Software Engineer – User Database Infrastructure

Notion

. Build systems that let knowledge workers use fast, scalable databases without becoming database administrators .

Posted 9/16/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $299,000 - $334,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and operating production software with a strong focus on relational databases, particularly Postgres. Capable of setting technical direction, managing database fleets, and translating customer needs into effective technical solutions.

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Postgres ExpertiseProduction Relational Database ExperienceBackend Engineering FundamentalsDatabase Fleet ManagementTechnical Direction Setting

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Hard Skills

Schema DesignIndex Decision MakingDatabase Performance AnalysisConcurrency HandlingQuery Execution OptimizationDatabase ProvisioningData LoadingAI-Assisted EngineeringChange-Data-Capture PipelinesReusable Data Abstractions

Soft Skills

Product JudgmentCollaborationProblem Solving

Tools & Technologies

PostgresMySQLGoTypeScriptNode.jsReact

Industry Keywords

Database AdministrationObservabilityComplex Query ExecutionData MigrationCustomer-Focused Solutions

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptMySQLNode.jsPostgresReactTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build systems that let knowledge workers use fast, scalable databases without becoming database administrators
Set architectural direction and roadmap for a new product from early alpha to general availability
Work directly with early customers to shape foundational technical and product decisions
Provision and manage fleets of customer Postgres instances
Design safe evolution of user-defined schemas
Improve complex query execution, indexing, and client data loading as datasets and workflows grow
Make schema changes, concurrent writes, permissions, and recovery reliable
Turn database provisioning, migrations, and indexes into an approachable product experience
Automate database provisioning and fleet operations
Strengthen observability and evolve architecture to support many customers
Collaborate with teammates and customers to identify problems, ship practical solutions, and evolve them with usage
Work across Postgres, Go, TypeScript, Node.js, and React systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Production relational database experience, such as Postgres or MySQL
Experience making schema and index decisions, analyzing database performance, and debugging transactions, locking, or concurrency issues
10+ years of experience building and operating production software
Track record of setting technical direction and leading complex, cross-team initiatives from concept through delivery
Strong backend engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, failure handling, retries, partial failures, consistency, and reliable reads and writes
Systematic performance analysis using query plans, traces, profiles, and experiments
Product judgment and ability to translate customer problems into technical approaches
Backend depth and willingness to work across the stack
Fluency with AI-assisted engineering, including understanding and validating AI-generated results
Experience managing database fleets or building database platforms, including provisioning, upgrades, backups, and recovery (nice to have)
Deep Postgres expertise (nice to have)
Experience building query layers, sync engines, change-data-capture pipelines, permission systems, or reusable data abstractions (nice to have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Highly competitive cash compensation
Equity
Benefits
Reasonable accommodations during the application process