Staff Engineer, Web Apps

Ginger Labs pioneered the concept of digital paper when it released Notability in 2010 alongside the first iPad. 14 years later, we are developing the next generation of digital paper, enabling live collaboration on all digital platforms, improving the productivity of people in all walks of life. This new chapter of Notability unlocks new audiences, richer functionality, and expands our addressable market by billions.

The Staff Engineer is a technical leader responsible for driving critical architectural decisions, mentoring team members, and ensuring the long-term success of our nascent web app. This role involves deep understanding and stewardship of our current stack and the ability to guide the team through complex technical challenges as we build upon it. You’ll play a key role in shaping our evolving technical strategy and helping the team deliver consistently high quality results.

This role is hybrid, 2+ days per week in the San Francisco office, and other days from home.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the architecture and implementation of large-scale features and improvements across our web application platform
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, fostering their growth and development
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to define and execute on the technical roadmap
• Identify and proactively address technical debt and scalability challenges
• Evaluate and recommend technological changes or approaches to improve our development process and product quality
• Contribute to hiring decisions and help define engineering best practices
• Act as a technical liaison with other teams and stakeholders, effectively communicating complex technical concepts
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and effective collaboration across teams
• Make technical decisions with business strategy in mind

What You Need:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Expert-level knowledge of React, Redux, TypeScript, and modern front-end development practices
• Extensive experience with authentication, API query patterns, performant management of complex app state, and robust web application architectures
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization and scalability concerns
• Experience with system design and making architectural decisions that impact entire projects or product lines
• Expertise in coordinating the integration of designs or APIs from other teams or external providers, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance technical trade-offs
• Exceptional writing and communication skills, with the ability to successfully explain concepts to audiences of varying technical proficiency

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with Wasm, Tauri, Web Components, local-first web development, rendering engines like Three.js or PixiJS, or other emerging web technologies
• Involvement in the wider tech community through public speaking, technical instruction, or open-source contribution

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 keep work and life balanced. We set our schedules based on our excitement to solve a problem, and we trust each other to get things done. We work from home when it will help, and we have an “as long as you get your work done” vacation policy.

Where We Work

We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our open-plan office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, a well stocked kitchen full of goodies, a beautiful outdoor patio with city views and a shuffleboard table to help us stay coordinated (or to enjoy during happy hour :).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation in the form of 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
• Public transit reimbursement
• Home workstation reimbursement
• ISP reimbursement
• Monthly phone bill reimbursement

For this position we are targeting a base pay between $200,000-$260,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Ginger Labs, Inc. 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.