Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER
Notion · Location not specified · Remote
Notion
Notion has become one of the defining productivity platforms of the last decade, evolving from a niche notes-and-wiki tool founded in 2013 by Ivan Zhao and Simon Last into an all-in-one workspace blending docs, databases, project management, and now AI agents. It competes with a sprawling field that includes Confluence and Jira (Atlassian), Asana, Coda, Airtable, and increasingly Microsoft Loop and Google Workspace, having carved out differentiation through its flexible block-based architecture and strong grassroots adoption among startups, creators, and enterprises alike. The company has repositioned itself as an "AI workspace" where human and machine collaborators work side by side, reflecting a broader industry shift toward agentic software.
Gig description
WHO WE ARE Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=vkpYpWfEK5s. We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion. Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Forward Deployed Engineer on Notion’s Services team, you will lead the hands on technical delivery of our most complex customer engagements. You will design, build, and deploy production ready solutions that help enterprise customers integrate Notion as the operating layer for their business. You’ll embed with enterprise customers to design and build solutions that integrate Notion deeply into their technical and operational environments. This includes writing and maintaining custom code, designing and deploying production-grade custom agents and AI workflows with MCP, Agent APIs, and Notion’s automation and execution infrastructure, building data pipelines and resolving complex challenges around scale, permissions, and governance. You’ll embed with enterprise customers to design and build solutions that integrate Notion deeply into their technical and operational environments. This is a customer-facing engineering role for someone who is comfortable writing code, debugging technical issues, explaining tradeoffs to stakeholders, and turning ambiguous customer problems into scalable technical solutions. Your work will help shape best practices for how we support complex customer needs and ensure Notion’s platform is ready for scale. WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE - Own the hands-on technical delivery of customer engagements, including deep technical discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, and end to end implementation. - Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping customers make informed architectural decisions and identify opportunities to expand and deepen their use of Notion. - Design, build, and operate custom agents, integrations, automations, and data pipelines that connect Notion with customers’ systems and workflows. - Lead the design and execution of large-scale content and data migrations, including discovery, scoping, data modeling, transformation logic, validation, and post-migration optimization. - Work directly with customer engineering, IT, security and business stakeholders to gather technical requirements, identify constraints, evaluate feasibility, and make sound architectural decisions that maximizes the value of Notion within their broader technical ecosystem. - Troubleshoot complex implementation issues across APIs, integrations, automation logic, data quality, permissions, authentication, system limits, and customer specific environments. - Design and operate feedback loops with Product, CX, and Engineering, translating real-world implementation challenges into actionable insights, technical requirements, and tooling improvements that directly influence Notion’s Product Roadmap and our Customers. - Build reusable technical assets, including migration tooling, integration patterns, reference implementations, discovery frameworks, technical standards, scripts, and internal delivery tooling. - Help define how Services delivers complex technical implementations at scale by improving methodologies, scoping artifacts, build patterns, technical documentation and engineering best practices. SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING - 5+ years of experience in customer-facing or forward deployed engineering role or a similar hands-on technical role. - Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, JavaScript, Node. js, SQL, or Python and comfort with writing production-quality code in customer-facing or internal engineering contexts. - Hands-on experience with APIs and data integration. - Ability to lead technical discovery with customers, assess feasibility, identify risks, scope technical work, estimate effort, and translate ambiguous requirements into an executable plan. - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to isolate root causes across code, APIs, permissions, integrations and customer specific configuration. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business audiences effectively. - A track record of delivering customer value by translating technical challenges into solutions that drive outcomes for customers at scale. NICE TO HAVES - Experience working in professional services, preferably in a startup or high-growth environment. - Experience deploying AI agents autonomously in complex coding or business workflows. - Experience designing or implementing AI-powered workflows, including work with MCPs, APIs, LLM applications, prompt engineering, retrieval/RAG systems or workflow orchestration. - Background in developing technical frameworks, discovery methodologies, or internal tooling from the ground up. - Experience with ETL/ELT workflows, data transformation, schema mapping, validation scripts, or large-scale content migration tooling. - Strong history of collaboration with product and engineering teams, including influencing roadmaps or architectural decisions. - Experience supporting pre-sales or early engagement phases, including technical discovery, migration scoping, feasibility analysis, effort estimation, and building prototypes or custom scripts to validate approaches. - Strong track record of successful enterprise customer implementations. 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 or New York City, the estimated range for total on target earnings (including base salary and on target incentive pay) for this role is $175,000 - $240,000 per year. By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy https://notion. notion. site/Notion-Global-Recruiting-Privacy-Policy-fc3eb4e829354a26a2bb6fd5e289b550 and NYLL 144 https://notion. notion. site/Ashby-AI-Bias-Audit-2b0efdeead05803bbbfae159ec86c528. #LI-Onsite A NOTE ON AI You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we'll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & ACCOMMODATIONS We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know. 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 due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Requirements to meet
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Skills required
Prompt Engineering (required)
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Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 9h · ★ 4.7
This course directly covers Prompt Engineering, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 9 hours.
AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 11h · ★ 4.6
This course covers Prompt Engineering, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 11 hours.
What is generative AI?
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 31m
This beginner course introduces generative AI fundamentals, providing foundational context that supports building Prompt Engineering skills needed for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role.
RAG (required)
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The Complete LangChain & LLMs Guide
Coursera · intermediate · $49/mo · 10h · ★ 4.8
This course covers RAG, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 10 hours.
Building and Evaluating Advanced RAG Applications
DeepLearning.AI · intermediate · Free
This course covers RAG, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at an intermediate level.
Design and implement RAG with SQL
Microsoft Learn · intermediate · Free · 1.5h
This intermediate course directly targets RAG, the skill gap identified for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role, offering a focused 1.25-hour session to build practical implementation experience.
Agentic Workflows (required)
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AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 11h · ★ 4.6
This course directly covers Agentic Workflows, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 11 hours.
Understand features of Copilot Studio agents
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 54m
This course covers Agentic Workflows, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 1 hours.
Hugging Face Agents Course
Hugging Face Learn · intermediate · Free
This course covers Agentic Workflows, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at an intermediate level.
Python (required)
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PySpark & Python: Hands-On Guide to Data Processing
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 5h · ★ 4.4
This course directly covers Python, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 5 hours.
Data Analysis with Python
freeCodeCamp · beginner · Free
This course directly covers Python, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level.
Pandas
Kaggle Learn · beginner · Free
This beginner Pandas course helps build foundational Python skills relevant to the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role's need for Python proficiency.
JavaScript (required)
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Get started with web development using Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 44m · ★ 4.8
This beginner course covers JavaScript, directly addressing the JavaScript skill gap required for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role.
Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 229h · ★ 4.7
This course covers JavaScript, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 229 hours.
Programming with JavaScript
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 47h · ★ 4.7
This course directly covers JavaScript, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 47 hours.
SQL (required)
GapCourses that may help you meet this requirement:
Sort and filter results in T-SQL
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 57m · ★ 4.8
This beginner-level course helps address the SQL skill gap for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role by building foundational T-SQL sorting and filtering abilities in under an hour.
Explore data roles and services
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 22m · ★ 4.8
This course covers SQL, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 0 hours.
Explore fundamental relational data concepts
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 37m · ★ 4.8
This course covers SQL, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 1 hours.
Large Language Models (required)
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Leverage AI tools and resources for your business
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 42m · ★ 4.8
This course covers Large Language Models, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 1 hours.
Explore data roles and services
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 22m · ★ 4.8
This course covers Large Language Models, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 0 hours.
Use AI for everyday tasks
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 43m
This beginner course introduces practical AI usage, helping build foundational familiarity with Large Language Models needed for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role.
Java (required)
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Sign in users with Microsoft Entra ID in a Java web app
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 37m · ★ 4.8
This beginner course provides hands-on Java experience, directly addressing the Java skill gap identified for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role.
Manage secrets in Java applications - Zero Trust and Zero Secrets
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 34m · ★ 4.6
This beginner course covers Java, directly addressing the Java skill gap required for the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER role.
Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization
Coursera · beginner · $49/mo · 115h · ★ 4.6
This course directly covers Java, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 115 hours.
ETL (required)
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Explore data roles and services
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 22m · ★ 4.8
This course covers ETL, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 0 hours.
Explore fundamentals of large-scale analytics
Microsoft Learn · beginner · Free · 51m · ★ 4.8
This course covers ETL, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at a beginner level and can be completed in approximately 1 hours.
Execute existing SSIS packages in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipeline
Microsoft Learn · intermediate · Free · 24m · ★ 4.5
This course covers ETL, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 0 hours.
Go-To-Market (required)
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Introduction to Marketing
Coursera · $79/mo · 12h · ★ 4.8
This course directly covers Go-To-Market, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting and can be completed in approximately 12 hours.
Microsoft Go-To-Market Strategy Professional Certificate
Coursera · intermediate · $49/mo · 29h
This course directly covers Go-To-Market, which appears as a requirement in the Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM, AMER posting at an intermediate level and can be completed in approximately 29 hours.
Pre-Sales (required)
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