Software Engineer Intern (Fall 2026)

WHO WE ARE

Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpYpWfEK5s. 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. That means a million people trust us to deliver a fast, reliable, and secure experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep earning trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in. You will be a part of our first engineering internship class and will help us forge a performant and reliable path forward to Notion's future.

During your 12-week internship, you will be paired with a mentor that will help guide you as you work closely with our team to build and ship AI Native projects. These projects will drive valuable impact to our customers and engineers. Take a look at what our past intern cohort worked on with our Blog post here https://notion.notion.site/Notion-Intern-Spotlight-d0260c4e2317490db89f367d95cb4e68 and here https://www.notion.so/blog/saluting-notions-winter-interns and TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@notionhq/video/7216440106356395306?lang=en post. This internship will take place from Sept 14 - Dec 4 and you will need to be able to work out of our SF office during this time.

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE

• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another related field. Must graduate before Summer 2027.

• Previous internship experience.

• Working towards a proficiency of one or more programming languages such as Typescript, Node.js, or Python.

• You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering problems as much as solving them.

• You are able to problem-solve and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• This internship will take place from September 14 - December 4 (based on your fall schedule) and you will need to be able to work out of our SF office during this time.

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING

• AI enthusiast: You have built or prototyped features with AI technologies (LLMs, Embeddings, ML) and are interested in learning more

• Thoughtful problem-solving: For you, problem-solving starts with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You can decompose tricky problems and work towards a clean solution, by yourself or with teammates. You're comfortable asking for help when you get stuck.

• Put users first: You think critically about the implications of what you're building, and how it shapes real people's lives. You understand that reach comes with responsibility for our impact—good and bad.

• Not ideological about technology: 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.

• Empathetic communication: You communicate nuanced ideas clearly, whether you're