# Engineering Manager, AI Search

**Company:** [Notion](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/notion)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $280k – $330k/yr
**Skills:** Search Ranking, Query Understanding, Ranking Algorithms, Embedding Models, Lexical-Semantic Search, LLMs, RAG, A/B Testing, Experimentation Frameworks, Ai Connectors
**Posted:** 2025-10-23

> Leads engineering team building and improving AI-powered search quality, ranking, and relevance for Notion's millions of users. Requires deep search expertise, team management skills, and passion for scalable infrastructure and experimentation.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and manage a diverse and inclusive team of engineers working on search ranking, query understanding, and search UX.
- Recruit, coach, and develop engineers; ensure regular feedback and progress on goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional peers to set team direction and improve search quality.
- Facilitate planning, prioritization, sequencing, and staffing of work.
- Maintain high-quality bar for reliability, latency, and relevance metrics.
- Drive project execution using data and experimentation to improve search quality.
- Shape engineering organization practices, recruiting, onboarding, planning, and prioritization.

## Requirements
- Experience managing engineering teams on search, ranking, relevance, or related areas.
- Deep understanding of building high-quality search at scale (millions of pages, sub-3-second queries).
- Background in search quality, ranking algorithms, and experimentation methodologies.
- Passion for mission-critical infrastructure, including bug fixes and reliability.
- Excitement about AI-powered search: embedding models, hybrid lexical-semantic search, LLMs, connector search, multimodal search.
- Ability to create collaborative, empowering team environments.
- Empathetic and direct communication for feedback and alignment.
- High tolerance for ambiguity and change.
- Passion for line management and team culture.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with AI connectors, enterprise search, or multi-data source search.
- Experience building RAG-based features or LLM integration in search.
- Managed teams for experimentation and A/B testing frameworks.
- Managed teams at startups during rapid growth.
- Experience rolling out engineering and management practices (code review, performance reviews, levels and ladders).

## Compensation
Estimated base salary range for San Francisco and New York: $280,000 - $330,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

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