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Engineering Manager, Metadata Services

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Lead a team of 5-7 engineers in developing Dropbox's metadata storage system, fostering innovation, and managing production services.
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Role Description

The Dropbox team is growing, and we're looking for an engineering manager to support this growth. In this role, you'll lead a team of 5-7 engineers in our Persistent Systems Organization, who play a crucial part in developing and managing Dropbox's primary online metadata storage system. It is one of the highest-scale and most critical custom database systems in the world. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, foster a culture of innovation, and enable rapid feature and product development.

Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company 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
  • You will be responsible for growing and developing an incredible team of hardworking and motivated engineers with high expectations around individual ownership and impact.
  • You will develop a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values.
  • You will ensure your team delivers extraordinary output, and continuously seeks ways to make an outsized impact.
  • You will set direction for the team, anticipate strategic and scaling-related challenges via thoughtful long-term planning.
  • You will help craft technical and product strategy.

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, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of industry experience as a software developer, including 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams as an Engineering Manager
  • Experience managing teams supporting and operating services in production
Compensation
Canada Pay Range
$184,500$249,500 CAD

Top Skills

Computer Science
Database Systems
Programming Languages

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