Infrastructure Software Engineer

2 hours, 55 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Dropbox

Dropbox

Dropbox is a technology company that builds simple, powerful products for individuals and businesses. With over 700 million registered users worldwide, Dropbox offers file sync, sharing, online backup, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and more to st...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2007

Description

  • Build infrastructure to manage metadata for hundreds of billions of files, hundreds of petabytes of user data, and millions of concurrent connections.
  • Lead expansion of Dropbox’s role as a data-fabric connecting applications, devices, and services globally.
  • Measure and optimize Dropbox’s analytics platform to extract meaningful insights from large-scale data.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and security.
  • Improve interoperability and adaptability across diverse ecosystems.
  • Mentor and guide junior team members and share best practices within the infrastructure engineering team.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to improve infrastructure over time.
  • Participate in on-call rotations when assigned to a services team.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding, or equivalent technical experience.
  • 5+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven experience building and managing large, multi-threaded, geographically distributed backend systems.
  • Proficiency in programming and debugging in Python, Go, C/C++, or Java.
  • Proficiency with operating system internals, filesystems, databases, networks, and compilers.
  • Proven ability to define and deliver well-scoped milestones and projects.
  • Ability to independently define the right solutions for ambiguous, open-ended problems.
  • Familiarity with semaphores and mutexes (preferred).

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary of $183,600–$248,400 USD in US Zone 2.
  • Competitive base salary of $163,200–$220,800 USD in US Zone 3.
  • The role includes participation in on-call rotations for applicable services teams.
  • Opportunity to work on infrastructure that impacts millions of users globally.

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