Senior Full Stack Product Software Engineer, Dash

Role Description

As a Product Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining AI-powered software applications. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and ML engineers, to build robust and scalable solutions that deliver exceptional value to our clients. In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and prototyping to deployment and optimization.  This is a 0→1 environment and we’re trying to define the category of AI products.

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Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications for AI-powered software applications.
• Work closely with ML engineers to integrate AI components seamlessly into the overall software product architecture.
• Develop responsive and performant frontend applications using modern web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks like React.
• Implement interactive user interfaces that effectively communicate complex AI functionalities and data insights to end-users.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers to ensure seamless integration of design elements, branding, and usability principles into the frontend development process.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate frontend components with server-side logic and APIs, ensuring optimal performance and data flow.
• Optimize frontend performance to deliver fast and efficient user experiences, considering factors such as page load times, rendering speed, and responsiveness.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in frontend development, UI/UX design, and AI technologies, bringing innovative ideas and best practices to the team.
• Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and provide mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture.

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

• Strong interpersonal skills to lead your projects cross-functionally
• 8 years of experience as a backend engineer or a full stack engineer
• Strong proficiency in backend/frontend development technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and popular frameworks like React
• Knowledge of frontend build tools, module bundlers, and package managers (e.g., Webpack, Babel, npm)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate user requirements into practical frontend solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.