Senior Engineering Manager, Core

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Hiring Remotely in Canada
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201K-271K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working.
The Role
Lead and inspire a team of engineers to enhance Dropbox's Sync Engine, drive project delivery, innovate solutions, and foster a collaborative culture.
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Role Description

At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. We provide a range of innovative cloud-based solutions to empower individuals and businesses to share, access, and collaborate on their files seamlessly. Engineering Managers are pivotal in shaping our mission of building a more enlightened way of working where everyone can unleash their creative potential without constraints.

This Senior Engineering Manager will partner with a dedicated Product Manager to be the directly responsible individuals for executing on critical company-wide business objectives, with direct oversight from the CEO. They will accountable for the business impact of the same. 

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll thrive in our team if you love chasing impact, working through ambiguity, and developing a culture of innovation. In this role, you’ll lead a team of 12-25 engineers, leveraging your robust managerial toolbox to drive direct business and customer impact independently. You’ll work closely with your direct reports, cross-functional partners, and other teams to build the future of Dropbox. Our team culture rewards a bias for action, engineering partnership in defining our strategy, and efficient operational excellence. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a passion for driving results in a collaborative, virtual-first environment.

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
  • Directly manage up to 25 direct reports, as a single execution unit
  • Partner with multiple Product Managers to plan roadmaps and sprints
  • Accountable for high quality execution on critical and high visibility business objectives
  • Responsible for making tradeoffs between feature work and addressing long term technical debt
  • Responsible for excellence in software quality, engineering practices and operations.
  • Lead their team through standard Agile processes, such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
  • Review and Approve engineering designs and able to set technical direction (in collaboration with a Technical Lead)
  • Drive cross-org initiatives alongside execution responsibilities
  • Drive career conversations and career plans for your direct reports 

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 a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience
  • Minimum of 8 years of people management experience with an engineering team
  • Minimum of 10 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
  • Must have experience managing engineering organizations of 20 or above, and experience managing managers
  • Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc) 
  • Must have experience running a standard Agile process such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
Compensation
Canada Pay Range
$200,600$271,400 CAD

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
2,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the flexibility of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself—Dropbox is ready for you.

Why Work With Us

We believe people do their best work when empowered with autonomy and harmony, and we understand there’s no substitute for human connection. Our Virtual First model combines the flexibility of remote work with the power of in-person collaboration to create the best of both worlds: a distributed workplace, anchored in community.

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