Backend Product Software Engineer, Dropbox
Reclaim
$157.8-240.1k
Salary dependent on location + Restricted Stock Units + Bonus program
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Smart workspace company
Open for applications
Smart workspace company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$157.8-240.1k
Salary dependent on location + Restricted Stock Units + Bonus program
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional experience in Java backend development, with a strong track record of building and maintaining high-performance, scalable systems
- BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
- Proven ability to thrive in agile, fast-paced environments, including comfort with continuous deployment practices and rapid iteration
- Passion for customer advocacy and support, with a user-first mindset and experience building systems that solve real customer pain points
- Proven track record in identifying and delivering software solutions through a set of milestones spanning a specific product focus or a multi-component system
- Proficiency in building user-facing software and supporting systems and libraries for web and/or desktop platforms
- If you're excited about turning complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions at scale, join our Engineering team
Desirable
- Deep expertise in AWS (or similar cloud platforms), including hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native infrastructure
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Postgres, including schema design, performance tuning, and operational troubleshooting
- Familiarity with modern observability tools and practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing in distributed systems
What the job involves
- As a Product Engineer at Dropbox, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of collaboration and file sharing
- Your responsibilities will revolve around developing and enhancing our suite of Dropbox Products to deliver exceptional user experiences
- You will work closely with cross-functional teams, turning innovative ideas into robust, scalable, and user-friendly features
- Write and maintain high performance Java code from day 1
- Debug and optimize database queries and schemas, including the creation of indices as needed and the resolution of deadlocks when they happen
- Write resilient distributed software that integrates with 3rd parties, such as Google Calendar, Slack, Office 365, Asana, Linear, and more
- Develop REST (and perhaps GraphQL) services to be consumed by the Reclaim front end to start and eventually by 3rd parties
- Participate in the process of continuous deployment, including multiple code reviews and deploys per day
- Debug customer issues using logs, metrics, and traces
- Independently identify and deliver software solutions through a set of milestones spanning a specific product focus or a multi-component system
- Write code alongside junior engineers, demonstrating hands-on technical leadership, understanding root causes, and leading by example
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and analysts to deeply understand user needs and develop products that meet those needs
- Develop and execute both short and long-term roadmaps, balancing business impact, user experience, and technical excellence
- Foster a positive team and company culture through mentorship, participation in interviews, and engagement in new initiatives
- Establish and nurture relationships with other engineering teams and collaborate effectively with other functions within Dropbox
- 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
- The Dropbox Engineering Team builds the technology that creates more enlightened ways of working for hundreds of millions of people
- Every day, our platforms—including Dropbox Dash, Dropbox Sign, and our core sync engine—handle over a billion files for users worldwide, creating engineering challenges as great as the opportunity for impact
- Our software engineering team uses a range of technologies to solve interesting problems, including Python, React, Node.js, JavaScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Android development
- We think like a startup but build for an enterprise, exploring new possibilities that transform how people work
- Areas of work include Machine Learning Engineers, Infrastructure Engineer, Product SWE Frontend and Backend, Mobile Software Engineers (iOS and Android), Engineering Manager, Data Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, Security Engineering, Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Program Managers, Network Engineer, Datacenter Engineer, Technical Supply Chain Manager and more
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.
Freddie
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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