Role Description

How many times you get an opportunity to be at the ground floor on a very big and important mission? What if you get to be one of the top leaders defining the mission, hiring, guiding your teams and influencing the direction of Dropbox? As the Director of Engineering for search for Dropbox’s new initiatives division, you will exactly get to do that.  You’re able to balance business delivery with engineering quality, have strong business acumen, are data and metrics oriented, and can balance a portfolio of short term and long term investments.

As a ground floor opportunity for this startup team, we need this lead to build a top-tier engineering culture, shape the core architecture to transform search, focus on product strategy and execution.

Responsibilities

• You will build and lead an organization of high performance engineers, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, while being a fantastic place to work.
• Conceptualize and implement a technical strategy for search as we evolve a product line loved by hundreds of millions of people.
• Work with cross functional team members to align product and technology.
• You will create a culture of strong technical ownership, resulting in highly reliable products and services at scale.
• You'll foster a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values and continue to develop Dropbox as one of the best places to work.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of engineering experience in a medium or larger software company including 6+ years managing high performance teams
• Demonstrated technical breadth in building search at scale, particularly how major system components align to produce end-to-end capabilities
• Deep interest in recent AI developments and implications in the search domain
• Demonstrated ability to hire and grow senior leaders and managers
• Deep organization capabilities, especially in influence, collaboration and communication
• BS degree in a technical or design related discipline (CS preferred)

Total Rewards

For candidates hired in San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $263,500 - $310,000 - $356,500. 

For candidates hired in the following locations: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington (outside Seattle metro) and Washington DC metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $237,200 - $279,000 - $320,900. 

For candidates hired in all other US locations, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is currently $210,800 - $248,000 - $285,200. 

Range(s) is subject to change. Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation. Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. 

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).