Role Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable systems powering Dropbox's monetization flows (checkout, trials, subscriptions, pricing)
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for Growth Monetization, aligning engineering investments with business priorities
• Architect AI/ML-powered solutions for conversion optimization, personalized offers, and predictive churn modeling
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects with direct revenue impact
• Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt
• Mentor engineers across the team, fostering growth and elevating technical capabilities
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to translate business goals into technical solutions

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

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years operating at a senior or staff level
• Strong full-stack engineering skills with proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) and backend technologies (Python, Go, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects from conception through delivery
• Experience designing and scaling systems that handle high traffic and require high reliability
• Track record of influencing technical strategy and driving architectural decisions beyond immediate team scope
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across a team
• Strong product intuition and ability to balance technical excellence with business impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monetization, payments, checkout, or e-commerce platforms
• Background in growth engineering, conversion optimization, or experimentation platforms
• Familiarity with ML/AI applications in personalization or funnel optimization
• Experience with subscription-based or SaaS business models
• Prior experience at a company operating at significant scale (millions of users)

Compensation

Role Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable systems powering Dropbox's monetization flows (checkout, trials, subscriptions, pricing)
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for Growth Monetization, aligning engineering investments with business priorities
• Architect AI/ML-powered solutions for conversion optimization, personalized offers, and predictive churn modeling
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects with direct revenue impact
• Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt
• Mentor engineers across the team, fostering growth and elevating technical capabilities
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to translate business goals into technical solutions

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

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years operating at a senior or staff level
• Strong full-stack engineering skills with proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) and backend technologies (Python, Go, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects from conception through delivery
• Experience designing and scaling systems that handle high traffic and require high reliability
• Track record of influencing technical strategy and driving architectural decisions beyond immediate team scope
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across a team
• Strong product intuition and ability to balance technical excellence with business impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monetization, payments, checkout, or e-commerce platforms
• Background in growth engineering, conversion optimization, or experimentation platforms
• Familiarity with ML/AI applications in personalization or funnel optimization
• Experience with subscription-based or SaaS business models
• Prior experience at a company operating at significant scale (millions of users)

Compensation

Role Description

As a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer on the Churn and International Growth team, you will work across large scale projects with a focus on reliability, performance, and 0 -> 1 execution in new international markets. You will support our push toward AI enabled products by contributing to a modern stack for rapid prototyping and dependable deployment. You will set the technical vision, lead full stack development, and help define a unified architecture for cancellation and internationalization flows.

You will partner closely with product, data science, design, and engineering leaders across the business to deliver software that drives customer and business value. This role will oversee a high impact portfolio focused on reducing churn and accelerating global growth, including our Churn Prevention Engine and a range of early churn, down sell, and cancellation optimizations.

Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into clear, scalable technical solutions.
• Strengthen team collaboration through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.
• Define and execute a multi year, multi team technical strategy with measurable impact.
• Align technical solutions with business goals in partnership with cross functional teams.
• Lead by example through high quality code, thoughtful reviews, and hands on mentorship.
• Drive product innovation by balancing user needs, technical rigor, and business outcomes.

On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience as a backend or full stack engineer with a track record of delivering scalable, reliable systems.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong expertise in backend technologies such as Golang and Python.
• Strong expertise in frontend frameworks such as React.
• Exceptional problem solving skills and the ability to turn user needs into effective technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of best practices for building high performance, reliable, scalable services.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and present concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.