Key Facts

Remote From:

Canada

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

277 - 277K yearly

English

Hard Skills

Reliability Engineering Data Integrity Observability Systems Integration Call Center Experience Scalability Software Development Operational Efficiency Software Architecture Front End (Software Engineering) Software Modernization Complexity Reduction Provisioning Tools Process Management Maintainability Property Ownership

Other Skills

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Strategic Planning
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Accountability
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Collaboration
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Communication
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

12+ years of professional software development experience
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving programming, or equivalent practical experience
Proven expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, distributed backend systems
Experience working on systems in a monetary domain such as ecommerce, subscriptions, billing, payments, or financial systems

Requirements:

Design and evolve scalable backend systems that power Dropbox’s Commerce Platform, including CRM, CPQ, Billing, provisioning, and related data workflows.
Define and drive technical strategy for complex, highly customized systems, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and reliability.
Lead efforts to simplify legacy architectures, reduce system fragmentation, and build generalized, product-agnostic solutions.
Own end-to-end reliability of revenue-critical systems, including validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and incident response.

Dropbox

About Dropbox

Dropbox is the one place to keep life organized and keep work moving. With more than 700 million registered users across 180 countries, we're on a mission to design a more enlightened way of working. Dropbox is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and has offices around the world. To learn more about working at Dropbox, visit dropbox.com/jobs We also have a few simple guidelines to keep this space respectful and productive. Please avoid: - Harassing other people or using language that’s hateful, offensive, vulgar, or advocates violence - Trolling, fraud and spamming - Violating someone else’s rights or privacy - Advertising or soliciting donations - Link baiting - Posting off topic comments or thread hijacking We may remove comments that violate these guidelines.

Company type: Large

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 5000

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Job description

Role Description

As a Staff Backend Software Engineer focused on the Commerce Platform within the Business Platform org, you will play a critical role in building and evolving the systems that power how Dropbox monetizes its products across all sales motions. You will own and influence systems spanning Salesforce CRM, CPQ, Billing, Partner Portal, and their integrations into the broader Commerce ecosystem, driving improvements in platform architecture, system simplification, and data consistency across complex, distributed workflows.

You will be responsible for driving technical strategy across a highly customized, revenue-critical platform, including planning and executing modernization efforts, measuring system reliability and data integrity, and evaluating tradeoffs between short-term business needs and long-term platform health. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, Sales, and Finance, with high visibility and ownership over decisions that directly impact revenue, customer experience, and the scalability of Dropbox’s monetization systems.

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

Design and evolve scalable backend systems that power Dropbox’s Commerce Platform, including CRM, CPQ, Billing, provisioning, and related data workflows.
Define and drive technical strategy for complex, highly customized systems, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and reliability.
Lead efforts to simplify legacy architectures, reduce system fragmentation, and build generalized, product-agnostic solutions.
Own end-to-end reliability of revenue-critical systems, including validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and incident response.
Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, Finance, and GTM teams to translate business requirements into durable technical solutions.
Identify and execute on opportunities to improve data integrity, system observability, and operational efficiency across the platform.
Take ownership of large, ambiguous problem spaces and drive them from definition through execution, influencing both technical and business stakeholders.

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 programming (e.g., Computer Engineering), or equivalent practical experience.
12+ years of professional software development experience.
Proven expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, distributed backend systems.
Strong system design skills, particularly in complex, stateful, or workflow-driven systems
Experience building reliable systems with a focus on validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and maintainability
Experience working on systems in a monetary domain such as ecommerce, subscriptions, billing, payments, or financial systems
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with CRM, CPQ, Billing, ecommerce, or similar enterprise workflow platforms (e.g., Salesforce)
Track record of simplifying or modernizing legacy systems into scalable, maintainable architectures
Experience working on revenue-critical or monetization platforms at scale
Experience improving data consistency and integrity across distributed systems
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority