Backend Product Software Engineer, Sync

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

Focused on our core business of syncing and sharing files, we are looking for desktop Software Engineers to come build the next generation sync engine for collaboration and distributed work.  This role is for engineers who are looking to specialize in the sync on desktop.  The Core Sync team builds the core technologies that enable Dropbox to safely and securely get all your files into the cloud.

In this role you will deliver best-in-breed software by building on top of a robust systems that powers sync on the desktop client.  You love making software that seamlessly powers our users on Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will build optimized, performant, and scalable features for Dropbox’s flagship sync product so that It Just Works.  You will use data-driven approaches to build features, ensuring that the software we write will last and 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

• You will design and build software capable of reaching millions of daily users
• You will partner with product managers and analysts to deeply understand the needs of our users and build sync experiences that serves those needs
• You will develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making effective tradeoffs between business impact, user experience, and a high-quality technical foundation
• You will improve the team and company – you will be an active participant in our culture (mentorship, interviewing, and new initiatives)
• You will support your fellow engineers through feedback, code reviews, and advancement of internal tools and processes

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

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
• 2+ years of work related industry experience
• A desire to take Dropbox even further. If these large-scale projects resonate, we'd love to learn more about you and find out if we can work together
• Highly skilled at developing and debugging in Rust, C, C++, or Go
• Proven software engineering skills across multiple languages

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Python a plus
• Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, databases, compiler also a plus

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).