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...

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Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Search Platform

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada

Full-time

Senior

Backend Engineer

Software Development

C++ Elasticsearch Go Java Python

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Dropbox

Internet Software & Services

1K-5K

Founded 2007

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Description

Build a highly scalable in-house search platform to power Dropbox Dash AI-powered search for work.
Design and implement a unified search platform that integrates Dropbox Dash search with Dropbox file and folder search.
Support multiple search and retrieval capabilities, including lexical search, vector search, multi-modal search, Q&A, and recommendations.
Build and scale indexing infrastructure capable of handling trillions of documents while maintaining performance, reliability, and efficiency.
Expand the search platform to support Dropbox’s international growth and deliver a consistent user experience worldwide.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tackle complex infrastructure and product challenges.
Contribute code and engineering decisions that improve user experience, scalability, and data integrity.
Participate in on-call rotations when assigned to the team.

Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding, or equivalent technical experience.
9+ years of professional software development experience.
Proven experience building and managing large-scale, multi-threaded, geographically distributed backend systems.
Proficiency in programming and debugging in Python, Go, C/C++, Java, or similar languages.
Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, databases, networks, and compilers is advantageous.
Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and solve open-ended problems effectively.
Ability to own long-term projects and drive them through to completion.
Ability to set medium- to long-term strategy for business-impacting projects.
Experience with search infrastructure tools such as ElasticSearch is preferred.

Benefits

Canada pay range of $190,400 to $257,600 CAD.

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