Role Description
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.
Our Engineering Career Framework is and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Contributions to open source projects or technical communities
- Full-Stack Development
Total Rewards
Canada Pay Range$163,200 $220,800 CAD
The range listed above is the expected annual salary / OTE 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).
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*
- Retirement Savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan
- Dropbox provides a Flexible PTO Policy in addition to your statutory holidays allowing you to unplug, unwind, and refresh
- Dropbox also provides exclusive additional paid time off for all FTE employees across the Globe, in addition to any relevant statutory holidays
- Protection Plans including Life and Disability Insurance*
- A Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more
- Parental benefits including; Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
Additional benefits details are available upon request.
Where group plans are not available, allowances are provided
Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy
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.
A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).