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Software Engineer, Early Career (AI)

Builds and ships AI-powered features in Notion using LLMs and embeddings, from product integration to evals and latency or cost improvements. For engineers with under two years of experience who have explored AI through projects, internships or hackathons.

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Where

San Francisco, California

Hybrid
Experience

0 to 2 years

Pay

Pay not stated

Type

Full-time

Posted 6 Jul 2026

What they ask for

LLMsEmbeddingsEvalsPostgresMySQLAPIsData Structures

How Notion hires

  1. 1

    Recruiter screen

    Recruiter screen · 30 min · Single account

    A short call about your background and why Notion, sometimes with a product question about the app itself.

  2. 2

    Take-home project (some roles)

    Take-home assignment · Single account

    Some candidates report a multi-day coding assignment, often a simplified block-based editor in React and TypeScript, which is later extended in a pairing session.

  3. 3

    Technical phone screen

    Live coding · 60 min · Single account

    A live coding session with a Notion engineer.

  4. 4

    Onsite loop

    Panel interview · Single account

    Several one-hour interviews covering practical coding and debugging, system design for real-time collaborative editing, and a behavioural conversation with the hiring manager.

  5. 5

    Leadership or founder conversation

    Senior leadership · Single account

    A final conversation focused on values and culture with a member of Notion’s leadership.

  6. 6

    Reference checks

    Final HR round · From the company

    Notion says it treats reference checks as a real signal rather than a formality, and resolves open questions before making an offer.

What comes up

Two-way conversationCollaborative editor designProduct sense
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About the company

Builds a connected workspace for notes, documents, wikis, projects and AI assisted search used by individuals and teams.

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