Software Engineer, Product Infrastructure

About this role

Notion is seeking a Software Engineer for their Product Infrastructure team to design and build core frameworks that enable data reading/writing across the platform. You'll create abstractions that solve cross-stack problems, improve developer productivity, and unblock new product capabilities while working from San Francisco or New York City offices.

What you'll do

• Build core frameworks for reading and writing data in Notion using AWS, Postgres, NodeJS, TypeScript, and React
• Design new systems and abstractions that improve developer productivity, reliability, and performance
• Solve complex technical challenges like content graph traversal, offline sync systems, and permission model scaling
• Integrate feedback from internal product teams to shape infrastructure solutions
• Collaborate cross-functionally to unblock product development across multiple surfaces

What they're looking for

• Problem decomposition and analytical thinking
• Backend development (NodeJS, TypeScript, Postgres, AWS)
• Frontend development (React, TypeScript)
• Systems design and abstraction creation
• Pragmatic prioritization balancing craft and speed
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation ($209,000 - $240,000 base in SF/NYC)
• Equity
• Hybrid work schedule with in-office anchor days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
• Work on foundational infrastructure impacting millions of users
• Opportunity to shape core product abstractions