Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure at Notion

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SaaSIndustries

Requirements

  • Hands-on software engineer experienced in contributing to large codebases and establishing strong patterns in greenfield projects
  • Test-driven development mindset, carefully considering production impacts and validating changes
  • Expertise with cloud concepts, particularly in networking and compute optimization
  • Builds observability tools to validate changes and programmatically catch regressions
  • Startup mentality: comfortable in fast-moving, unstructured hyper-growth environments
  • Understands importance of setting long-term engineering quality while making difficult prioritizations
  • Pragmatic and business-oriented: prioritizes projects based on business impact, balancing craft, speed, and bottom line

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategy and execution across compute, networking, and resource orchestration for scalable, reliable, secure platform serving 100M+ users
  • Handle container orchestration, cloud cost efficiency, resilience, global expansion, compliance, and performance
  • Build next-generation self-service platform, partnering with product engineers for rapid, reliable deployments with guardrails, reducing friction for hundreds of developers
  • Maintain high-quality bar for all team shipments
  • Lead operational excellence: guide through high-severity incidents, eliminate observability gaps, improve incident response, uphold reliability standards
  • Participate in sustainable on-call rotation and shape Notion’s reliability culture

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure
Container Orchestration
Kubernetes
Networking
Compute
Resource Orchestration
Cloud Cost Efficiency
Resilience

Notion

Versatile productivity and collaboration platform

About Notion

Notion is a workspace platform designed to enhance productivity and collaboration for a wide range of users, from startups to large enterprises. It combines various tools into a single platform, allowing teams to write, plan, and share their work efficiently. Users can start with a free version and upgrade to paid plans as their needs grow. Key features include customizable notes and documents, project management tools, and a drag-and-drop interface for easy page creation. Notion also includes an AI-powered Q&A feature that provides instant answers to user queries, helping to centralize knowledge. The platform supports multiple languages and has a strong global community that contributes content and organizes events.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2016Year Founded
$325.9MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

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

Risks

Increased competition from AI-enhanced tools like Evernote.
Potential trust issues with AI features due to factual inaccuracies.
User resistance to adopting new productivity tools.

Differentiation

Notion combines note-taking, task management, and databases into a single platform.
The platform offers customizable workspaces for personal and collaborative use.
Notion AI assists with tasks like text generation and predictive analytics.

Upsides

Integration with Slack and Google Drive enhances workflow automation.
Acquisition of Skiff strengthens Notion's privacy offerings.
Standalone apps like Notion Calendar expand Notion's modular productivity solutions.

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