Company Description

Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of more than 2,000 bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the flexibility of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.

Team Description

The Dropbox Engineering Team builds the technology that creates more enlightened ways of working for hundreds of millions of people. Every day, our platforms—including Dropbox Dash, Dropbox Sign, and our core sync engine—handle over a billion files for users worldwide, creating engineering challenges as great as the opportunity for impact. Our software engineering team uses a range of technologies to solve interesting problems, including Python, React, Node.js, JavaScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Android development. We think like a startup but build for an enterprise, exploring new possibilities that transform how people work. If you're excited about turning complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions at scale, join our Engineering team. Areas of work include Machine Learning Engineers, Infrastructure Engineer, Product SWE Frontend and Backend, Mobile Software Engineers (iOS and Android), Engineering Manager, Data Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, Security Engineering, Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Program Managers, Network Engineer, Datacenter Engineer, Technical Supply Chain Manager and more.

Role Description

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a forward-thinking infrastructure strategy that supports business goals, future growth, and global scale.
• Own hybrid cloud infrastructure management—including public cloud, privately-owned colocations, and globally distributed POPs (Points of Presence).
• Lead the development and setup of our infrastructure strategy. Work with cloud technologies. Manage our networking, servers, storage spaces, and data centers. Your work will help achieve company objectives.
• Lead initiatives across custom-designed servers, racks, and colocation facilities.
• Oversee development of custom-built storage software, metadata services, filesystems, and compute platforms optimized for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• Drive the development and reliability of exabyte-scale storage systems serving hundreds of millions of global users.
• Lead site reliability and technical operations, including datacenter and network operations, with a focus on automation, scale, and resiliency.
• Design and execute disaster recovery strategies at both single- and multi-datacenter levels.
• Establish and enforce technical and operational standards across all infrastructure systems to ensure consistency, uptime, and efficiency.
• Manage supplier relationships, procurement, and end-to-end infrastructure supply chain operations with a multi-hundred-million-dollar budget.
• Set technical direction, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure successful delivery of scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions.
• Partner closely with cross-functional leaders (Product, Design, GTM, Support, ITS, etc.) to align infrastructure with company-wide goals.
• Lead and inspire a world-class engineering organization, fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Own the delivery of business strategy and contribute to company-level planning and long-term vision.

Requirements

• 12+ years of engineering experience, including 6+ years high-performance team management.
• Experience managing teams of 300+ engineers
• Skilled in balancing delivery with engineering quality, business acumen, data driven decision-making, and immediate and long-term needs
• Strong organizational skills in influence, collaboration, and communication
• Strong execution bias, engineering discipline, and deep technical expertise.
• Track record of building high-performing, empowered teams with a strong culture of ownership, growth, and accountability.
• Deep technical craft mastery and engineering discipline
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in startups and growth environments
• Experience managing full-stack engineering teams
• Experience leading through transformational phases.
• Experience managing remote-first or globally distributed engineering teams.

Compensation