Product Security Engineer, Notion

$160-250k

React
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

2 days a week in office

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

Job no longer available

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

$160-250k

React
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

2 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Company mission

To shape both the future of work, and the future of productivity tools.

Role

Who you are

  • Full stack Development Expertise: You have at least 7+ years of experience as a full stack developer
  • Shipping Reliable Products: You have a track record of designing systems which have scaled to millions of users
  • General interest in security: You will be either working directly on security features/products or working closely with security engineers on shipping security frameworks. You are not expected to be an expert in security!
  • Pragmatic and business-oriented: You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly
  • Not ideological about technology: To you, technologies and programming languages are about tradeoffs. You may be opinionated, but you're not ideological and can learn new technologies as you go
  • Empathetic communication: You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. In disagreements, you engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and compromise when needed
  • Team player: For you, work isn't a solo endeavor. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same
  • Startup mentality: You are comfortable navigating the fast moving, unstructured nature of a hyper-growth startup. You are self-motivated to add value and bias towards action

Desirable

  • You have shipped enterprise security products/features
  • You have implemented software that is secure, scalable, and used by multiple teams
  • You have experience working with distributed systems

What the job involves

  • As an early member of Notion’s Application Security team you will build the technical foundation of the security and privacy of our products long into the future
  • Make the secure path the easy path for product teams through hardened libraries and building solutions that eliminate classes of vulnerabilities
  • Create static and dynamic analysis rules that detect weaknesses in our codebase
  • Provide developers guidance and education on security and privacy best practices that prevent the authoring of vulnerabilities
  • Participate in and drive mitigation strategies during security related incident responses
  • Notion is looking for software engineers that have a passion for security. As an Application Security Engineer you will build and maintain solutions that enhance the security and privacy our products. You will create hardened frameworks that make the secure path the easiest path to implementing at Notion

Otta's take

Xav Kearney headshot

Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Managing busy workflows using fragmented systems can be a headache for both individuals and businesses. Notion aims to combat this problem by enabling users to work from one central hub, customizing their workflows to suit their exact needs. This includes managing files, scheduling tasks, saving documents, writing to-do-lists, and setting reminders.

The company counts enterprise companies such as McDonald’s, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon, Samsung, and IBM as its customers. In spite of economic uncertainty, Notion reached a $2 billion valuation in 2020, helped by record signups as more people were forced to work from home. Its value has since risen to over 5 times this value, an impressive reflection of its success.

The company has made a number of strategic acquisitions that, coupled with its enormous market value and enviable customer list, have Notion well-placed to continue dominating the market. That being said, the launch of Microsoft-built competitor Loop at the end of 2023 will put Notion's market dominance to the test.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

183% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2021

$275m

LATE VC

Apr 2020

$50m

LATE VC

Total funding: $335m

Company benefits

  • Dog-friendly office
  • 401k matching
  • Parental leaave
  • Free lunches
  • Equipment stipend
  • Monthly commuter credits
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Put Users First
  • Quality With Speed
  • Dedication Is Contagious
  • Feedback Is A Gift
  • Run The Front Page Test

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Ivan worked for Inkling for 2 years in Product, but was disappointed by the lack of a simple way of collaborating on projects. To fit this need, he co-founded Notion in 2013, serving as CEO since.

Salary benchmarks

We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.

Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.

Share this job