Role Description

As a Software Engineer on the Product Trust team at Dropbox, you will play a critical role in building scalable & intelligent security solutions to detect & prevent abuse, enhance behavioral intelligence, & protect user trust. You will design, develop, & optimize systems that leverage data-driven insights, real-time detection mechanisms, & machine learning models to identify & mitigate threats. Working closely with security, ML, & data teams, you will drive innovation in abuse prevention while ensuring the reliability & performance of our trust & safety infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend development, distributed systems, & security engineering, with a passion for protecting users from evolving threats.

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Responsibilities

• Design, build, & deploy software to detect & mitigate security threats, such as account takeovers, phishing, & malicious content distribution.
• Collaborating closely with Threat Intelligence, Safety & Legal, & Security Engineering teams to understand security needs & develop software that meet those needs.
• Developing & executing short & long-term roadmaps, balancing business impact, user experience, & technical quality.
• Actively contributing to our team & company culture through mentorship, participation in interviews, & involvement in new initiatives.
• Supporting fellow engineers through feedback, code reviews, & improvement of internal tools & processes.
• Ensure continuous service operation by participating in the team's on-call rotation, including outside core collaboration hours on a periodic basis.

Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core & 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

• 5+ years of software engineering or related industry experience.
• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
• Proven track record in identifying & delivering software solutions through a set of milestones spanning a specific product focus or a multi-component system
• Developed & shipped large-scale web applications with a user-centric mindset.
• Proficiency in building user-facing software & supporting systems & libraries for web and/or desktop platforms.
• Familiarity with security domains such as phishing detection & account takeover prevention.

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributions to open source projects or technical communities
• Experience working with ML models
• Technologies: TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, Python, MySQL, Go, Java, Rust

Compensation

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1