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Dropbox

Principal Engineer, Identity & Engagement

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about 5 hours ago
Remote, United States
Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$228k - $347k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical roadmap for identity and engagement platform services.
  • Lead multi-quarter modernization efforts to improve scalability and reduce legacy dependencies.
  • Design and enhance authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle services.
  • Build systems that power engagement signals and analytics pipelines.
  • Create reusable platform primitives and best practices for product teams.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Security, and AI/ML teams on technical decisions.
  • Own delivery of complex initiatives, ensuring high-quality implementation.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence technical direction across teams.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with large-scale backend systems.
  • Proven ability to lead architecture for distributed systems with high reliability.
  • Strong expertise in identity/authn/authz, service API design, or analytics infrastructure.
  • Track record of driving modernization efforts in complex environments.
  • Excellent technical judgment balancing speed, stability, and maintainability.
  • Strong communication skills for writing design docs and aligning stakeholders.

Categories

AI & MLBackendDevOps