299K–334K USD / year
Software Engineer, User Database Infrastructure
BackendHybrid — San Francisco, California
Published on 2026-09-16
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About this role
The role involves building scalable database infrastructures to support knowledge workers. The engineer will lead technical direction for a new product, collaborating with customers to enhance performance and usability.
About the company
Notion builds an all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, wikis, and project management. It serves individuals and teams that want connected knowledge and work in one place.
The team
Engineering
Stack
PostgresGoTypeScriptNode.jsReact
What you'll do
- Take a new product from alpha to general availability
- Improve query execution and data loading performance
- Ensure reliable schema changes and concurrent writes
- Simplify database provisioning and migrations
- Automate database operations and enhance observability
What we're looking for
- Production relational database experience (Postgres or MySQL)
- 10+ years of engineering experience with technical leadership
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals
- Systematic approach to performance optimization
- Product judgment and focus on user experience
- Willingness to work across the stack
- Fluency with AI-assisted engineering
Nice to have
- Experience with database fleet management
- Deep Postgres expertise
- Building query layers and permission systems