About the role
I set the multi-year, multi-team technical strategy and deliver it through direct implementation or broad technical leadership
Scope
Area of ownership and level of autonomy / ambiguity
I deliver multi-year, multi-team product or platform goals
I exhibit a very high standard of technical judgement, innovation and execution to tackle open-ended problems that require difficult prioritization, defining both the what and how of things to be done
Collaborative Reach
Organizational reach and extent of influence
I am increasingly influencing the roadmaps of other Dropbox teams to achieve business impacting goals.
I exercise judgement that favors the priorities of the wider engineering org rather than favoring locally optimal outcomes
Impact Levers
Technical levers typically exercised to achieve business impact
Domain Expertise - I demonstrate a high level of depth in a particular platform or product category that brings unique business value.
Technical Strategy - I excel at defining the vision for and delivering large business-impacting projects with multiple constraints
Product Expertise - I increasingly influence or make product decisions/scope and determine the right technical tradeoffs to deliver customer value quickly.
Mentorship - I serve as a role model for other Dropbox engineers