Senior Engineering Manager, 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 8 years of people management experience with an engineering team
• Minimum of 10 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
• Must have experience managing engineering organizations of 20 or above, and experience managing managers
• Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
• Must have experience running a standard Agile process such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
• Must have domain experience in subscription commerce, billing, or payments systems, with technical understanding of identity models, entitlements, and license management

Desirable

• At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together
• We provide a range of innovative cloud-based solutions to empower individuals and businesses to share, access, and collaborate on their files seamlessly
• 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
• This Senior Engineering Manager will partner with a dedicated Product Manager to be directly responsible for individuals executing on critical company-wide business objectives with direct oversight from the CEO
• They will accountable for the business impact of the same
• This team will own the Multi-Product Enablement (MPE) initiative
• MPE powers a single, unified experience for discovering, purchasing, and managing multiple Dropbox products
• It provides seamless checkout, flexible trials, and centralized subscription management so admins and teams can focus on work instead of managing tools
• By removing friction and supporting self-serve expansion, MPE drives customer growth, simplifies operations, and ensures Dropbox can scale new products like Dash quickly and reliably
• As a Senior Engineering Manager, you’ll thrive in our team if you love chasing impact, working through ambiguity, and developing a culture of innovation
• In this role, you’ll lead a team of 12-25 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
• Our team culture rewards a bias for action, engineering partnership in defining our strategy, and efficient operational excellence
• The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a passion for driving results in a collaborative, virtual-first environment
• Directly manage up to 25 direct reports as a single execution unit
• Partner with multiple Product Managers to plan roadmaps and sprints
• Be accountable for high quality execution on critical and highly visible business objectives
• Be responsible for making tradeoffs between feature work and addressing long term technical debt
• Be responsible for excellence in software quality, engineering practices and operations
• Lead the team through standard Agile processes, such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
• Review and approve engineering designs and be able to set technical direction (in collaboration with a Technical Lead)
• Drive cross-org initiatives alongside delivering execution responsibilities
• Drive career conversations and career plans for your direct reports
• 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
• If you're excited about turning complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions at scale, join our Engineering team
• 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