Notion · 4 hours ago
Software Engineer, Product Security
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$240K/yr - $290K/yrNotion is a company that helps users build beautiful tools for their work by providing a seamless platform for collaboration. They are seeking a Software Engineer in Product Security to ensure the security of their platform and users, scale the engineering organization, and mentor engineers on secure software design practices.
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Responsibilities
You'll help scale the engineering organization and mentor engineers on best practices in secure software design and architecture
You’ll enable the growth of Notion’s business by building a secure foundation that earns the trust of Notion’s users
You’ll design, implement, and (where possible) automate a software development life cycle that balances good vulnerability and risk detection coverage with developer velocity
You'll act as a liaison for multiple stakeholders across product, engineering, go to market, and security ops / compliance, to guide and prioritize the right security investments
You'll participate in security assessments and advise on both internal and customer security and privacy needs (e.g. SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, penetration testing, enterprise asks)
Qualification
Required
Security architecture and expertise: You have experience building systems to secure and monitor cloud architectures
You can contribute directly to our main codebase to raise the bar on security systems design and address vulnerabilities
You bring experience in a number of following areas: Threat modeling, Securing a cloud-based infrastructure (e.g. AWS), Designing a secure development life cycle (design reviews, CI / CD integrations, bug bounty program), Application security consulting, Secure library and framework development, Vulnerability discovery and response, Implement core security features like authentication to detecting and mitigating malicious activity, Offensive thinking (e.g. pentesting, red teaming)
You have experience debugging systems in production
You appreciate the skill and challenge of continuously improving production components with minimal user disruption
You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly — you model threat risks and balance the right security investments with the right bottom line outcomes
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
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
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
Preferred
You've been responsible for maintaining continuous controls and participating in audits in relation to our customer facing certifications (like SOC2)
You have experience leading engineering teams with a security focus
You've managed, maintained, and monitored systems using technologies like Amazon Web Services, Datadog, Postgres, Redis, Memcached, and Elasticsearch
Benefits
Highly competitive cash compensation
Equity
Benefits
Company
Notion
Notion is a workspace platform that offers note-taking, collaboration, task management, wikis, and databases.
Founded in 2016
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (31)
2024 (23)
2023 (9)
2022 (22)
2021 (7)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$343.2MKey Investors
Index VenturesFirst Round Capital
2025-12-15Secondary Market
2021-10-08Series C· $275M
2020-04-02Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Akshay Kothari
COO
Ha Nguyen
Global Head of Demand Generation
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