Software Engineer, Early Career

Notion is building a collaborative AI workspace. This early career software engineering role involves shaping core user experiences, working across product features, AI, growth, and platform/infrastructure teams.

• Plan, build, and ship product features from conception to launch, then iterate based on insights and customer feedback
• Improve performance, reliability, and quality of key experiences used by millions of users and thousands of organizations
• Run experiments that drive activation, retention, collaboration, and revenue, partnering with design, data science, and research
• Build internal tools and platform improvements that help all engineers ship quickly and safely
• Contribute to team norms, code quality, and a culture of learning and thoughtful tradeoffs
• Areas: Core Notion product features (editor, databases, sharing), AI and automation, Growth and activation, Platform and infrastructure

• Less than two years of engineering experience
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
• Thoughtful problem-solving: approach problems holistically, navigate ambiguity, decompose complex problems
• Impact-driven approach to technology: see technologies as tools to achieve user impact
• Proactive communication and high agency: own your work, communicate clearly, show initiative
• Nice to have: experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, and Elasticsearch
• Nice to have: care about interaction between technology and society
• Nice to have: familiarity with computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay