Dropbox is looking to solve the problem of crafting seamless, intuitive user interfaces for data interaction and collaboration needs, and evolving their offerings to make digital storage and collaboration more efficient and user-friendly on a global scale.
Requirements
- Skilled at building user-facing applications and supporting systems and libraries on web and/or desktop using frontend technologies such as TypeScript, React, HTML/CSS.
- Ability to work across the stack on projects and able to build a minimum working product quickly.
- Familiarity in using Git as a version control system to manage codebase changes and collaborate with other team members efficiently.
- Demonstrated experience with NodeJS, including the development of server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend.
- Experience in developing desktop applications using Electron, showcasing the ability to bridge web technologies with native desktop environments for cross-platform development.
- In-depth knowledge of API and networking patterns, including RESTful services and modern asynchronous communication techniques, to ensure seamless data exchange and integration between frontend applications and backend services.
- Success developing and shipping a large-scale web application with a user-empathetic mindset.
Responsibilities
- Articulate a technical vision for a more enlightened way of working and collaborate with multi-functional partners to deliver that vision.
- Write full-stack code, leading by example and understanding root causes alongside junior engineers.
- Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making effective tradeoffs between business impact, user experience, and a high-quality technical foundation.
- Own relationships with other engineering teams and collaborate with other functions within Dropbox.
- Improve the team and company culture through mentorship, interviewing, and involvement in new initiatives.
- Partner with product managers, designers, and analysts to deeply understand the needs of our users and build a product that serves those needs.
- Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours.
Other
- BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering and/or work-related industry experience.
- Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours.
- Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying.
- Improve the team and company culture through mentorship, interviewing, and involvement in new initiatives.
