Senior Backend Product Software Engineer, Core Intelligence & Media

• Lead the technical delivery of a team of 15 to 20 engineers to deliver high-impact customer and business outcomes
• Shape technical direction and partner with Product Management as the DRI for critical company-wide objectives
• Own massive, ambiguous technical and product problems that create company-wide opportunity
• Be a prolific, hands-on coder who owns and implements the most critical, complex, and foundational components of the system
• Influence roadmaps across orgs, breaking silos and steering decisions that change how Dropbox builds
• Architect foundational systems that enable new product capabilities and operate reliably at the scale of hundreds of millions of users
• Demonstrate senior technical leadership and maintain high engineering standards in a virtual-first environment

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience
• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
• Must have a strong mix of skills and depth across multiple areas, including expertise in three or more of search, media systems engineering, performance engineering, modern ML and LLM-based APIs and agentic frameworks

Has significant experience in use of AI tools for technical design, prototyping, as well as coding for production use cases

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support
• Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.to, making it easy to book flexible workspaces for collaboration or individual work
• Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Disability and neurodivergence support benefits