Notion

Software Engineer, Collections Experience at Notion (San Francisco, CA)

Notion· San Francisco, CA· $272k–$320k·

Role details

Salary
$272k–$320k
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Skills
TypeScriptDatabase ModelingPermissions SystemsBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentWorkflow ToolsSpreadsheet ToolsAI/Agent ToolingLLM-driven Product Experiences
Benefits

Competitive Cash Compensation · Equity · Benefits

Notion at a glance

Notion is an all-in-one AI workspace that combines docs, wikis, databases, and project management into a single customizable platform, now built around AI agents that answer questions and automate recurring work.

Notion is a single, block-based workspace that lets teams build docs, wikis, databases, and project trackers in one customizable place instead of stitching together separate tools. Notion AI sits on top, answering questions with citations from the workspace and connected apps, taking meeting notes, and running Custom Agents that automate recurring work. It serves everyone from individuals to enterprises like Toyota, OpenAI, and Figma.

$343M raised · latest: Series C · $275M · October 2021 · $10B valuation · backed by Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Coatue Management, GIC

Summary

Design and ship new database properties, views, and permission models for Notion's database block. Collaborate with product and design teams to build scalable data models and improve the developer experience for complex workflows.

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together youtube.com/watch We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion.

Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Collections Experience owns the product experience for Notion’s database block and everything on top of it: properties, views, forms, permissions, and many more features. If you’ve ever typed /database in a Notion page, you’ve already used something our team built.

We’re hiring an experienced software engineer to accelerate our mission to build a flexible, reliable, and intuitive primitive that gives everyone the power to model their work exactly as they imagine— from simple lists to the most complex workflows.

We’re 8+ engineers, designers, and PMs across SF and NYC. You’ll work across the stack in TypeScript, ship features that touch both the data model and the UI, and help shape where the database block goes next.

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE

  • Design and ship new database properties and views that expand what people can model in Notion
  • Design permission models that hold up at the scale of our largest customers
  • Partner with the Agent team to grow what Notion Agent can do with databases, from tool development to eval-driven iteration
  • Collaborate closely with product and design on features that are ambiguous up front and require strong technical judgment to scope
  • Raise the bar on code review, testing, and technical design across the team

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING

  • 10+ years shipping production software, with a strong track record of owning features end-to-end
  • Fluency with TypeScript across both backend and frontend
  • Strong product instincts: you can take a vague problem, propose a solid technical approach, and know when to cut scope
  • Experience on systems where data model decisions have long-lived consequences (databases, permissions, collaborative editing, or similar)
  • You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.

NICE TO HAVES

  • Experience building database, spreadsheet, or workflow tools
  • Background in permissions or authorization systems at scale
  • Familiarity with AI/agent tooling, evals, or LLM-driven product experiences

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $213,000 - $320,000 per year.

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A NOTE ON AI

You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we'll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & ACCOMMODATIONS

We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Why work at Notion

  • Culture: Engineering-driven, transparent, and kind. Values include “Customer in every room,” “Own the outcome,” “Why not today?,” and “Direct and kind.”
  • Work policy: Hybrid – required in-office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday; remote flexibility the other two days. Offices in major global cities.
  • Compensation: Competitive – median engineer total compensation ~$330K, top-end ~$735K (2026 data). Includes equity, bonuses, and benefits.
  • Benefits: Fully covered medical/dental/vision, flexible PTO, paid parental leave, mental health services (therapy, coaching), family-forming/fertility support, monthly lifestyle stipend, learning & development funds, commuter benefits, retirement plan with match, and more.
  • Growth: 148 open roles across engineering, product, design, sales, customer experience, and more – strong signal of active scaling.
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Explicit DEI programs, gender affirmation funds, and a commitment to building a diverse team.

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