Java Developer — Hybrid Role with Growth & Mentorship

Dropbox; Pasadena (CA); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Dropbox in Pasadena, CA is seeking a mid-level Java Developer who values ownership and reliability. You will prototype, respond to incidents, translate compliance into REST guardrails, and help break down a monolith into JavaScript services that Pasadena can deploy.

You’ll work in a collaborative, transparency-first environment where mentorship and growth are emphasized. The compensation ranges from $106,000 to $153,000 plus benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must take ownership and scale with stakes.
• Willingness to ask the dumb questions to avoid mistakes.
• Reliability that allows managers to trust you without excessive check-ins.
• Humility to update opinions when data says otherwise.
• Adaptability amid shifting requirements.
• Calm, clear communication when delivering bad news.

Responsibilities

• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Translate technology compliance rules into REST API guardrails baked into the build.
• Slice the empowering technology monolith into JavaScript services Pasadena, CA can deploy alone.
• Guard the Empathy codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Dropbox stack.
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Dropbox can explain.

Skills

Ownership

Curiosity

Reliability

Humility

Adaptability

Communication

Job description

Dropbox in Pasadena, CA is seeking a mid-level Java Developer who values ownership and reliability. You will prototype, respond to incidents, translate compliance into REST guardrails, and help break down a monolith into JavaScript services that Pasadena can deploy.

You’ll work in a collaborative, transparency-first environment where mentorship and growth are emphasized. The compensation ranges from $106,000 to $153,000 plus benefits and growth opportunities.