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Backend Product Software Engineer

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Role Description

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.

This year, Dropbox is on a mission to expedite the creation and implementation of AI-enabled products by providing a comprehensive technology stack that facilitates rapid prototyping and reliable deployment of AI-augmented functionality.

Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here.

Responsibilities

  • Designing and building scalable software to reach millions of daily users.
  • Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and analysts to understand user needs and develop products that meet those needs.
  • Developing and executing short and long-term roadmaps, balancing business impact, user experience, and technical quality.
  • Actively contributing to our team and company culture through mentorship, participation in interviews, and involvement in new initiatives.
  • Supporting fellow engineers through feedback, code reviews, and improvement of internal tools and processes.
  • Ensure continuous service operation by participating in the team's on-call rotation, including outside core collaboration hours on a periodic basis.

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.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in software engineering or related industry roles.
  • BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
  • Demonstrated success in developing and deploying large-scale web applications with a user-focused approach.
  • Proficiency in building user-facing software and supporting web/desktop systems and libraries.
  • Ability to handle full-stack projects and deliver minimum viable products efficiently.
  • Willingness to participate in on-call rotations if required by the team.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Contributions to open source projects or technical communities
  • Full-Stack Development
  • Technologies: JavaScript, HTML/CSS, React, Angular, Node.js, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Compensation

At Dropbox, we strive to be a great place for all Dropboxers to grow and be recognized for that growth. This job posting reflects broad requirements, and represents two potential levels of role. Through our assessment process, we will identify your level that ties to compensation based on your experience and technical expertise along with the scope of the role. 

If you are assessed at the IC2 level, below are the current Salary/OTE ranges (Subject to change):
C$134,300 - C$158,000 - C$181,700 

If you are assessed at the IC3 level, below are the current Salary/OTE ranges (Subject to change):
C$168,300 - C$198,000 - C$227,700 

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