Corporate Infrastructure Engineering Manager, Dropbox
Cloud Infrastructure
$160.7-244.6k
+ Corporate bonus program and equity (RSUs). Salary range may vary by location.
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Smart workspace company
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Smart workspace company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$160.7-244.6k
+ Corporate bonus program and equity (RSUs). Salary range may vary by location.
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- As an Engineering Manager, you’ll thrive in our team if you love chasing impact, working through ambiguity, and developing a culture of innovation
- You’ll work closely with your direct reports, cross-functional partners, and other teams to build the future of Dropbox
- The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a passion for driving results in a collaborative, virtual-first environment
- 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 3 years of people management experience with an engineering team
- Minimum of 5 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
Desirable
- Experience working in any of the following global cloud environments: AWS, GCP, OCI, Azure
- Technically proficient in large-scale, cloud-native systems
- Experience working with Terraform, Terraform Cloud, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation
- Experience driving best practices for code reviews, version control, and continuous integration/deployment pipelines for all infrastructure and automation code
What the job involves
- Engineering Managers are pivotal in shaping our mission of building a more enlightened way of working where everyone can unleash their creative potential without constraints
- In this role, you’ll lead a team of 5-10 engineers, leveraging your robust managerial toolbox to drive direct business and customer impact independently
- You’ll work closely with your direct reports, cross-functional partners, and other teams to build the future of Dropbox
- You'll drive results by identifying impactful opportunities and ensuring long-term growth and customer impact
- Inspire your team with a clear direction, fostering an environment where innovation flourishes and bold ideas are encouraged
- Foster talent development by supporting personal growth, career advancement, and diverse hiring practices
- Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive culture, championing team members and upholding our company values
- Ensure software and architecture excellence through quality feedback, risk mitigation, and alignment with technical strategy and business goals
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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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: $607.4m
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
- Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
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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