Senior Backend Product Software Engineer, Dropbox
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CA$178.5-241.5k
Eligible for the corporate bonus program and stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
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CA$178.5-241.5k
Eligible for the corporate bonus program and stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Strong interpersonal skills to lead your projects cross-functionally
- Strong proficiency in backend development technologies such as Golang and Python
- Experience building large distributed systems at scale
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate user requirements into practical frontend solutions
- Leading a sub team of intermediate to junior engineers and providing them with technical direction on complex projects
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- BA/BS in computer science, or related degree
- Strong coding experience with Golang and Python
- Experience with building third party app integrations
- Excited about building 0→1. Comfortable with ambiguity and pivoting in direction
- Not satisfied with status quo. Great at finding problems and addressing them proactively
What the job involves
- As a Product Engineer at OTC, 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 that deliver exceptional value to our clients
- In this role, you will have the opportunity to design and implement large scale distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance
- This is a 0→1 environment and we’re trying to define the next generation of AI products at Dropbox
- Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications for AI-powered software applications
- Design algorithms to optimize data ingestion, handle third party rate limits, sync throughput and performance
- Work together with a high performing team to implement platform capabilities to build third party integrations faster
- Drive improvements in key metrics such as sync success rate, sync throughput, data completeness and data freshness
- Enable enterprises to build their own custom connectors using our indexing APIs and custom connector capabilities
- Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and provide mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture
- 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
Our take
Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.
Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.
The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2014
$350m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $607.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
- Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
- Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
- Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
- Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
- We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
- No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
Company values
- Be Worthy of Trust - Millions of teams trust us with their most important information. But this trust can vanish in an instant. That’s why integrity is the foundation of our culture. We do the right thing, even when nobody’s looking. And we’re honest—even when it’s uncomfortable
- They win, We win - Our customers come first. So we put in the work to deeply understand them. We ask, “Who’s the customer?” and “What do they really need?” When they succeed, our business (and everything else) falls into place
- Keep it Simple - Simple things work better—and make more sense. So we build products that do a few things really well. And we don’t overcomplicate life at Dropbox, whether it’s a plan or a process. Getting to simple isn’t always easy, but it’s worth the effort
- Own it - We take responsibility for our work, from start to finish. When we get stuck, we unblock ourselves. When something goes wrong, we don’t ask, “What did they screw up?” but “What could I do better?” We learn from our mistakes and keep going—until we have real impact
- Make work Human - Our mission is to design a more enlightened way of working, for Dropboxers and the world. So we make products that prioritize our needs as humans. And we build a compassionate culture where you can do your best work—no matter who you are or where you’re from
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Arash Ferdowsi
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
Drew Houston
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
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