Senior Engineering Manager, Core Media & Intelligence

<h2>Role Description</h2> <p><span class="thread-348589118974529206372994 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-348589118974529206372994-first author-d-gz71zz89zz86zqz85zz83zsyvz122zz73zz79zz80zcs9xg1z80zlz69z7lz65zz67zz85zau2z76zgz86z5gdz122zvz88zjnaz79zz78zv">At Dropbox, we believe in simplifying the way people work together. We provide a range of innovative cloud-based solutions to empower individuals and businesses to share, access, and collaborate on their files seamlessly. Engineering Managers are pivotal in shaping our mission of building a more enlightened way of working where everyone can unleash their creative potential without constraints. </span></p> <p><span class="thread-348589118974529206372994 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-348589118974529206372994-first author-d-gz71zz89zz86zqz85zz83zsyvz122zz73zz79zz80zcs9xg1z80zlz69z7lz65zz67zz85zau2z76zgz86z5gdz122zvz88zjnaz79zz78zv">As a Senior Engineering Manager, you’ll thrive in our team if you love chasing impact, working through ambiguity, and developing a culture of innovation. In this role, you’ll lead a team of 12-2<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">0</span> engineers, leveraging your robust managerial toolbox to drive direct business and customer impact independently. You’ll work closely with your direct reports, cross-functional partners, and other teams to build the future of Dropbox. Our team culture rewards a bias for action, engineering partnership in defining our strategy, and efficient operational excellence. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a passion for driving results in a collaborative, virtual-first environment.</span></p> <div><span class="thread-001125794676548740811720 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-001125794676548740811720-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4gz69zyz68ziqhz122zapz85z0v7z65z2cpz78zz90zpz87ziyz79zxw37"><span class="comment-extra-inner-span">Th</span></span><span class="thread-001125794676548740811720 attrcomment author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz86z9z90zz78zpz67zz74zz66zz85zy1z82zkz89zz89zt8z83zz65zz83z6z85zz78z8z77zz70zlz68zz81z7"><span class="comment-extra-inner-span">e Core Media &amp; Intelligence team </span></span><span class="thread-001125794676548740811720 attrcomment author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4gz69zyz68ziqhz122zapz85z0v7z65z2cpz78zz90zpz87ziyz79zxw37"><span class="comment-extra-inner-span">will lead the development of next-generation, AI-powered applications built end-to-end on top of Dropbox. The mission is to design and ship intelligent, vertical solutions that deeply understand customer workflows and deliver differentiated, high-impact experiences.</span></span> <span class="thread-001125794676548740811720 attrcomment author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4gz69zyz68ziqhz122zapz85z0v7z65z2cpz78zz90zpz87ziyz79zxw37"><span class="comment-extra-inner-span">The team will work at the forefront of applied AI—leveraging LLMs, building autonomous agents, advancing search and retrieval systems, and integrating computer vision and contextual intelligence to reimagine how users interact with their content. Beyond product innovation, the team will also pioneer AI-driven development practices, pushing the boundaries of how LLMs and modern AI tools accelerate engineering productivity and time to market. This is an opportunity to build category-defining AI experiences at scale, on a platform used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide.</span></span></div> <div> <p><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z95lz89zy6z71zz79zz84zz68zyz69zupz72zz79zcz69zz76zkz79zp1z66ztz67zxz71zz89zz86zz71z">Our Engineering Career Framework is </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z95lz89zy6z71zz79zz84zz68zyz69zupz72zz79zcz69zz76zkz79zp1z66ztz67zxz71zz89zz86zz71z"><a class="attrlink" href="https://dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/" target="_blank" data-target-href="https://dropbox.github.io/dbx-career-framework/"><u>viewable by anyone outside the company</u></a></span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z95lz89zy6z71zz79zz84zz68zyz69zupz72zz79zcz69zz76zkz79zp1z66ztz67zxz71zz89zz86zz71z"> and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z95lz89zy6z71zz79zz84zz68zyz69zupz72zz79zcz69zz76zkz79zp1z66ztz67zxz71zz89zz86zz71z"><a class="attrlink" href="https://dropbox.tech/culture/sharing-our-engineering-career-framework-with-the-world" target="_blank" data-target-href="https://dropbox.tech/culture/sharing-our-engineering-career-framework-with-the-world">here</a></span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z95lz89zy6z71zz79zz84zz68zyz69zupz72zz79zcz69zz76zkz79zp1z66ztz67zxz71zz89zz86zz71z">.