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Role Description

As the Senior Director of Engineering for the Core Business at Dropbox, you will be a key leader responsible for the overall success of engineering initiatives for our core products. You will report directly to the VP of Engineering for Core and play a pivotal role in shaping the engineering direction of Dropbox Core. In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership of engineering for many Core services & components and will partner closely with product, growth, and design teams. You will lead the engineering teams responsible for the development and innovation of core products such as  File Sync & Share (FSS),  and integrations with Dropbox Dash. You will be leading a top-tier product engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • You will lead & inspire a world-class engineering organization, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, & continuous improvement
  • You will lead the team in balancing urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers & the broader Dropbox organization, through clear and repeatable engineering processes
  • You will partner closely with Dropbox leadership across all functions, including Product, Growth, Design, Platform, ITS, GTM & Support to manage success of cross-functional relationships & initiatives
  • You will  create a culture of strong technical ownership, resulting in highly reliable products & services at scale
  • You will set technical direction, make critical architectural decisions, & ensure the successful delivery of scalable, reliable, & high-performance software solutions
  • You'll foster a healthy & collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values & continue to develop Dropbox as one of the best places to work.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of engineering experience in a medium or large software company including 6+ years managing high performance teams
  • Experience managing 150+ person engineering organization. 
  • Ability to balance business delivery with engineering quality, strong business acumen, and a keen eye for data-driven decision making, & a knack for managing both immediate needs & long-term investments
  • Bias to action & high quality execution 
  • Strong technical craft mastery & engineering discipline
  • Deep organization capabilities, especially in regards to influence, collaboration & communication
  • Experience building out & empowering a high performing culture that embodies agency, a growth mindset & extreme ownership
  • Deep interest in recent AI developments & implications in the search and ranking domains
  • Demonstrated ability to hire & grow senior leaders & managers

Preferred Qualifications

  • B2C experience at a product led growth company
  • Start up & growth experience leading fast growing engineering teams with a set of sub teams & managers
  • Experience managing full-stack (mobile, platform & product) engineering organizations at SaaS companies
  • Experience leading an engineering department through a transformation phase
  • Experience managing remote / virtual-first teams

Compensation

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