Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer

About the role

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will build and maintain robust systems that support flagship products and enable future engineering innovations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalability, data integrity, and high performance across the platform. Your work will directly impact millions of users by enhancing the technological backbone of the company.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure capable of managing metadata for hundreds of billions of files and handling hundreds of petabytes of user data.
• Lead the expansion of the data-fabric to connect applications, devices, and services globally.
• Measure and optimize the analytics platform to maintain industry-leading insights extraction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the performance, reliability, and security of the infrastructure.
• Proactively identify opportunities and drive improvements in project states that impact broader business initiatives.
• Navigate ambiguous situations and uncertainties to steer projects toward successful outcomes.
• Participate in on-call rotations to address operational issues and maintain system stability.

Required skills

• Python
• Go
• C/C++
• Java
• Backend systems
• Operating system internals
• Filesystems
• Databases
• Networks
• Compilers

Nice to have

• Technical roadmaps

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
• Equivalent technical experience

About the Company

Dropbox is a company focused on revolutionizing the way people work and collaborate.