Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure at Notion

New York, New York, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Technology, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

Backend engineering experience
Data infrastructure experience
Search infrastructure experience
Queueing systems experience
At-least-once message delivery experience
Multi-stage data pipelines experience
Distributed systems experience
Track record of shipping scalable and reliable user-facing products
Thriving in cross-functional collaboration (especially with product, design, infrastructure, or data teams)
Computer science background or equivalent technical experience
(Nice to have) Experience building full-text search using e.g., Lucene, Elasticsearch, Solr
(Nice to have) Experience designing, building, and maintaining complex distributed systems

Responsibilities

Denormalize, preprocess, and index any and every type of Notion content that users might find useful
Find opportunities up and down the stack to maintain Notion’s quick indexing latency
Drive correctness and consistency, ensuring every change in the application is reflected in search indices
Scale search infrastructure up and out, owning hardware and index configurations
Drive to best-in-class user privacy, security, and Enterprise-level features
Own feature-store infrastructure, enabling multiple teams to access high-value information quickly and cheaply
Work with product engineers across the organization, consulting on data modeling and ingesting new content types

Skills

Search Indexing

Data Denormalization

Low Latency Indexing

Distributed Systems

Infrastructure Scaling

Hardware Provisioning

Index Configuration

Data Consistency

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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