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Role Description At Dropbox, we believe the future is built on great ideas. And great ideas don’t just come from the top; they come from everywhere. &nbsp;Our mission is to design an enlightened way of working.&nbsp; Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact. This is just the beginning of how Dropbox will use AI/ML to enhance knowledge work in today’s work environment. We’re excited to bring a new generation of personalized AI-powered experiences in Dropbox to improve our customers' working lives and a more focused, efficient, and productive workday. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining AI-powered software applications. You will work closely with cross-engineering teams, product managers, data scientists, and ML engineers, to build robust and scalable solutions to drive user engagement and business growth. You will have the opportunity to grow a product at the beginning of it’s S-curve and to define the next generation of AI products at Dropbox. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications for AI-powered software applications. Define and deliver the multi-team growth strategy with measurable outcomes through ownership of product capabilities and technical systems Lead the design and delivery of software solutions across specific product areas or multi-component systems Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance technical requirements with business goals Lead by example through high quality code, thoughtful reviews, and hands on mentorship, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture. Mentor senior engineers; model high-signal design reviews and effective cross-team influence. Conduct experiments and A/B tests to validate hypotheses and guide product decisions. &nbsp; Participate in and uplevel on-call rotations to maintain service reliability Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying. Requirements 12+ years of relevant experience&nbsp; BS/BA degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate user requirements into practical solutions. Ability to work across the stack on projects and able to build a minimum working product quickly Experience working on large scale user facing applications Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience on a product growth team Excited about building 0→1. Comfortable with ambiguity and pivoting directions Experience at building user-facing applications on web and/or desktop using front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS3 Strong proficiency in backend development technologies such as Golang and Python. Experience building large distributed systems at scale.&nbsp; CompensationCanada Pay Range$204,900&mdash;$277,200 CAD

Staff Fullstack Product Software Engineer, Dash

Role Description At Dropbox, we believe the future is built on great ideas. And great ideas don’t just come from the top; they come from everywhere. &nbsp;Our mission is to design an enlightened way of working.&nbsp; Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact. This is just the beginning of how Dropbox will use AI/ML to enhance knowledge work in today’s work environment. We’re excited to bring a new generation of personalized AI-powered experiences in Dropbox to improve our customers' working lives and a more focused, efficient, and productive workday. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining AI-powered software applications. You will work closely with cross-engineering teams, product managers, data scientists, and ML engineers, to build robust and scalable solutions to drive user engagement and business growth. You will have the opportunity to grow a product at the beginning of it’s S-curve and to define the next generation of AI products at Dropbox. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications for AI-powered software applications. Define and deliver the multi-team growth strategy with measurable outcomes through ownership of product capabilities and technical systems Lead the design and delivery of software solutions across specific product areas or multi-component systems Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance technical requirements with business goals Lead by example through high quality code, thoughtful reviews, and hands on mentorship, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture. Mentor senior engineers; model high-signal design reviews and effective cross-team influence. Conduct experiments and A/B tests to validate hypotheses and guide product decisions. &nbsp; Participate in and uplevel on-call rotations to maintain service reliability Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying. Requirements 12+ years of relevant experience&nbsp; BS/BA degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate user requirements into practical solutions. Ability to work across the stack on projects and able to build a minimum working product quickly Experience working on large scale user facing applications Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience on a product growth team Excited about building 0→1. Comfortable with ambiguity and pivoting directions Experience at building user-facing applications on web and/or desktop using front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS3 Strong proficiency in backend development technologies such as Golang and Python. Experience building large distributed systems at scale.&nbsp; CompensationUS Zone 1 This role is not available in Zone 1US Zone 2$223,400&mdash;$302,200 USDUS Zone 3$198,600&mdash;$268,600 USD

