Data Engineer, People Analytics

ABOUT US:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As Notion scales, there is a unique opportunity to build the data foundations for People Analytics that enable better decisions around hiring, performance, compensation, and org design - while maintaining strong privacy guarantees for sensitive employee data.

In this role, you will design, build, and operate scalable data systems and pipelines that power People data. Your work will ensure that employee data is reliable, secure, and production-ready, enabling both analytics and AI-driven people workflows across the company

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE:

- Partner closely with the Chief People Officer and People leadership team to translate strategic questions into clear metrics and data products that inform workforce planning, organization design, performance reviews, compensation discussions, and executive reporting

- Define and build ETL/ELT pipelines and infrastructure to ingest and standardize data from HRIS and adjacent systems such as Workday, ATS, payroll, benefits, performance platforms, creating a reliable source of truth for headcount, org structure, hiring, attrition, and talent health

- Design privacy-first data architecture, including access controls, PII handling, and governance standards

- Implement data quality, testing, and o...