AI Applications Engineer

Location

San Francisco, California

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

About Us:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

About the Role:

We’re looking for an AI Applications Engineer to help drive Notion’s business transformation efforts. In this role, you’ll be a strategic partner to our internal stakeholders (primarily GTM, Finance and People teams) and prototype, validate and ship creative AI-driven solutions to multi-faceted problems that deliver measurable business impact.

What You’ll Achieve:

• Work with your stakeholders to discover opportunities from ambiguous problem statements and translate them into proofs‑of‑concepts

• Prototype end‑to‑end AI solutions from problem framing through data readiness, modeling, evaluation, and initial productization

• Create reusable components, tooling, and templates to accelerate future projects

Skills You’ll Need to Bring:

• 4-8 years of experience as a Software Engineer or Data Scientist or an equivalent role at a technology company any, familiarity with ML/AI, LLMs in production systems, and a high-level understanding of how business processes and systems work end to end. Domain experience partnering with GTM and Finance a plus.

• Impact-driven approach to technology: You see technologies as tools to achieve user impact rather than ends in themselves. You care more about building successful systems that solve real problems than about using specific tech stacks or following trends. You stay current with the latest tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and other AI-assisted development environments, you're pragmatic about choosing the right tool for the job, focusing on what delivers the most value to users and the business.
• Thoughtful Problem-solving: You approach problems holistically, starting with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You excel at building alignment between technical and non-technical teams, translating complex AI concepts into actionable business outcomes. You think critically about the implications of what you're building and how it will impact real people's lives. You can navigate ambiguity successfully, decompose complex problems into clean solutions, while also balancing the business impact of what you’re building.
• Empathetic communication and collaboration: You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. You enjoy collaborating with both fellow engineers, data scientists, cross-functional partners and non-technical stakeholders. You are a lifelong learner and invest in both your own growth and the growth, learning, and development of your teammates.

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $152,000 - $207,000 per year.

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