</span></p> </div> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <ul> <li>Directly manage up to 2<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">0</span> direct reports, as a single execution unit</li> <li>Partner with multiple Product Managers to plan roadmaps and sprints</li> <li>Be accountable for high quality execution on critical and high visibility business objectives</li> <li>Be responsible for making tradeoffs between feature work and addressing long term technical debt</li> <li>Be responsible for excellence in software quality, engineering practices and operations</li> <li>Lead the team through standard Agile processes, such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc.</li> <li>Review and approve engineering designs and be able to set technical direction&nbsp;<span class=" h-lparen">(in</span> collaboration with a Technical Lead)</li> <li>Drive cross-org initiatives alongside managing execution responsibilities</li> <li>Drive career conversations and career plans for your direct reports&nbsp;</li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <ul> <li>BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding <span class=" h-lparen">(e.g.,</span> physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience</li> <li>Minimum of<strong> </strong>8 years of people management experience with an engineering team</li> <li>Minimum of 10 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience</li> <li>Must have experience managing engineering organizations of 20 or above&nbsp;and experience managing managers</li> <li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">Must have experience building or integrating with AI products</span></li> <li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">Must have worked in a platform team or a developer-facing API product with both internal and external consumers</span></li> <li>Must have experience running a standard Agile process such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc</li> <li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">Must be results-driven,</span> <span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">especially good</span> <span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">at</span><span class=" author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnlamz85zcr9y1z67zz69z70z70zn7jpee8bz79ziz72zz84zz86zuh"> balancing execution predictability with the agility needed in bringing a new product to market</span></li> </ul> <h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz86z9z90zz78zymz79zz77zz88zfjjz79zz85zcz90zbz80zz74zrz83zbwz82zz75zz77z11r2">Experience shipping </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf">AI</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz86z9z90zz78zymz79zz77zz88zfjjz79zz85zcz90zbz80zz74zrz83zbwz82zz75zz77z11r2">-powered features in production, collaborating closely with ML engineers and product teams</span></li> <li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz86z9z90zz78zymz79zz77zz88zfjjz79zz85zcz90zbz80zz74zrz83zbwz82zz75zz77z11r2">Strong backend engineering skills with systems that support model serving, inference, and data pipelines at scale</span></li> <li><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz90zz75zsz68zz77zpz71zz85zwz87zz70zz69zz79zz72z9z79zvez77zz69zz84zz77z9z84z2s48y">Strong background in AI agent infrastructure</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotv4kxphz122zxz122zlz70zz68zv6z82zyz86zz78zlpv4z67zz75z0z81zz79zvfz87zf"> and building AI agents</span></li> <li><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znujen9iz66zz80zljh2srwnx4m31sz69zz80z58xxz82z6c">Ability to evaluate AI models for a specific use case and advise on build vs buy decisions</span></li> <li><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz90zz75zsz68zz77zpz71zz85zwz87zz70zz69zz79zz72z9z79zvez77zz69zz84zz77z9z84z2s48y">Expertise in distributed systems architecture — designing for scalability, fault tolerance, observability, and graceful degradation in multi-service environments.</span></li> </ul> <div> <div> <h2 data-usually-unique-id="044234883370604133046166"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zqz90zkz74zz76zeez80zz68zz89zz88zvqz86zuxlz73zexxz80zz73z6d6z72zz79zsz77z">Compensation</span></h2> </div> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Zone 1</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$248,200</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$335,800 USD</span></div></div><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Zone 2</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$223,400</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$302,200 USD</span></div></div><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Zone 3</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$198,600</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$268,600 USD</span></div></div></div>