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Role Description
As an Infrastructure Engineer, your role will be crucial in shaping and constructing the robust systems that not only support our current flagship products but also lay the groundwork for the next wave of engineering innovations. From optimizing user experiences across various projects to ensuring seamless scalability and data integrity, you'll be at the forefront of shaping the technological backbone of our platform. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll leverage your expertise to tackle audacious challenges and push the boundaries of what's possible. Your contributions will directly impact millions of users, as every line of code you write furthers our mission to revolutionize the way people work and collaborate. Join us in redefining the future, where your passion for building scalable, reliable systems will drive meaningful change on a global scale. 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
- Build infrastructure capable of managing metadata for hundreds of billions of files, handling hundreds of petabytes of user data, and facilitating millions of concurrent connections.
- Lead the expansion of Dropbox's function as the data-fabric, connecting hundreds of millions of applications, devices, and services globally, while also driving initiatives to enhance interoperability and adaptability across diverse ecosystems.
- Measure and optimize Dropbox's analytics platform to maintain its status as one of the most advanced in the industry for extracting meaningful insights from vast data volumes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to innovate and implement solutions that enhance the performance, reliability, and security of Dropbox's infrastructure, ensuring a seamless experience for users worldwide.
- Proactively identify new opportunities and drive improvements in current project states, advocating for and implementing changes that potentially impact broader business initiatives across teams or products.
- Proficiency in effectively navigating through ambiguous situations and uncertainties, demonstrating adaptability and strategic thinking to steer projects towards successful outcomes.
On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Proven track record constructing and managing expansive, multi-threaded, geographically dispersed backend systems
- Proficient in programming and debugging across a range of languages such as Python, Go, C/C++, or Java
- Extensive experience working with operating system internals, filesystems, databases, networks, and compilers considered advantageous
- Ability to navigate and thrive in ambiguous situations, showcasing adaptability and open-ended problem solving.
- Capable of taking ownership of long-term projects and seeing them through to completion.
- Ability to set medium-to-long term strategy for business-impacting projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven track record of defining technical roadmaps for the team.
Compensation
Poland Pay Range 333 200 zł—450 800 zł PLN Dropbox applies increased tax deductible costs to remuneration earned by certain qualifying employees (to the extent an employee will be involved in the creation of the software as an “author”) for the transfer of copyrights... The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role... Salary/OTE is just one component... All regular employees are also eligible for corporate bonus program or sales incentive as well as stock in form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Dropbox is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in all authorized locations. Read more about our benefits here.
Company Description
Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for designing a more enlightened way of working... Our Virtual First model combines autonomy... With a startup mindset... You own your impact... helping make work more intuitive...
Team Description
The Dropbox Engineering Team develops technology... Our platform features robust systems software layer that stores exabytes... We think like a startup but build for an enterprise...
Virtual First
Dropbox’s Virtual First way is designed to help people do their best work with flexibility... Day-to-day teams work remotely with nonlinear schedules... We prioritize asynchronous communication... While remote work is primary experience... we also prioritize intentional in-person connection through team gatherings... This role requires travel to offsites (~5–10% annually)...
Dropbox helps find, organize, and protect work with products like Dropbox Dash, offering advanced search for video, images, and team members plus generative AI capabilities. It provides cloud storage, secure file sharing, collaboration tools, and industry-specific solutions for construction, media, technology, professional services, manufacturing, and education. Security features include encryption, tamper-proof documents, version history, and recovery.
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