Frontend Product Software Engineer, Growth Lifecycle
Dropbox
Role Description
As a Product Engineer at Dropbox on our Growth “Lifecycle” team, you will play a key role in shaping how millions of users find and unlock value through the right paid Dropbox plan at the right time. The Growth Lifecycle team powers Dropbox’s top-of-funnel engine — driving sign-ups, trials, and upsells while optimizing storage economics. In this role, you’ll work across the stack and collaborate with cross-functional partners to build, experiment with, and optimize high-traffic experiences that drive customer acquisition, accelerate activation, and deliver sustainable revenue impact.
Our Product Engineers are at the forefront of crafting the seamless, intuitive user interfaces that millions rely on for their data interaction and collaboration needs. Leveraging advanced knowledge in languages and frameworks like TypeScript, CSS, and HTML, we ensure Dropbox's platforms are responsive, accessible, and deliver exceptional user experiences. Through their commitment to optimization and innovation, they play a crucial role in evolving Dropbox's offerings, making digital storage and collaboration more efficient and user-friendly on a global scale.
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Responsibilities
- Articulate a technical vision and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver that vision.
- Write full-stack code, leading by example and understanding root causes alongside junior engineers.
- Participate in bug fixes and operational improvements, balancing technical tradeoffs with product velocity.
- Partner with product managers, designers, and analysts to deeply understand the needs of our users and build a product that serves those needs.
- Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making effective tradeoffs between business impact, user experience, and a high-quality technical foundation.
- Improve the team and company culture through mentorship, interviewing, and involvement in new initiatives.
- Own relationships with other engineering teams and collaborate with other functions within Dropbox.
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 degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering and/or work-related industry experience.
- Success developing and shipping a large-scale web application with a user-empathetic mindset.
- Skilled at building user-facing applications and supporting systems and libraries on web using frontend technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and HTML/CSS.
- Ability to work across the stack on projects and able to build a minimum working product quickly.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with TypeScript and React.
- Prior work in a Growth organization or Monetization domain experience.
- Familiarity in using Git as a version control system to manage codebase changes and collaborate with other team members efficiently.
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 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 autonomy 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.
Benefits
Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Medical, Dental & Vision allowance*
- Retirement, Critical Illness, Life & Income Protection allowance*
- Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
- Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off policy in addition to statutory holidays, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
- Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more
- Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
Additional benefits details are available upon request.
*Where group plans are not available, allowances may be provided
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