Staff Backend Product Software Engineer, Core

• Lead the technical delivery of a team of 12 engineers to deliver high-impact business and customer outcomes
• Shape technical direction and partner with Product Management as the DRI for critical company-wide objectives
• Own massive, ambiguous technical and product problems that create company-wide opportunity
• Be a prolific, hands-on coder who owns and implements the most critical, complex, and foundational components of the system
• Influence roadmaps across orgs, breaking silos and steering decisions that change how Dropbox builds
• Architect foundational systems that enable new product capabilities and operate reliably at the scale of hundreds of millions of users
• Demonstrate senior technical leadership and maintain high engineering standards in a virtual-first environment

• 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 12 years of experience as a software engineer
• Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
• Must have a strong mix of skills and depth across multiple areas, including three or more of frontend, mobile, search, databases, storage, concurrency, and modern ML and LLM-based APIs and agentic frameworks

Experience working on a consumer-facing product onboarding flow on web

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Retirement savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
• Mental health and wellness benefits