Role Description Our Product Engineers are at the forefront of crafting the seamless, intuitive user interfaces that millions rely on for their data interaction and collaboration needs. Leveraging advanced knowledge in languages and frameworks like JavaScript, CSS and HTML, we ensure Dropbox's platforms are responsive, accessible, and deliver exceptional user experiences. &nbsp;Through their commitment to optimization and innovation, they play a crucial role in evolving Dropbox's offerings, making digital storage and collaboration more efficient and user-friendly on a global scale. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Design and build software capable of reaching millions of daily users. Partner with product managers, designers, and analysts to deeply understand the needs of our users and build a product that serves those needs. Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making effective tradeoffs between business impact, user experience, and a high-quality technical foundation. Improve the team and company – be an active participant in our culture through mentorship, interviewing, and involvement in new initiatives. Support fellow colleagues through feedback, code reviews, and advancement of internal tools and processes. On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers. Requirements BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience. 5+ years of software engineering and/or work-related industry experience. Previous success developing and shipping a large-scale web application with a user-empathetic mindset. Skilled at building user-facing applications and supporting systems and libraries on web and/or desktop using front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS3. Ability to handle full-stack projects and build a minimum working product quickly. Preferred Qualifications 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 front-end. 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 front-end applications and back-end services.

Frontend Product Software Engineer

Role Description The Principal Software Engineer is a highly skilled expert responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s intelligence vision. This role integrates expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Automation, Data Analytics and Visualization to deliver transformative customer, partner, and colleague experiences that drive revenue growth and enhance productivity. The position defines the technical direction for intelligence initiatives, leading the design, development, and deployment of robust, scalable, and secure AI solutions while fostering innovation through emerging technologies. A critical aspect of the role is providing partnership, mentorship and technical guidance, cultivating a culture of excellence and continuous learning. Through close cross-functional collaboration across teams and stakeholders, the role ensures technical efforts are strategically aligned and deliver measurable impact. Additionally, the position plays a central role in strategic problem-solving, addressing complex challenges in intelligence systems and data pipelines, and making informed architectural decisions that ensure long-term scalability and success. Responsibilities Define, drive, and communicate the technical vision for intelligence, AI, and data initiatives, ensuring alignment with CIT strategy, EPD goals, and broader organizational objectives. Take a holistic view of CIT systems and architecture to ensure they are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable over multiple years. Lead the design, development, and deployment of high performance AI systems, data pipelines, and intelligent services from conception through production. Make strategic architectural decisions to address complex AI, data, and platform challenges, balancing short term delivery with long term resilience and scalability Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce operational and security risk, and improve developer productivity. Contribute directly to prototyping, proof of concepts, and implementation of technical components when needed to validate strategy, de risk decisions, or accelerate progress. Architect, evolve, and scale AI, automation, and intelligence platforms that enable advanced analytics, personalization, search, and intelligent decision making. Drive innovation in intelligence models, distributed training, optimization techniques, and data engineering to maximize performance, quality, and business impact. Enhance search and discovery capabilities using intelligent algorithms, natural language processing, and modern data systems. Evaluate, select, and integrate emerging technologies in AI, ML, and automation to maintain a competitive and forward looking technical posture. Partner across engineering, product, design, infrastructure, and other stakeholders to ensure intelligence initiatives directly support strategic objectives. Translate technical capabilities and advancements into clear business outcomes that improve productivity, efficiency, and growth. Resolve conflicting requirements and priorities with sound technical judgment that favors long term organizational outcomes over local optimization. Advocate for intelligence driven solutions across the organization and influence company wide technical priorities. Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior engineering leadership, with IC6 scope extending to org wide and EPD level strategy. Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and data scientists from mid level through senior, fostering continuous learning and technical excellence. Serve as a technical multiplier by raising the effectiveness of surrounding teams through design reviews, code reviews, architectural guidance, and pragmatic execution. Facilitate knowledge sharing across teams through documentation, design writeups, technical discussions, and mentorship programs. Act as a voice for engineers by synthesizing feedback, surfacing gaps and risks, and communicating them clearly to leadership. Contribute to multi year technical vision and roadmap planning, anticipating future scale, complexity, and organizational needs. Identify architectural, operational, and security risks early and mobilize proactive mitigation plans across org boundaries. Partner closely with managers, product leaders, and senior engineers to ensure ambitious initiatives remain feasible, sustainable, and well aligned. For IC6 scope, influence technical direction beyond CIT and partner directly with senior EPD leadership on company wide strategy. Lead and support critical, high impact initiatives by defining technical direction, clarifying requirements, gathering estimates, and ensuring delivery against milestones. Drive execution on complex projects with significant ambiguity or high cost of failure. Improve engineering effectiveness by championing best practices such as CI, automated testing, reliability reviews, and clear ownership models. Promote a bias toward action, thoughtful experimentation, and continuous learning. Model excellence in engineering craft, collaboration, accountability, and inclusive behavior. Lead by example in living Dropbox values, including integrity, ownership, simplicity, and inclusivity. Support hiring by interviewing, calibrating candidates against a high technical bar, and representing Dropbox authentically to candidates and partners. Requirements 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with depth in areas such as intelligent workflows, enterprise scale AI adoption, automation, or data engineering. Proven track record of leading large scale, multi team technical initiatives from conception to production, including solving ambiguous problems, setting technical vision, and driving impact without direct authority. Strong architectural judgment and systems thinking, with the ability to balance short term delivery with long term sustainability, scalability, and operational excellence. Demonstrated ability to influence across teams and disciplines through technical leadership, collaboration, and sound decision making rather than formal authority. Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar of an organization through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts, translate technical strategy to diverse audiences, and influence stakeholders at all levels. Preferred Qualifications Strong coding ability in at least one language commonly used in AI and data systems such as Python, Java, Go, or Scala, with hands on experience building models, data pipelines, or scalable production services. Experience operating in platform, infrastructure, or internal tooling organizations, including leading or significantly influencing org wide technical initiatives. Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities, drive clarity, and make sound technical and product tradeoffs in partnership with product managers. Experience collaborating cross functionally with product, design, infrastructure, and legal or privacy stakeholders to deliver AI powered or data intensive products responsibly. Familiarity with AI assisted development practices in large codebases, along with experience representing engineering externally through talks, blogs, or industry events when applicable. Compensation

