Infrastructure Software Engineer

Role Description

As an Infrastructure Engineer your role will be crucial in shaping and constructing the robust systems that not only support our current flagship products but also lay the groundwork for the next wave of engineering innovations. From optimizing user experiences across various projects to ensuring seamless scalability and data integrity you'll be at the forefront of shaping the technological backbone of our platform.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams you'll leverage your expertise to tackle audacious challenges and push the boundaries of what's possible. Your contributions will directly impact millions of users as every line of code you write furthers our mission to revolutionize the way people work and collaborate.

Join us in redefining the future where your passion for building scalable reliable systems will drive meaningful change on a global scale.

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Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure capable of managing metadata for hundreds of billions of files handling hundreds of petabytes of user data and facilitating millions of concurrent connections.

• Assist in expanding Dropbox's role as the data-fabric linking hundreds of millions of applications devices and services worldwide while spearheading efforts to improve interoperability and adaptability across various ecosystems.

• Measure and optimize Dropbox's analytics platform to maintain its status as one of the most advanced in the industry for extracting meaningful insights from vast data volumes.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to innovate and implement solutions that enhance the performance reliability and security of Dropbox's infrastructure ensuring a seamless experience for users worldwide.

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 MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g. physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience

• 2+ years of professional software development experience

• Demonstrated experience in building and managing large-scale multi-threaded and geographically distributed backend systems

• Proficient in programming and debugging across a range of languages such as Python Go C/C++ or Java

• Experience working with operating system internals filesystems databases networks and compilers.

• Ability to independently execute tasks at hand

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Semaphores and Mutexes

Total Rewards

At Dropbox we strive to be a great place for all Dropboxers to grow and be recognized for that growth. This job posting reflects broad requirements and represents two potential levels of role. Through our assessment process we will identify your level that ties to compensation based on your experience and technical expertise along with the scope of the role.

If you are assessed at the IC2 level below are the current Salary/OTE ranges (Subject to change): • US Zone 2: $143100 - $168300 - $193500. • US Zone 3: $127200 - $149600 - $172000.   If you are assessed at the IC3 level below are the current Salary/OTE ranges (Subject to change): • US Zone 2: $172100 - $202500 - $232900. • US Zone 3: $153000 - $180000 - $207000.