Notion
Mid
Help scale Notion's async task runner and configuration management platform serving 100M+ users from the Hyderabad Infra team
Notion is hiring a Software Engineer for its Hyderabad Infra team to evolve and maintain the async task runner and configuration management platform underpinning Notion's product. With at least 4 years of experience, you'll work under senior guidance on distributed-systems tradeoffs, on-call debugging of live production systems, and cross-team collaboration with product and infra engineers.
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What this interview tests
- Distributed systems tradeoffs (consistency, latency, scalability)
- Async task runner / job queue design
- Configuration management platform design
- Production debugging and on-call incident response
- Cross-team collaboration with product and infra engineers
- Operating with guidance in ambiguous problems
Common question themes
Design an async task runner that needs to scale to 100M+ users
How would you build a safe, explicit configuration management system for other engineers
Walk me through debugging a live production incident with minimal disruption
Tell me about a distributed systems tradeoff you had to make and why
Describe a time you took ownership of an ambiguous infra problem
How do you support product engineers who depend on your platform
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