Principal Software Engineer, Corporate AI

Role Description The Principal Software Engineer is a highly skilled expert responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s intelligence vision. This role integrates expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Automation, Data Analytics and Visualization to deliver transformative customer, partner, and colleague experiences that drive revenue growth and enhance productivity. The position defines the technical direction for intelligence initiatives, leading the design, development, and deployment of robust, scalable, and secure AI solutions while fostering innovation through emerging technologies. A critical aspect of the role is providing partnership, mentorship and technical guidance, cultivating a culture of excellence and continuous learning. Through close cross-functional collaboration across teams and stakeholders, the role ensures technical efforts are strategically aligned and deliver measurable impact. Additionally, the position plays a central role in strategic problem-solving, addressing complex challenges in intelligence systems and data pipelines, and making informed architectural decisions that ensure long-term scalability and success. Responsibilities Define, drive, and communicate the technical vision for intelligence, AI, and data initiatives, ensuring alignment with CIT strategy, EPD goals, and broader organizational objectives. Take a holistic view of CIT systems and architecture to ensure they are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable over multiple years. Lead the design, development, and deployment of high performance AI systems, data pipelines, and intelligent services from conception through production. Make strategic architectural decisions to address complex AI, data, and platform challenges, balancing short term delivery with long term resilience and scalability Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce operational and security risk, and improve developer productivity. Contribute directly to prototyping, proof of concepts, and implementation of technical components when needed to validate strategy, de risk decisions, or accelerate progress. Architect, evolve, and scale AI, automation, and intelligence platforms that enable advanced analytics, personalization, search, and intelligent decision making. Drive innovation in intelligence models, distributed training, optimization techniques, and data engineering to maximize performance, quality, and business impact. Enhance search and discovery capabilities using intelligent algorithms, natural language processing, and modern data systems. Evaluate, select, and integrate emerging technologies in AI, ML, and automation to maintain a competitive and forward looking technical posture. Partner across engineering, product, design, infrastructure, and other stakeholders to ensure intelligence initiatives directly support strategic objectives. Translate technical capabilities and advancements into clear business outcomes that improve productivity, efficiency, and growth. Resolve conflicting requirements and priorities with sound technical judgment that favors long term organizational outcomes over local optimization. Advocate for intelligence driven solutions across the organization and influence company wide technical priorities. Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior engineering leadership, with IC6 scope extending to org wide and EPD level strategy. Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and data scientists from mid level through senior, fostering continuous learning and technical excellence. Serve as a technical multiplier by raising the effectiveness of surrounding teams through design reviews, code reviews, architectural guidance, and pragmatic execution. Facilitate knowledge sharing across teams through documentation, design writeups, technical discussions, and mentorship programs. Act as a voice for engineers by synthesizing feedback, surfacing gaps and risks, and communicating them clearly to leadership. Contribute to multi year technical vision and roadmap planning, anticipating future scale, complexity, and organizational needs. Identify architectural, operational, and security risks early and mobilize proactive mitigation plans across org boundaries. Partner closely with managers, product leaders, and senior engineers to ensure ambitious initiatives remain feasible, sustainable, and well aligned. For IC6 scope, influence technical direction beyond CIT and partner directly with senior EPD leadership on company wide strategy. Lead and support