Principal Software Engineer, Dropbox
CA$244-330.1k
OTE
+ Corporate bonus program + Stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
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1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$244-330.1k
OTE
+ Corporate bonus program + 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
- Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering preferably in a tech company
- Proven track record in architecting and building large-scale, high-performance data platforms and pipelines in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS)
- Strong experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka) and data warehousing solutions (e.g., Databricks)
- Solid understanding of data modeling, ETL processes, and real-time data processing
- Expertise in leading enterprise business intelligence tools to support development of automated dashboards
- Ability to influence prioritization and execution of high impact data initiatives
- Proven ability in regards to managing and communicating data warehouse plans to internal clients
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements and vice versa
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Engineer to play a central role in shaping the data infrastructure and strategy within our Business Platform organization
- As a Data Architect, you will be responsible for driving the strategic direction, development, and optimization of our data platforms
- You’ll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across engineering, data science, product, marketing, and finance to ensure that data is reliable, secure, and serves as a cornerstone of our company’s decision-making
- Our mission is to deliver the right data with the right controls through best-in-class data management, ensuring data quality, discoverability, and availability across the organization
- This involves architecting scalable, efficient data solutions, building schemas, designing and optimizing transformation pipelines, and maintaining data marts and dashboards
- Your work will enable teams to derive valuable insights and achieve ambitious business objectives
- As a strategic leader, you’ll align key initiatives with broader organizational goals and communicate priorities effectively across multiple leadership teams
- You’ll have the unique opportunity to define the long-term data vision for the organization, influencing how teams across the company leverage data to innovate and excel
- By leading through technical excellence, you will ensure that the data ecosystem supports business growth and operational excellence while serving as a trusted partner and technical mentor within the organization
- This role offers the chance to make a profound impact by enabling data-driven decision-making and shaping the future of our business platform while working with a talented and passionate team of engineers
- Develop and execute a data strategy aligned with the company’s objectives, ensuring scalability, security, and performance
- Drive the adoption of best practices in data architecture, engineering, and governance across the organization
- Oversee the development of tools and frameworks for efficient and secure data access, analysis, and processing
- Ensure high availability and reliability of data systems, focusing on real-time, streaming, and batch processing capabilities
- Design and implement the long-term vision and architecture for data and analytics to support growth and multi-product efforts
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Data Science, Engineering, Product, and others) to understand and deliver on their data needs
- Define and design data integrations, data quality frameworks, and evaluate open-source or vendor tools for data lineage
- Establish and manage processes to achieve operational excellence, including defining SLAs for production data sets and processes
- Develop a data aggregation and reporting strategy, including delivering high-impact dashboards, data sets, and visualizations to inform key decisions
- Train and assist users in transforming data into actionable insights, fostering self-sufficiency in data usage
- Define and enforce data governance policies to ensure data quality, security, privacy, and compliance across platforms
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to manage risks associated with data usage and storage
- Mentor and grow the team, supporting the development of talented data and platform engineers
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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