Software Engineer, Native macOS Development

About Us:

We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.

We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like OpenAI, Toyota, Figma, Ramp, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.

Notion is an in person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for two Anchor Days (Mondays & Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office (including a third day).

About The Role:

Notion.app is the Electron-based frame through which many of our most active and engaged users experience Notion. We have several Electron core maintainers on our team to drive cross-platform features and would love to add platform-specific expertise - someone who has experience building native macOS applications and is excited about building applications that honor and meet the possibilities of the operating system. This will help us serve our macOS users, including many Notinos, better.

What You'll Achieve:

• You’ll define the roadmap for macOS features in Notion.
• You’ll leverage macOS native audio to allow users to create content on Desktop.
• We value building high quality apps. You'll improve the performance, reliability, and polish of our macOS app. You will also get to work with the web stack to improve the end-to-end experience - for instance by building native Node.js addons in C++, Rust, or Objective-C to allow our web code to hook directly into native UIs and APIs.
• You'll help build and improve internal tools with simplicity and productivity in mind.
• If you’re interested, you have the chance to contribute to or become a maintainer of one of the most-used open source projects - Electron, a cross-platform C++ and Objective-C framework. Electron’s Objective-C powers 1Password, Figma, Slack, Visual Studio Code, and countless other apps on macOS. Help us make them better!

Skills You'll Need to Bring:

• macOS development experience: You have built native macOS applications in the past (ideally with experience using Objective-C) and want to continue working on the platform.
• Enthusiasm to learn TypeScript, React, and Node.js: While ****we are primarily looking for macOS expertise, this role will require working with our web stack. No previous experience is required and we’ll provide the guidance and space needed to ramp up.
• Pragmatic and business-oriented: You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly. You're not just going after cool stuff—you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
• 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 explaining technical decisions in writing or brainstorming in real time. In disagreements, you engage thoughtfully with other perspectives and compromise when needed.

Nice to Haves:

• You have some experience interacting with the macOS API through Objective-C in a C++/Objective-C cross-compiled code base. A lot of our Objective-C looks a lot like Chrome’s Objective-C.
• You're proficient with other parts of our technology stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres.
• You've heard of computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and others—and understand why we're big fans of their work.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Notion.

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 made 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 and New York, the estimated base salary range for this role is $210,000– $250,000 per year.

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