critical, high impact initiatives by defining technical direction, clarifying requirements, gathering estimates, and ensuring delivery against milestones. Drive execution on complex projects with significant ambiguity or high cost of failure. Improve engineering effectiveness by championing best practices such as CI, automated testing, reliability reviews, and clear ownership models. Promote a bias toward action, thoughtful experimentation, and continuous learning. Model excellence in engineering craft, collaboration, accountability, and inclusive behavior. Lead by example in living Dropbox values, including integrity, ownership, simplicity, and inclusivity. Support hiring by interviewing, calibrating candidates against a high technical bar, and representing Dropbox authentically to candidates and partners. Requirements 12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with depth in areas such as intelligent workflows, enterprise scale AI adoption, automation, or data engineering. Proven track record of leading large scale, multi team technical initiatives from conception to production, including solving ambiguous problems, setting technical vision, and driving impact without direct authority. Strong architectural judgment and systems thinking, with the ability to balance short term delivery with long term sustainability, scalability, and operational excellence. Demonstrated ability to influence across teams and disciplines through technical leadership, collaboration, and sound decision making rather than formal authority. Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar of an organization through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts, translate technical strategy to diverse audiences, and influence stakeholders at all levels. Preferred Qualifications Strong coding ability in at least one language commonly used in AI and data systems such as Python, Java, Go, or Scala, with hands on experience building models, data pipelines, or scalable production services. Experience operating in platform, infrastructure, or internal tooling organizations, including leading or significantly influencing org wide technical initiatives. Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities, drive clarity, and make sound technical and product tradeoffs in partnership with product managers. Experience collaborating cross functionally with product, design, infrastructure, and legal or privacy stakeholders to deliver AI powered or data intensive products responsibly. Familiarity with AI assisted development practices in large codebases, along with experience representing engineering externally through talks, blogs, or industry events when applicable. Compensation US Zone 1 This role is not available in Zone 1US Zone 2$256,300&mdash;$346,700 USDUS Zone 3$227,800&mdash;$308,200 USD

Role Description As a Full Stack Engineer at Dropbox, you will help design and develop the seamless, scalable, and user-friendly experiences Dropbox users depend on. Your work will encompass both front-end and back-end development, supporting products that empower millions worldwide. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to transform ideas into reliable, scalable features that provide outstanding user experiences. This year, Dropbox is on a mission to expedite the creation and implementation of AI-enabled products, providing a comprehensive technology stack for rapid prototyping and reliable deployment of AI-augmented functionality. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Design and build scalable software solutions across specific product areas or multi-component systems Write and review code, demonstrating technical leadership while mentoring junior engineers Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify user needs and create impactful solutions Develop and execute comprehensive roadmaps balancing technical quality, business impact, and user experience Contribute to the team culture through mentorship, interviewing, and active engagement in new initiatives On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers. Requirements 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related roles Experience in both front-end (JavaScript, React, Angular, HTML/CSS) and back-end (Node.js, Python) development BS degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience Success developing and deploying large-scale full-stack applications Proficiency in building front-end interfaces and back-end systems, delivering minimum viable products quickly Willingness to participate in on-call rotations as needed by the team

