Software Engineer, Collections Experience

Software Engineer building innovative database features for Notion, collaborating across teams in San Francisco and New York City.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $272,000 - $320,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

TypeScript

Key responsibilities & impact

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 our 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 to scope
Raise the bar on code review, testing, and technical design across the team

What you’ll need

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: you can take a vague problem, propose a solid technical approach, and know when to cut scope
Experience on systems where data model decisions have long-lived consequences (databases, permissions, collaborative editing, or similar)

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptdatabase designpermission modelscode reviewtestingtechnical designtool developmentcollaborative editingdata modeling

Soft Skills

strong technical judgmentproduct instinctscollaborationproblem-solvingscope management