Software Engineer, Public API

San Francisco, California, United States

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$150,000 – $220,000Compensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Software Development, API DevelopmentIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, building scalable technology, and have experience mentoring other software engineers. They should be pragmatic and business-oriented, prioritizing projects based on their impact and understanding the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line. Experience building interfaces or tools for external developers to use, or a strong motivation to learn best practices in this domain, is also required.

Responsibilities

The Software Engineer will help architect new classes of APIs that can be composed together by partner and customer developers to solve users’ needs, understand the developer use cases and ensure they are well supported in the APIs they design and implement, and improve the usability, performance, reliability, and architecture of the externally facing developer APIs service and system.

Skills

API Design

Scalable Technology

Mentoring

Pragmatic

Business-Oriented

Developer Tools

Architecture

Performance Optimization

Reliability

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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