Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Dash Experiences

Dropbox; United States; Remote; USD 192,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to lead transformative projects that enhance the future of work. In this pivotal role, you will drive architectural strategies, mentor fellow engineers, and collaborate across teams to ensure seamless technical execution. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the way millions work globally, while fostering an environment of creativity and collaboration. Join a forward-thinking organization that values your contributions and supports your growth in a dynamic, Virtual First setting, where your ideas can flourish and make a real difference.

Benefits

Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off

Income Protection Plans

Business Travel Protection

Perks Allowance

Parental benefits

Access to global co-working spaces

Quarterly cell phone and internet allowance

Mental health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership roles.
• Strong experience with Electron apps and cross-platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture improvements for scalable client infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and enhance operational excellence across teams.

Skills

Software Engineering

Cross-Platform Architecture

Mentorship

Communication Skills

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Equivalent technical experience

Tools

Electron

Python

React

Node.js

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

Staff Full Stack Software Engineer, Dash Experiences

Dropbox is a Virtual First company. For this role, we are hiring in Zones 2 and 3. Please refer to our Compensation section below to see what neighborhoods fall under each Zone.

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 more than 2,000 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 flexibility 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.

Role Description

This is a critical leadership role that requires deep architectural thinking, strong cross-team influence, and a commitment to engineering craft. You will be responsible for unblocking major platform migrations, leading multi-team app refactors, and setting long-term infrastructure strategy. You’ll work alongside product, engineering, data science, and design leaders to ensure technical execution supports our business goals.

As the first dedicated Staff Engineer in the Experiences org, you’ll serve as the technical glue across teams and platforms, with clear pathways to future Principal-level scope.

Responsibilities

• Ensure scalable, high-quality client architecture and foundational infrastructure improvements to enhance developer efficiency and platform performance.
• Lead large-scale app refactors to improve long-term architecture.
• Align technical strategy across multiple teams and drive coordination across mobile, desktop, web, and browser surfaces.
• Mentor engineers and tech leads to reduce execution friction and improve engineering craft through best practices, design reviews, and tech debt reduction.
• Enhance operational excellence by influencing processes, tooling, and incident mitigation.
• Define and maintain the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with user and business needs.
• Represent the team in company-wide technical discussions and forums.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., Physics or Mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
• Deep technical experience working with Electron apps
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in Staff or Tech Lead roles
• Proven success in driving cross-platform architectural initiatives and scaling systems
• Strong communication and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience leading large-scale migrations, refactors, or foundational infra investments
• Track record of mentorship and improving engineering craft org-wide
• A passion for building consumer applications with elegant and clean interfaces

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating in complex, matrixed product organizations
• Familiarity with mobile, web, and desktop architecture
• Experience developing, testing, shipping and supporting a product for hundreds of thousands of users

Compensation

US Zone 2: $216,500—$292,900 USD

US Zone 3: $192,400—$260,400 USD

The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role, subject to change.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation. We target most new hire offers between the minimum up to the middle of the range.

Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current US Zone locations are as follows:
• US Zone 1: San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro
• US Zone 2: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington DC metro, and West Virginia (DC metro)
• US Zone 3: All other US locations

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:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support
• Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.to, making it easy to book flexible workspaces for collaboration or individual work
• Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Disability and neurodivergence support benefits

Additional benefit details are available upon request.

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.