Engineering Manager, Dropbox Sign - Backend

Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact.

Role Description

At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. At Dropbox Sign, we help bring this vision to life by building a simple yet powerful eSignature product that is both feature-rich and developer-friendly.

As the Engineering Manager of Sign’s Backend Team, you will lead the team responsible for the backbone technologies that power the entire Sign product. This includes owning and maintaining the core components and systems that drive the application’s business logic. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with modern technologies such as distributed messaging, database caching, asynchronous task processing, product analytics, and A/B testing tools.

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

• Build out a holistic understanding of the Sign Codebase and feature set and be able to oversee team to deliver complex work (new features or refactors) with confidence.
• Be an advocate and a champion for our customers and take a customer centric approach to everything that you do.
• Build and grow the Poland Sign team, contributing to hiring and onboarding.
• Develop expertise in the Sign product and e-signature domain to lead impactful projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to help shape a customer-centric roadmap. Be a good thought partner to Product and help shape an impactful roadmap.
• Drive results by identifying impactful opportunities and ensuring long-term growth and customer impact.
• Inspire your team with a clear direction, fostering an environment where innovation flourishes and bold ideas are encouraged.
• Foster talent development by supporting personal growth, career advancement, and diverse hiring practices.
• Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive culture, championing team members and upholding our company values.
• Ensure software and architecture excellence through quality feedback, risk mitigation, and alignment with technical strategy and business goals.
  
  

Requirements

• Familiarity or willingness to work with PHP and the LAMP stack
• 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 3 years of people management experience with an engineering team
• Minimum of 5 year as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior e-signature experience
• Prior experience with some of the following technologies: PHP & LAMP, AWS, Linux, distributed messaging, SQL/database optimization, Doctrine caching, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana, Sentry, Selenium/Playwright
  
  

Compensation

Dropbox applies increased tax deductible costs (50%) to remuneration earned by certain qualifying employees (to the extent an employee will be involved in the creation of the software as an “author”) for the transfer of copyrights, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Income Tax Act.

Poland Pay Range

314 500 zł—425 500 zł PLN

The range listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-Target Earnings) for this role, subject to change.

Please note, OTE are for sales roles only.

Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Dropbox is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in all authorized locations.

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage*
• Retirement savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan**
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off policy in addition to statutory holidays, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance*
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance*
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
• Mental health and wellness benefits
  
  

Additional Benefits Details Are Available Upon Request.

• Where group plans are not available, allowances may be provided
• Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy
  
  

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, enABLE, TODOS (Latinx), Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, and Women at Dropbox.

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life.