Software Engineer, Collections Experience

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹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 Notion's 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
• ▹Raise the bar on code review, testing, and technical design across the team

Requirements

• ▹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: proposing a solid technical approach to a vague problem and knowing when to cut scope
• ▹Experience on systems where data model decisions have long-lived consequences (databases, permissions, collaborative editing, or similar)
• ▹Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI tools to work smarter

Nice to have

• ▹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

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits
• ▹San Francisco or New York City office, with Anchor Days in-office

About the company

Notion's Collections Experience team builds the database block and everything on top of it — if you've ever typed /database in a Notion page, you've used something the team built. The team is 8+ engineers, designers, and PMs across SF and NYC.