Staff Data Engineer, Dropbox
Commerce Data
$171.4-260.8k
This role is eligible for the corporate bonus program as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Salary dependent on location
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1001+ employees
Posted today
$171.4-260.8k
This role is eligible for the corporate bonus program as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Salary dependent on 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
- The ideal candidate will have a strong culture of innovation and accountability, and expertise in developing data health metrics that integrate with data governance, observability, and quality management tools.
- BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
- 10+ years of Python development experience
- 10+ years of SQL experience (Spark and Databricks-specific SQL is a plus)
- 10+ years of experience with schema design, dimensional data modeling, and scalable data architecture
- Demonstrable track record managing, communicating, and collaborating with internal clients on data platform plans and capabilities
- Experience designing, building and maintaining data processing systems
- Experience working with data at significant scale and optimizing queries and pipelines
Desirable
- 7+ years of Spark SQL and non-SQL Spark development experience
- 7+ years of Snowflake development experience
- 7+ years of development of Airflow data pipelines
- 5+ years of experience with Hive Map/Reduce
- 7+ years of Databricks platform experience including Spark and Databricks development
What the job involves
- Dropbox seeks a highly skilled and motivated Staff Data Engineer to join our Commerce Platform team. You will be responsible for building next-generation commerce data pipelines that support crucial business decisions across the organization.
- This role includes maintaining existing pipelines, and constructing new infrastructure to replace outdated systems
- As a Staff Data Engineer at Dropbox, you will act as a leader and senior member of the team helping them build very large, scalable platforms using cutting edge data technologies
- This is not a “maintain existing platform” or “make minor tweaks to current code base” kind of role. We are effectively building from the ground up and plan to leverage the most recent Big Data technologies. If you enjoy building new things without being constrained by technical debt, this is the job for you!
- You will help define company data assets (data models) using Spark, Spark SQL and Databricks SQL jobs to populate data models
- You will help define and design data integrations, data quality, and governance frameworks and design and evaluate open source/vendor tools to improve development velocity
- You will help define data engineer best practices
- You will work closely with Dropbox business units and engineering teams to develop a data strategy and data architecture to support Dropbox’s long term business goals
- 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.
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: $607.3m
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
- 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 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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