Software Engineer (Stage)

Job Description

Who We Are Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together. We’re building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion.
Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work.
This internship will take place from January 25 – April 16 and you will need to be able to work out of our NY or SF office during this time.
You’re comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.
You think critically about the implications of what you’re building, and how it shapes real people’s lives. To you, technologies and programming languages are about tradeoffs. You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you’re explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same.
Write clean, secure, tested, and documented code.
Design & enhance the Notion product with new capabilities with an AI first mindset
Develop, fix and debug software for across our full stack: web services, databases, applications, tools while leveraging modern frameworks and tooling.
Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another related field. Must graduate before December 2027.
This internship will take place from January 25 – April 16 and you will need to be able to work out of our NY or SF office during this time.
Previous internship experience.
Working towards a proficiency of one or more programming languages such as Typescript, Node.js, or Python.
You’re comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.
You think critically about the implications of what you’re building, and how it shapes real people’s lives. To you, technologies and programming languages are about tradeoffs. You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you’re explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same.
AI enthusiast: You have built or prototyped features with AI technologies (LLMs, Embeddings, ML) and are interested in learning more
You have expertise with specific technologies that are part of our stack, including Typescript, React, Python.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated hourly range for this role is $57/hr for Bachelors and $61/hr for Master’s.

#A Note on AI
You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we’ll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.