Data Platform Foundations Lead - Enterprise-Scale

Notion; United States; Remote; USD 281,000 - 334,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Notion is seeking a hands-on Data Foundations leader to shape and operate our batch and streaming infrastructure at scale. You will lead a high-performing team, drive multi-quarter initiatives, and partner with Data Engineering, AI, and Security to deliver enterprise-grade data platforms.

You will guide governance, data residency, and access controls while scaling systems like Kafka, Debezium, Spark, and Iceberg.

Qualifications

• Designed and operated large-scale batch and streaming systems across storage, compute, ingestion, governance, and production operations.
• Led a Data Platform or infrastructure team through multi-quarter work, defining strategy and sequencing execution.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for Data Foundations and align engineers and partner teams across multi-quarter strategy.
• Build and develop a high-performing team with clear ownership and accountability.
• Lead the team’s hardest initiatives from idea to operation with strong technical ownership.

Skills

Data platform expertise

Direction-setting leadership

Team-building and talent development

Hands-on engineering judgment

Platform-product thinking

Organizational influence

AI collaboration mindset

Tools

Kafka

Debezium

Spark

S3/Iceberg

EMR/Athena

Job description

Notion is seeking a hands-on Data Foundations leader to shape and operate our batch and streaming infrastructure at scale. You will lead a high-performing team, drive multi-quarter initiatives, and partner with Data Engineering, AI, and Security to deliver enterprise-grade data platforms.

You will guide governance, data residency, and access controls while scaling systems like Kafka, Debezium, Spark, and Iceberg.