Software Engineer, DocSend Infrastructure - Location Flexible
DocSend, a Dropbox company, is shaping the future of how businesses put documents to work. Our 24,000 customers rely on us to send documents or folders with a single link, track who’s interacting with those documents, and get key contracts and NDAs signed. From founders to sales teams, we power the most important documents while delivering unparalleled security and control.
As a Software Engineer on the DocSend Infrastructure 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.
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
Requirements
If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply! It's impossible for one person to check every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team!
- 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
- 2+ 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
- Bonus: Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails experience