Notion · 1 month ago
Software Engineer, Product Security
San Francisco, California
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$240K/yr - $290K/yrNotion is a company that helps teams streamline their work by providing a unified platform for various tools. They are seeking a Software Engineer in Product Security to ensure the security of their platform and users, working closely with multiple teams to build a secure foundation and mentor other engineers on best practices.
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Responsibilities
You'll help scale the engineering organization and mentor engineers on best practices in secure software design and architecture
You’ll enable the growth of Notion’s business by building a secure foundation that earns the trust of Notion’s users
You’ll design, implement, and (where possible) automate a software development life cycle that balances good vulnerability and risk detection coverage with developer velocity
You'll act as a liaison for multiple stakeholders across product, engineering, go to market, and security ops / compliance, to guide and prioritize the right security investments
You'll participate in security assessments and advise on both internal and customer security and privacy needs (e.g. SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, penetration testing, enterprise asks)
Qualification
Required
Experience building systems to secure and monitor cloud architectures
Ability to contribute directly to the main codebase to raise the bar on security systems design and address vulnerabilities
Experience in threat modeling
Experience securing a cloud-based infrastructure (e.g. AWS)
Experience designing a secure development life cycle (design reviews, CI / CD integrations, bug bounty program)
Experience in application security consulting
Experience in secure library and framework development
Experience in vulnerability discovery and response
Ability to implement core security features like authentication to detecting and mitigating malicious activity
Experience in offensive thinking (e.g. pentesting, red teaming)
Experience debugging systems in production
Ability to continuously improve production components with minimal user disruption
Ability to model threat risks and balance the right security investments with the right bottom line outcomes
Ability to learn new technologies as you go
Ability to communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether in writing or brainstorming
Ability to engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and compromise when needed
Enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals
Care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same
Preferred
Experience maintaining continuous controls and participating in audits in relation to customer facing certifications (like SOC2)
Experience leading engineering teams with a security focus
Experience managing, maintaining, and monitoring systems using technologies like Amazon Web Services, Datadog, Postgres, Redis, Memcached, and Elasticsearch
Benefits
Highly competitive cash compensation
Equity
Benefits
Company
Notion
Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.
Founded in 2016
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (31)
2024 (23)
2023 (9)
2022 (22)
2021 (7)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$343.2MKey Investors
Index VenturesFirst Round Capital
2025-12-15Secondary Market
2021-10-08Series C· $275M
2020-04-02Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Akshay Kothari
COO
Ha Nguyen
Global Head of Demand Generation
Recent News
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2026-01-04
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