Notion · 8 hours ago
Software Engineer, Primitive Foundations
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $240K/yr
3+ years expNotion is a company that helps users build beautiful tools for their work, providing a single platform for various tasks. The Software Engineer on the Primitive Foundations team will design, build, and evolve Notion’s core building blocks, shaping how teams create their own tools.
AppsCollaborationProduct ManagementReal TimeSoftware
Responsibilities
Shape Notion’s primitives: Work on the foundational pieces of Notion’s building blocks—such as databases, views, and layout systems—so they can support more complex and demanding workflows over time
Turn use cases into systems: Partner with other product teams to decompose user problems into primitive-level improvements, and design solutions that can be reused across many product areas
Ship impactful, user-facing products: Build polished, high-quality experiences in TypeScript and React that are used by millions of people, and iterate based on feedback and data
Multiply other teams: Create documentation, patterns, and APIs that make it easier for other teams at Notion to understand, extend, and compose primitives correctly
Improve reliability and performance: Identify and deliver technical investments that make our primitive systems more robust, observable, and performant as Notion scales
Qualification
Required
3+ years of professional experience (or equivalent): You've shipped meaningful product features to tens of thousands of users, and have taken multiple complex projects from design through launch. We're open to less tenure for exceptional candidates with strong signal
Full-stack product engineering experience: You are comfortable working in TypeScript and React on the frontend, and in Node.js or similar environments on the backend. You care about data modeling, API design, and how things are built end‑to‑end
Strong UI and UX sensibilities: You like spending time in the product, thinking about interaction details, and collaborating closely with designers and PMs to produce high-quality user experiences
Systems thinking: You naturally look for abstractions and patterns. You enjoy understanding how product and technical systems fit together, and you design solutions that scale across many use cases—not just the one immediately in front of you
Excellent collaboration and communication: You work well with engineers, PMs, designers, and GTM partners. You can explain complex technical ideas in clear language, and you engage thoughtfully with different perspectives
Deep familiarity with Notion: You've used Notion regularly for 1+ year, and you are a power user who understands its strengths, limitations, and pain points. You've built your own systems (databases, views, dashboards, or templates) and have ideas on how the primitives could be better
Preferred
High agency and ownership: You're comfortable working through ambiguity, proactively identifying what needs to be done, and driving projects forward. Side projects, open source, or examples of self-directed work are a plus
Experience with tools for thought or adjacent products: You have experience building flexible, composable tools that let users create their own productivity workflows
Talking to users: You're comfortable (and energized by) talking directly to customers or internal stakeholders, and using that feedback to shape your work
Breadth of interests: You have interests beyond pure engineering—such as design, writing, education, or other creative fields—and you bring that perspective into how you think about product and systems
Benefits
Highly competitive cash compensation
Equity
Benefits
Company
Notion
Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.
501-1000 employees
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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
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