Principal Software Engineer (Core Sharing & Collaboration)

Join Dropbox as a Principal Software Engineer, where you will tackle company-critical technical problems with a multi-year impact. You will define the long-term technical direction for customer-facing experiences, lead the introduction and adoption of AI, and influence roadmaps across organizations. This role requires a deep understanding of software development, user experience, and operational excellence. Enjoy a range of benefits, including medical coverage, a 401K retirement plan, paid time off, and more.

• Définir la direction technique à long terme pour les expériences client, en identifiant où l'IA améliore la valeur client.
• Diriger l'introduction responsable et l'adoption de l'IA dans les capacités du produit et les flux de travail d'ingénierie.
• Influencer et aligner les feuilles de route à travers les organisations, en résolvant les goulets d'étranglement structurels.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving substantial software development, or equivalent industry experience demonstrating deep technical mastery
• 15+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large scale software systems with sustained impact across multiple teams or organizations
• Demonstrated success operating at a Principal level, owning company critical technical problems and influencing long term technical direction
• Strong experience building consumer facing products at scale, with a deep understanding of user experience, performance, reliability, and operational excellence
• Broad and deep technical expertise across multiple domains, including several of frontend, mobile, search, databases, storage systems, concurrency, and distributed systems
• Practical experience applying modern ML, LLM based APIs, and agentic frameworks in production systems, with sound judgment around quality, cost, and risk
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to senior engineering, product, and executive audiences
• Experience defining and scaling company wide platforms or architectural standards that are adopted across multiple organizations
• Proven track record of leading the introduction of new technologies such as AI or ML into core products or engineering workflows with durable impact
• Experience operating in highly distributed, virtual first engineering organizations at global scale