Backend Product Software Engineer, Dropbox

DocSend Platform

CA$163.2-220.8k

+ Bonus + Stock in the form of RSUs

AWS
Elasticsearch
Redis
Heroku
Ruby
Rails
Ruby on Rails
DynamoDB
Senior level
Remote in Canada

More information about location

Dropbox

Smart workspace company

Open for applications

Dropbox

Smart workspace company

1001+ employees

B2CB2BData storageEnterpriseCloud Computing

Open for applications

CA$163.2-220.8k

+ Bonus + Stock in the form of RSUs

AWS
Elasticsearch
Redis
Heroku
Ruby
Rails
Ruby on Rails
DynamoDB
Senior level
Remote in Canada

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CB2BData storageEnterpriseCloud Computing

Company mission

Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.

Role

Who you are

  • BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Solid CS fundamentals with strong problem-solving skills
  • Proven track record of shipping impactful features, end-to-end
  • Experience or interest in scalability, performance, reliability, monitoring and observability
  • Required: Ruby on Rails experience

Desirable

  • Contributions to open source projects or technical communities
  • Full-Stack Development

What the job involves

  • Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact
  • As a Software Engineer on the DocSend Platform team, you will play a key role in tackling the scalability challenges we face as DocSend rapidly grows. We own the foundation that enables DocSend to scale in a reliable and performant manner, and work with Dropbox teams to leverage their infrastructure when beneficial
  • Our team highly values ownership, customer focus, and continuous improvement – you’ll thrive in our team if you enjoy having the opportunity to innovate and make a huge impact quickly
  • Technologies we work with include a Ruby on Rails web app running on Heroku with a PostgreSQL DB, Redis, background workers, Elasticsearch, and some AWS services like S3 and DynamoDB
  • Take ownership of features end-to-end
  • Research, architect, implement, and help drive innovative solutions
  • Actively share knowledge and document insights to support continuous team improvement and collaboration
  • Act as a mentor throughout the software development process
  • Partner and collaborate with other functions and teams across both Dropbox and DocSend
  • 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

Our take

Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.

Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.

The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.

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Top investors

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back within 2 weeks

3% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jan 2014

$350m

SERIES C

Oct 2011

$250m

SERIES B

Total funding: $607.3m

Company benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
  • Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
  • Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
  • Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
  • Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
  • We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
  • No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them

Company values

  • Be Worthy of Trust - Millions of teams trust us with their most important information. But this trust can vanish in an instant. That’s why integrity is the foundation of our culture. We do the right thing, even when nobody’s looking. And we’re honest—even when it’s uncomfortable
  • They win, We win - Our customers come first. So we put in the work to deeply understand them. We ask, “Who’s the customer?” and “What do they really need?” When they succeed, our business (and everything else) falls into place
  • Keep it Simple - Simple things work better—and make more sense. So we build products that do a few things really well. And we don’t overcomplicate life at Dropbox, whether it’s a plan or a process. Getting to simple isn’t always easy, but it’s worth the effort
  • Own it - We take responsibility for our work, from start to finish. When we get stuck, we unblock ourselves. When something goes wrong, we don’t ask, “What did they screw up?” but “What could I do better?” We learn from our mistakes and keep going—until we have real impact
  • Make work Human - Our mission is to design a more enlightened way of working, for Dropboxers and the world. So we make products that prioritize our needs as humans. And we build a compassionate culture where you can do your best work—no matter who you are or where you’re from

Company HQ

Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university

Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university

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