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Notion

Builds a workspace for notes, docs, and AI agents

Software Engineer - AI Connections, Developer Platform

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/17/2026
$272k - $304k/yr+ Equity
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San Francisco, CA, USA+1 moreMore locations: New York, NY, USA
HybridThree office days per week are required: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience 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, including the ability to take a vague problem, propose a sound technical approach, and determine when to cut scope.
  • Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI tools to work more effectively and deliver better results.
Responsibilities
  • Work with engineers and cross-functional partners across product, design, data science, and user research to define product strategy and drive execution through conception, research, implementation, and maintenance.
  • Evolve Developer Platform capabilities across APIs, MCP tools, and integration infrastructure to help customers automate workflows, customize Notion, and connect Notion to the tools and data they use every day.
  • Contribute to the performance, reliability, and robustness of the Notion product so it scales across many dimensions.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to identify and execute high-leverage technical investments that ensure the long-term flexibility and sustainability of core systems.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building developer tools such as APIs and SDKs.
  • Experience driving teams toward shared goals and balancing business priorities with individuals’ strengths, areas of interest, and career development goals.
  • Familiarity with AI/agent tooling, evaluations, or LLM-driven product experiences.

About the company

Notion builds a workspace app where people and teams write notes and documents, plan projects, and keep company wikis, all made from the same flexible blocks. It announced an AI writing assistant built on an OpenAI model in November 2022, two weeks before ChatGPT's launch set off the generative AI boom. A page can mix text, checklists, and databases that turn into task boards or calendars, while AI agents search the workspace and connected apps like Slack and run routine tasks on a schedule. Notion is free for individuals, and teams pay per-member subscriptions plus credits to run custom agents. Notion was founded in 2013, released its app in 2016, and is based in San Francisco.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Private

Total Funding

$335M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • AI pays off: customers using AI drove over 50% of Notion's recurring revenue in 2025, more than double 2024's share.
  • Equity turns into cash early: investors bought $270 million of staff shares in January 2026, open to nearly every employee.
  • Room to start a career: Notion listed 133 open roles in October 2026, including new-grad engineering jobs and 2027 internships.

What critics are saying

  • Equity has barely grown: Notion's valuation rose only from $10 billion in 2021 to $11 billion by January 2026.
  • Microsoft competes head-on at scale: its Loop app mirrors Notion, and Copilot passed 30 million paid seats in July 2026.
  • Expect three office days a week: Notion's October 2026 job posts require Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the office.

What makes Notion unique

  • Teams, not solo users, pay the bills: about 90% of Notion's business comes from shared team workspaces.
  • Unlike most startups, it funds itself: Notion has more cash than the $330 million it has raised, its COO said.
  • Startups' default workspace: Notion says 98% of the Forbes Cloud 100, the top private cloud companies, use it.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental & vision insurance
  • PTO
  • Mental health & wellbeing package
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility coverage
  • Retirement matching
  • Commuter benefits
  • Monthly stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

4%
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