineer Co-op
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Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.
As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.
We are looking for candidates with development experience ready to help build and launch Notability for Android, a new app aimed at replicating one of the top productivity apps in the App Store for iPad in the Google play ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Build new features for the Notability Android app
- Work with product and design to squash bugs before the open Beta
- Collaborate with a team of experienced engineers
- Contribute ideas and enthusiasm to make Notability even better
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled as a student studying towards an undergraduate degree in Computer Science
- Minimum 3.2 GPA
- Experience in Kotlin programming
- Interest in developing for the Android framework
- Strong understanding of programming fundamentals and object oriented design
- Desire to build and release production-ready code
- Eagerness to learn new things
- Focus on user experience and fulfilling customer needs
Bonus Points
- Experience using Notability or other note-taking apps
- Created your own Android app or past Android development experience
- Experience working with any Intellij IDE
This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.
How We Work
Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.
When We Work
We actively promote work-life balance. Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.
Why You'd Love Working Here
We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, and a well-stocked kitchen full of goodies to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth. We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
- Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible work and vacation schedules
- 401k with matching contributions
- Matching gifts to nonprofits
- Lunch Stipend (When Working from HQ)
- Public transit stipend
- Home workstation reimbursement
- ISP stipend
- Monthly phone bill stipend
Notability is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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