Growth Software Engineer, Notion

$130-250k

SQL
React
AWS
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ 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

$130-250k

SQL
React
AWS
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Junior and Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ 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

  • Shipping polished user interfaces: You can work with others to build and maintain quality user interfaces for a big audience. You have 2+ years of experience and are comfortable using Web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a modern UI framework like React. If you've experienced the technical challenges of rapid growth, that's a plus
  • Data and experimentation: You have Growth Engineering experience at another company. You are comfortable iteratively testing product flows using A/B testing to understand customer behavior and make data-informed decisions
  • Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You can decompose tricky problems and work towards a clean solution, by yourself or with teammates. You're comfortable asking for help when you get stuck
  • Pragmatism and impact-orientation: You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly. You're not just going after cool stuff—you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line
  • Putting users first: You think critically about the implications of what you're building, and how it shapes real people's lives. You understand that reach comes with responsibility for our impact—good and bad
  • 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

Desirable

  • A history of strong cross-functional collaboration with marketing, sales, and/or other non-technical teams
  • You've heard of computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and others—and understand why we're big fans of their work

What the job involves

  • Notion's Growth Engineers make our mission of software ubiquity a reality
  • Using experiments, creativity, and feature creation, this team accelerates the value of Notion to an ever growing audience of users
  • We are owners of the ins and outs of our business, using a blend of data, qualitative research, and product intuition to accelerate our impact at this critical time in our company’s journey
  • Deliver experiments end-to-end, from ideation to analysis, with velocity and quality to move core business metrics
  • Get to know the Notion customer to understand key points in the customer journey and uncover insights that will drive activation and engagement
  • Plan, shape, and build new features to create a more engaging and personalized early product experience for our customers
  • Work at all levels of the stack from AWS + Node + SQL to React + HTML + CSS

Otta's take

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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.

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