Golang Specialist

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Golang-based libraries, command-line tools, and internal systems to support Dropbox’s developer workflows.

• Develop and enhance components in build systems, including dependency management, caching, compilation, and CI/CD integration.

• Optimize performance, reliability, and ergonomics of developer tooling across large monorepos.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, security, and engineering productivity teams to define system architecture and integration points.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and adoption of engineering best practices.

• Identify pain points in development workflows and deliver automated or scalable solutions.

• Participate in root cause analysis of system failures or inefficiencies, and lead long-term fixes.

• 5+ years of experience in Golang, with a focus on infrastructure software, system tooling, or backend libraries (not just application backends).

• Deep understanding of build systems, source control internals, and monorepo tooling.

• Demonstrated experience with performance profiling, system-level debugging, and concurrent programming in Go.

• Proven track record of contributing to internal platforms, build pipelines, or open-source tooling.

• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) workflows and related automation.

• Strong understanding of Linux development environments and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or similar).

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Experience with Bazel, Buck, Pants, or similar large-scale build tools.

• Familiarity with Git internals, repository management at scale, and commit lifecycle optimization.

• Prior work in developer productivity engineering or internal platform teams.

• Contributions to open-source Golang libraries or infrastructure components.

• Exposure to security tooling, static analysis, or automated code review systems.

• Understanding of Dropbox’s infrastructure stack or similar enterprise-scale development environments.

• Have limited Golang experience or have only used it for web/API development.

• Primarily come from a frontend, full-stack, or Java enterprise application background.

• Lack experience working on infrastructure or system-level tooling projects.

Salary Range

• Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
• Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.

Astreya offers comprehensive benefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees, including:

• Medical provided through Cigna (PPO, HSA, EPO options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only

• Dental provided through Cigna (DPPO & DHMO options)

• Nationwide Vision provided through VSP

• Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care

• Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)

• Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera

• Corporate Wellness Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness Days

• 401k Plan

• Basic Life, Accidental Life, Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)

• Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)

• Paid Holidays

• Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other fringe benefits required under state and federal law