Staff Fullstack Software Engineer, Dropbox

• 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 with 3+ years serving as a Senior
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience driving measurable performance improvements in production web applications — including profiling JavaScript and React surfaces, identifying root causes through flame graphs, heat maps, traces, and RUM data, and shipping the fixes that moved the metric
• Demonstrated experience using AI tooling to accelerate performance work — applying LLMs and AI-assisted workflows to profiling analysis, root-cause investigation, refactoring, or shipping performance fixes
• Experience optimizing AI-assisted engineering workflows to improve the productivity of other engineers — selecting tools, defining patterns and guardrails, and measuring the impact on engineering throughput
• Production experience with modern backend services in Python or Go that support consumer-facing client surfaces
• Experience leading technical strategy on cross-cutting initiatives spanning multiple teams or surfaces, including writing design docs, defining architecture, and driving execution to measurable outcomes
• Has worked on a consumer user-facing product (versus a platform team or developer-facing API-based product), and shipped changes that moved customer-visible metrics
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of influencing roadmaps and decisions outside their direct reporting line — including leading initiatives that depend on coordinating with platform owners they don't directly manage

Desirable

• As a Staff Software Engineer on the Growth Monetization team within Core Growth Engineering, you will play a crucial role in optimizing how millions of users discover, trial, and purchase Dropbox products. You'll lead technical strategy for our checkout, trial, conversion, and subscription systems—directly impacting revenue growth and customer retention
• This is a high-visibility, high-impact role where you'll architect and build AI-forward solutions to personalize the customer journey, optimize conversion funnels, and reduce churn. You'll partner closely with Product, Data Science, and Design to define the future of Dropbox monetization while mentoring a team of 15 engineers across experience levels
• Your work will have immediate, measurable business impact. You'll get substantial exposure to Growth leadership, shape the technical direction of a critical revenue-driving platform, and help build a best-in-class monetization engineering practice
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable systems powering Dropbox's monetization flows (checkout, trials, subscriptions, pricing)
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for Growth Monetization, aligning engineering investments with business priorities
• Architect AI/ML-powered solutions for conversion optimization, personalized offers, and predictive churn modeling
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects with direct revenue impact
• Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt
• Mentor engineers across the team, fostering growth and elevating technical capabilities
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to translate business goals into technical solutions