Full Stack Product Software Engineer

Role Description Join Dropbox’s Data Platform team to build and evolve the core infrastructure that powers customer analytics, experimentation, and data-driven product decisions across the company. You’ll work on high-scale systems for data ingestion, storage, processing, and platform reliability, collaborating closely with staff engineers and partner teams that produce and consume data.&nbsp; This role offers hands-on ownership of critical platform components at massive scale: data lake storage: 60+ PB, streaming: 10+ million events/sec, distributed processing: 200K+ job executions/day. You’ll contribute to a major platform modernization effort, including migrating the data lake to new underlying data formats, re-architecting high-scale ingestion patterns, and building mechanisms that enable AI/ML use cases on top of the data lake. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Build and maintain platform capabilities that enable reliable ingestion, storage, and processing of customer and product data at scale. Contribute to petabyte-scale data lake modernization, including migration to new underlying storage/table formats. Develop platform features to support AI/ML workflows and enable leveraging AI on top of the data lake. Partner with engineering teams across Dropbox to integrate with the customer data platform and improve usability and adoption. Participate in an on-call rotation and help define operational standards for platform services. Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying. Requirements 3+ years of software engineering experience building production systems. Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java or C#). Familiarity with batch and/or streaming data systems concepts (e.g., scheduling, backfills, schema evolution, late data, idempotency). Experience debugging and operating production services using logs/metrics and incident response practices. Preferred Qualifications Experience with big data tooling such as Spark/SparkSQL, Kafka, Hive, Airflow, or Superset. Experience with Databricks or other big data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery). Experience with large-scale data lake storage systems and/or table formats (e.g., lakehouse patterns, schema evolution, partitioning). Compensation Canada Pay Range$134,300&mdash;$181,700 CAD

Infrastructure Software Engineer, Data Platform

Role Description Join Dropbox’s Data Platform team to build and evolve the core infrastructure that powers customer analytics, experimentation, and data-driven product decisions across the company. You’ll work on high-scale systems for data ingestion, storage, processing, and platform reliability, collaborating closely with staff engineers and partner teams that produce and consume data.&nbsp; This role offers hands-on ownership of critical platform components at massive scale: data lake storage: 60+ PB, streaming: 10+ million events/sec, distributed processing: 200K+ job executions/day. You’ll contribute to a major platform modernization effort, including migrating the data lake to new underlying data formats, re-architecting high-scale ingestion patterns, and building mechanisms that enable AI/ML use cases on top of the data lake. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Build and maintain platform capabilities that enable reliable ingestion, storage, and processing of customer and product data at scale. Contribute to petabyte-scale data lake modernization, including migration to new underlying storage/table formats. Develop platform features to support AI/ML workflows and enable leveraging AI on top of the data lake. Partner with engineering teams across Dropbox to integrate with the customer data platform and improve usability and adoption. Participate in an on-call rotation and help define operational standards for platform services. Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying. Requirements 3+ years of software engineering experience building production systems. Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java or C#). Familiarity with batch and/or streaming data systems concepts (e.g., scheduling, backfills, schema evolution, late data, idempotency). Experience debugging and operating production services using logs/metrics and incident response practices. Preferred Qualifications Experience with big data tooling such as Spark/SparkSQL, Kafka, Hive, Airflow, or Superset. Experience with Databricks or other big data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery). Experience with large-scale data lake storage systems and/or table formats (e.g., lakehouse patterns, schema evolution, partitioning). Compensation &nbsp; US Zone 1 This role is not available in Zone 1US Zone 2$151,500&mdash;$204,900 USDUS Zone 3$134,600&mdash;$182,200 USD

