Notion

Solutions Engineer, Enterprise, France

Notion · Paris, Île-de-France, France

  • On site
  • Full-time
  • $120,000 / year
  • Paris, Île-de-France, France

Job highlights

  • Serve as technical advisor for enterprise clients.
  • Integrate Notion with existing tech stacks.
  • Deliver compelling product demonstrations.
  • Shape future product and messaging with insights.
  • Drive revenue and growth for Notion.

About the role

About Us

We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.

We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.

Notion is an in person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for three Anchor Days (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office.

About The Role

The Notion sales organisation has a strong Product Led Growth lean, with many customers entering our funnel through our self-service motion before our product grows toward being a wall-to-wall solution. As we move to the enterprise space, more and more prospects are investigating how Notion can integrate with their existing tech stack, replace existing solutions, or be deployed in large or phased implementation to support desired business goals. This role will be the second SE in Paris, working with the existing EMEA team located in Dublin, Munich and London. As an early member of the Solutions Engineering team, you will:

  • Partner with members of the sales org on customer engagements with prospective and existing customers
  • Respond to advanced product and technical questions, RFPs, and security questionnaires in a precise and timely manner
  • Provide thoughtful technical guidance to customers throughout the sales process, with a focus on quickly enabling customers to successfully deploy and integrate Notion
  • Deliver compelling product demonstrations that emphasize business value and outcomes, helping customers visualize how Notion solves their specific challenges
  • Showcase custom solutions with Notion based on deep understanding of Notion’s ability to support customer workflows and integrated applications as part of the pre-sales process
  • Curate structured product feedback to enable the Product and Engineering teams to enhance and refine Notion to solve customer needs
  • Work with marketing to refine our technical narrative for the product, including blog posts, webinars, and customer-facing marketing collateral
  • Educate the sales org on the product, upcoming releases, competitive analysis, and topical information about typical customer environments and third party applications
  • Document technical considerations and contribute to internal knowledge bases as a resource for other teams, customers, and partners

What You'll Achieve

  • Serve as the customer's technical advisor: You'll help customers craft Notion to serve their specific business needs and explore new workflows and use cases.
  • Meaningfully shape our future product and messaging: As you engage with customers, you'll gain insights to help us serve them better — and work with product to inform what we do next.
  • Drive revenue and growth our customer base: Make a real impact and play a pivotal role in growing Notion's user base in your local market.
  • Help build the foundations of Solutions Engineering at Notion - As an early member of our SE org and regional team, you'll be instrumental in helping define our sales-assisted motions.
  • Join a fantastic team at a magical time: Notion has over three million users with a small team, which gives us a huge green field to work with. You'll join at the perfect time to shape how we grow from here.
  • Represent Notion at events: You'll be the face of Notion at industry conferences, trade shows, and customer events. You'll present our product vision and showcase its features, helping to build trust and strong relationships with both prospective and existing customers.
  • Elevate your skills as we tackle our most impactful challenges: We've achieved more than teams 10x our size in less time — and there's so much more to do and learn.

Skills You'll Need To Bring

  • 5+ years as Technical Sales Engineer, Solutions Consultant, Solutions Engineer or Solutions Architect
  • You have a deep understanding of the AI landscape, are confident in both using AI tools and explaining their benefits to prospetive and existing customers.
  • You’re able to understand and explain how APIs can be used to support advanced customer workflows and have experience working with third-party integrations
  • You are fluent French and English
  • You have strong project management experience and have managed complex projects to completion
  • You have a growth mindset and thrive in the building stage of a nascent team
  • You’re highly adaptable, easily acclimating to a rapidly changing business and industry

Nice To Haves

  • You've been a first or early hire at a fast-growing startup before
  • You have experience using Notion
  • You have coding experience that would enable you to write basic scripts using the Notion API
  • You have experience using with and designing relational databases

Key skills/competency

  • Solutions Engineering
  • Enterprise Sales
  • Technical Advising
  • Product Demonstrations
  • API Integrations
  • AI Landscape
  • Project Management
  • Customer Engagement
  • Technical Narrative
  • Sales Enablement

Skills & topics

  • Solutions Engineer
  • Enterprise Sales
  • Technical Sales
  • Solutions Consultant
  • Solutions Architect
  • API Integrations
  • AI
  • SaaS
  • Customer Success
  • Pre-sales

How to get hired

  • Tailor your resume: Highlight 5+ years in Solutions Engineering/Consulting, AI expertise, and API integration experience.
  • Showcase technical skills: Emphasize your ability to explain complex technical concepts and manage projects.
  • Demonstrate language proficiency: Clearly state your fluency in both French and English.
  • Align with company values: Express a growth mindset and adaptability, especially for early-stage teams.
  • Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss customer success stories and how you've driven revenue.

Technical preparation

Master Notion's API and integration capabilities.,Deepen understanding of AI landscape and applications.,Practice delivering technical product demonstrations.,Prepare to explain complex API workflows.

Behavioral questions

Describe a complex project you managed.,How do you adapt to rapid change?,How do you provide technical guidance to customers?,Share experience in a building/nascent team.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Solutions Engineer, Enterprise role at Notion in Paris?
The Solutions Engineer, Enterprise role at Notion in Paris focuses on supporting enterprise sales by providing technical expertise, delivering product demonstrations, and advising clients on how to integrate and deploy Notion to meet their business goals. You'll work closely with the sales team and contribute to building the foundation of Notion's Solutions Engineering function in EMEA.
What are the key responsibilities for a Solutions Engineer at Notion?
Key responsibilities include partnering with sales on customer engagements, answering technical questions, providing technical guidance, delivering compelling product demonstrations, showcasing custom solutions, gathering product feedback, and educating the sales team. You'll also contribute to internal knowledge bases and represent Notion at events.
What technical skills are required for the Solutions Engineer, Enterprise role at Notion?
Required technical skills include 5+ years as a Technical Sales Engineer, Solutions Consultant, or similar role, a deep understanding of the AI landscape, experience with APIs and third-party integrations, and strong project management experience. Coding experience with the Notion API and relational database design are considered a plus.
What are the language requirements for this Solutions Engineer role in France?
Fluency in both French and English is a requirement for this Solutions Engineer, Enterprise role in France, enabling effective communication with a diverse range of clients and internal teams.
What is Notion's work culture like, especially regarding in-office presence?
Notion is an in-person company that requires employees to be in the office for three Anchor Days (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays), with the expectation that employees spend the majority of their week in the office. This fosters collaboration and team cohesion.
How does Notion approach customer integration and technical implementation?
Notion's Solutions Engineers play a crucial role in helping enterprise prospects understand how Notion integrates with their existing tech stack, replaces existing solutions, or is deployed through large or phased implementations to support business goals. The focus is on enabling customers to successfully deploy and integrate Notion.
What opportunities are there for professional growth as an early Solutions Engineering hire at Notion?
As an early member of the Solutions Engineering team, you'll have a significant impact on shaping the sales-assisted motions and building the foundations of the SE function at Notion. You'll work on impactful challenges, elevate your skills, and contribute to growing Notion's user base.
Does Notion encourage applications from candidates whose experience doesn't perfectly match every requirement?
Yes, Notion encourages applications from candidates who are excited about a role but may not align perfectly with every bullet point. They value talent, passion, a builder's mindset, and shared company values, especially for individuals enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous.
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