Technical Architect (France)

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a customer-facing engineering role, forward deployed engineering, or similar role, preferably in a SaaS or enterprise software environment
• 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
• 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 value for customers at scale
• Fluency in English and French
• Experience working in SaaS professional services, preferably in a startup or high-growth environment
• Experience deploying AI agents autonomously in complex coding or business workflows
• Background in developing technical frameworks, discovery methodologies, or internal tooling from the ground up
• 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

What the job involves

• As a Forward Deployed Engineer (Technical Architect) within Go-To-Market, you will lead complex customer engineering engagements from end to end, spanning large-scale migrations, integrating Notion with third party systems and tools, and production AI/agentic deployments
• 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
• Your work as a customer-facing engineer will help shape best practices for how we support complex customer needs and ensure Notion’s platform is ready for scale
• 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 closely with client stakeholders to gather business and technical requirements and translate them into well-architected solutions that maximize the value of the Notion platform within their broader technical ecosystem
• Design and build customer integrations, automations, and custom tooling as a part of Notion implementations
• 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 foundational discovery frameworks, technical standards, and internal tooling that define how Services delivers complex migrations and implementations at scale
• Contribute to the evolution of the Services team by developing repeatable methodologies, scoping artefacts, internal tooling, and contributing best practices as the team and customer footprint grow