Staff Backend Product Software Engineer, Commerce Platform

2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
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

  • Design and evolve scalable backend systems that power Dropbox’s Commerce Platform, including CRM, CPQ, Billing, provisioning, and related data workflows.
  • Define and drive technical strategy for complex, highly customized systems while balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and reliability.
  • Lead efforts to simplify legacy architectures, reduce system fragmentation, and build generalized, product-agnostic solutions.
  • Own end-to-end reliability of revenue-critical systems, including validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, Finance, and GTM teams to translate business requirements into durable technical solutions.
  • Identify and execute opportunities to improve data integrity, system observability, and operational efficiency across the platform.
  • Take ownership of large, ambiguous problem spaces and drive them from definition through execution, influencing both technical and business stakeholders.

Requirements

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving programming, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 12+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, distributed backend systems.
  • Strong system design skills, particularly in complex, stateful, or workflow-driven systems.
  • Experience building reliable systems with a focus on validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and maintainability.
  • Experience working on systems in a monetary domain such as ecommerce, subscriptions, billing, payments, or financial systems.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Experience with CRM, CPQ, Billing, ecommerce, or similar enterprise workflow platforms, such as Salesforce, preferred.
  • Track record of simplifying or modernizing legacy systems into scalable, maintainable architectures, preferred.
  • Experience working on revenue-critical or monetization platforms at scale, preferred.
  • Experience improving data consistency and integrity across distributed systems, preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority, preferred.

Benefits

  • US Zone 2 salary range of $223,400 to $302,200 USD.
  • US Zone 3 salary range of $198,600 to $268,600 USD.
  • Opportunity to work on a high-visibility, revenue-critical platform with broad business impact.
  • On-call rotation may be part of the role, with participation expected if the team has one.

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