Notability is an industry-leading note-taking application with expressive drawing capabilities that make full use of the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro. The 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. Notability's mission is to help people learn. The company is behind Ginger Labs, founded in 2008, which originally launched with SoundAMP (a hearing aid app for iPhone). Notability's audio features sprang from SoundAMP's technology to assist students with different learning styles.
Notability develops the iOS app for note-taking, PDF annotation, and digital learning. The iOS engineering team builds features for handwriting and drawing (Apple Pencil, pressure sensitivity, customizable tools), PDF annotation and import, audio recording and Note Replay (syncs recordings with ink), AI-powered Learn features (flashcards, quizzes, chat with notes), Multi-Note (side-by-side viewing), iCloud sync and auto-backup, and cross-platform support (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android). Engineers work with Swift, Apple technologies, and graphics systems for rich content including ink, images, PDFs, text, and animation.
Notability hires for multiple iOS roles:
Key qualifications include strong computer science fundamentals, experience shipping high-performance applications, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a passion for building products that customers love. Roles follow a hybrid model with a minimum of two days onsite at the downtown San Francisco office. Compensation ranges from $160K to $250K for senior roles, with equity, profit sharing, comprehensive healthcare, 401k matching, and flexible work schedules.
Notability helps millions of students, educators, and professionals learn better through powerful, intuitive note-taking. iOS engineers work on graphics systems, AI-powered study tools, and cross-platform experiences that blend the natural expressiveness of paper with digital capabilities. If you're passionate about education, design, and building products that fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate, Notability offers a mission-driven, collaborative environment with competitive compensation, work-life balance, and the chance to shape the future of learning.
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