Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact.

Role Description

As a Product Engineer at OTC, 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.

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

• 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.

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).