Role Description
As a Product Backend Engineer at Dropbox, you will play a key role in transforming the infrastructure that powers our financial and commerce systems.
You’ll join the Finance Data Engineering > Commerce Platform team, where you’ll help build the backend services and platforms that enable reliable, scalable, and future-ready financial reporting and commerce capabilities across Dropbox.
Your work will focus on designing and developing core backend systems from modernizing existing pipelines to building entirely new infrastructure that replaces legacy solutions.
You’ll collaborate across engineering, finance, and data teams to ensure seamless integration with our governance, observability, and quality management tools.
This is not a maintenance role, you’ll be at the forefront of reimagining our commerce and financial infrastructure from the ground up.
We’re investing in modern, cloud-native architectures and scalable platforms that will serve as the foundation for the next generation of financial products at Dropbox.
If you're excited about shaping the future of commerce systems, driving technical innovation, and building resilient backend services that scale with a global business, this is the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
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Responsibilities
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
Preferred Qualifications
Company Description
Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working.
We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work.
Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships.
With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be.
Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.
Team Description
The Dropbox Engineering Team builds the technology that creates more enlightened ways of working for hundreds of millions of people.
Every day, our platforms—including Dropbox Dash, Dropbox Sign, and our core sync engine—handle over a billion files for users worldwide, creating engineering challenges as great as the opportunity for impact.
Our software engineering team uses a range of technologies to solve interesting problems, including Python, React, Node.js, JavaScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Android development.
We think like a startup but build for an enterprise, exploring new possibilities that transform how people work.
If you're excited about turning complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions at scale, join our Engineering team.
Areas of work include Machine Learning Engineers, Infrastructure Engineer, Product SWE Frontend and Backend, Mobile Software Engineers (iOS and Android), Engineering Manager, Data Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, Security Engineering, Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Program Managers, Network Engineer, Datacenter Engineer, Technical Supply Chain Manager and more.
Benefits
Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families.
Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
Additional benefits details are available upon request.
*Where group plans are not available, allowances may be provided
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