Notion
Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
$230K–$280K
San Francisco, California +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
New York, New York
About the job
Own infrastructure security problems end-to-end, building secure defaults and controls across Notion’s technical stacks.
What you'll do
- Improve the security posture of AWS accounts and cloud infrastructure; build secrets management, authentication/authorization, and IAM frameworks.
- Provide security and privacy guidance to cross-functional partners.
- Help develop and execute mitigation strategies during security incident response.
What they ask for
- Experience building and maintaining systems that secure cloud architectures, including secrets management and IAM.
- Production-grade backend or infrastructure coding experience and ability to contribute to codebases and architecture.
- Ability to debug production systems and improve them with minimal disruption.
- Threat modeling, risk-based prioritization, and clear, empathetic communication.
Nice to have
- AWS security best practices, zero trust architectures, or deep IAM expertise; data security or privacy engineering experience.
- Applying AI tooling to defensive security workflows or participating in security communities.
Pay
$230,000 - $280,000 USD per year (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AI focus
AI tooling for defensive security workflows is a nice-to-have; the posting also encourages using AI as a collaborator.
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