Dropbox

Principal Software Engineer, Product Engineering

Who can apply: US-based role. The employer has not said which states are eligible — confirm before applying.
Location as listed by the employer: “Remote - Canada: Select locations; US”
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About this role

Dropbox is hiring for a Principal Software Engineer, Product Engineering role. See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving substantial software development, or equivalent industry experience demonstrating deep technical mastery.
  • 15+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large scale software systems with sustained impact across multiple teams or organizations.
  • Demonstrated success operating at a Principal level, owning company critical technical problems and influencing long term technical direction.
  • Strong experience building consumer facing products at scale, with a deep understanding of user experience, performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Broad and deep technical expertise across multiple domains, including several of frontend, mobile, search, databases, storage systems, concurrency, and distributed systems.
  • Practical experience applying modern ML, LLM based APIs, and agentic frameworks in production systems, with sound judgment around quality, cost, and risk.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to senior engineering, product, and executive audiences.
  • Experience defining and scaling company wide platforms or architectural standards that are adopted across multiple organizations.

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