Role Description At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. Our mission is to empower teams to build robust, scalable, and delightful web products with confidence. Web DX team supports this mission by creating and maintaining the build systems and developer tools that make engineering at Dropbox faster, more reliable, and more productive. As a Software Engineer on the Web DX team, you’ll contribute to projects that improve the daily workflows of Dropbox web engineers. You will help build and refine the tools and systems that power tasks such as faster builds, smoother testing, type safety, and scalable internationalization - directly impacting developer productivity and confidence. Within Web DX, the Web Build team focuses on build-time systems and tooling, including Bazel rules, TypeScript and React integrations, i18n pipelines, and JS package management and bundling. In this role, you’ll gain valuable exposure to modern build technologies, collaborate with senior engineers to identify and solve developer pain points, and grow your expertise in scaling developer experience across a large engineering organization. This role is an excellent opportunity to develop platform engineering skills, contribute to high-impact systems used by hundreds of engineers, and learn how to shape web development practices at scale. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values technical excellence, thoughtful abstractions, and building tools that last. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Contribute to the development and maintenance of build systems and developer tools that support Dropbox’s web engineering ecosystem, including Bazel rules, TypeScript tooling, React workflows, and i18n pipelines. Implement improvements that help streamline and standardize the development process, such as adding automated checks, improving abstractions, or extending scaffolding to reduce complexity. Collaborate closely with product engineers to understand workflow challenges and help deliver solutions that improve web build speed, reliability, and consistency. Adopt and apply modern practices in areas like static analysis, code quality enforcement, and incremental builds, working with senior engineers to introduce and maintain best practices. Participate in team initiatives that improve developer productivity at scale, such as optimizing build/test loops, enhancing build pipelines, and improving i18n tooling. On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers. Requirements BS in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 2+ years of software engineering experience (or strong internship/project experience for recent graduates). Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React. Interest or experience in developer tooling, build systems, or productivity engineering (e.g., Bazel, RSPack, esbuild, or similar). Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and improve developer workflows. Collaborative mindset with a willingness to learn from and work closely with senior engineers. Experience with static analysis, linters, or code quality tools a plus. Preferred Qualifications Experience contributing to or maintaining build systems (e.g., Bazel,) or bundlers (e.g., Webpack, rspack, Rollup). Familiarity with build pipelines and automated testing frameworks. Hands-on experience building or extending developer productivity tools such as linters, formatters, or scaffolding generators. Familiarity with monorepo development and dependency management at scale. Exposure to internationalization (i18n) workflows or localization tooling. Experience improving development workflows and test/build pipelines. Demonstrated ability to identify developer pain points and propose/implement process or tooling improvements. &nbsp;

Job Title: &nbsp; Software Engineer (T) Job Duties: Research, design, build, and test the next generation of Dropbox's engineering technologies. Build software to handle metadata for hundreds of billions of files, hundreds of petabytes of user data, and millions of concurrent connections. Analyze software requirements to deliver a feasible design within time and cost constraints. Write modular, secure, and well-tested code to ensure the integrity of our technologies. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to develop highly scalable performant solutions. Ensure that our development environment is best in class by delivering improvements to internal tooling and direct partnership with our product platform teams. *Telecommuting permitted 100% of the time from anywhere in the US Specials Skills: Must possess expertise/knowledge sufficient to adequately perform the duties of the job being offered. Expertise/knowledge may be gained through employment experience or education. Such expertise/knowledge cannot be “quantified” by “time.” Required expertise/knowledge includes: C, C++, C#, or Java; Python, React, Go, or JavaScript; Git, Phabricator, Jira or equivalent version control and task management tools; Unit and integration testing, or debugging; Software Development Life Cycle; Data processing, programming languages , networking, operating systems, computer graphics, or human-computer interaction; Algorithms or databases; and Application Development. &nbsp; *Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field (or foreign equivalent) plus 8 years in job offered or closely related occupation OR Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field (or foreign equivalent) plus 5 years in job offered or closely related occupation. Other:&nbsp; Job Site: Dropbox, Inc. 1800 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158. *Telecommuting permitted 100% of the time from anywhere in the US In San Francisco, CA metro, the expected salary range for the role is $100,000 - $150,000. Several factors are considered to determine starting pay: job/level, location/metropolitan area, skillset, peer compensation. 40 hours/week. If offered employment, must have legal right to work in U.S. EOE.

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