Dropbox is looking to simplify the way people work together by optimizing activation and engagement flows for team users, modernizing onboarding and activation, and building intelligent, adaptive systems to boost team activation and long-term engagement.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience
- Minimum of 12 years of experience as a software engineer
- Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
- Experience working on a consumer-facing product onboarding flow on web
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of 12 engineers to deliver high-impact business and customer outcomes.
- Contribute hands-on coding (≈50%), primarily in the back-end stack, and write clear, high-quality technical specs.
- Shape technical direction and partner with Product Management as DRIs for critical company-wide objectives.
- Drive cross-organizational impact through strong collaboration with engineering teams and cross-functional partners.
- Champion Agile practices, including planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
- Foster a culture of innovation, clarity in ambiguity, operational excellence, and a strong bias for action.
- Demonstrate senior technical leadership and maintain high engineering standards in a virtual-first environment.
Other
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience
- Minimum of 12 years of experience as a software engineer
- Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
- 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.
