COREDUMP #016: From Startup to Global Brand: Scaling Engineering at reMarkable

Bringing a connected product from idea to millions of users is hard enough.

Doing it while maintaining exceptional quality and a premium user experience? Even harder.

In this episode of Coredump Sessions, Nico Cormier, CTO at reMarkable, joins Memfault co-founders François Baldassari and Chris Coleman for a candid conversation about what it takes to lead technical teams through rapid growth, evolving product requirements, and complex operational challenges.

Best known for their distraction-free paper tablets, reMarkable has grown from a startup with homegrown systems to a global brand with a multi-million-device fleet. Along the way, they’ve navigated everything from release bottlenecks and fragmented tooling to launching entirely new product lines—all without compromising on quality.

We’ll explore:

• How to keep engineering velocity high while protecting product quality
• Building resilient release processes that scale with your fleet
• Balancing innovation (like AI features) with operational stability
• Structuring teams for cross-functional collaboration between platform, product, and support
• Lessons learned in expanding from consumer to enterprise markets

Whether you’re scaling your first connected product or leading a seasoned engineering org, this conversation offers practical, battle-tested insights for building and maintaining great devices at scale.