Software Epngineer Internship (Fall 2026)

Requirements

  • Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or another related field. Must graduate before Summer 2027
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  • Previous internship experience
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  • Working towards a proficiency of one or more programming languages such as Typescript, Node.js, or Python
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  • You find large challenges exciting and enjoy discovering problems as much as solving them
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  • You are able to problem-solve and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
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  • 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
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  • AI enthusiast: You have built or prototyped features with AI technologies (LLMs, Embeddings, ML) and are interested in learning more
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Team player: For you, work isn't a solo endeavor. You enjoy collaborating cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals, and you care about learning, growing, and helping others to do the same
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  • (Desirable) You have expertise with specific technologies that are part of our stack, including Typescript, React, Python
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  • (Desirable) 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
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  • (Desirable) You have interests outside of technology, such as in art, history, or social sciences
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  • 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

What the job involves

  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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 and here and TikTok post
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  • Write clean, secure, tested, and documented code
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  • Design & enhance the Notion product with new capabilities with an AI first mindset
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  • Develop, fix and debug software for across our full stack: web services, databases, applications, tools while leveraging modern frameworks and tooling
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