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Dropbox · 1 month ago

Senior Engineering Manager, Core AI Platform

Dropbox is a company that simplifies the way people work together through innovative cloud-based solutions. As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core AI Platform, you will lead a team of engineers to integrate AI capabilities into Dropbox’s products and drive significant impact on the company's direction.

CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareFile SharingPrivate CloudWeb Hosting
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Responsibilities

Directly manage up to 20 direct reports, as a single execution unit
Partner with multiple Product Managers to plan roadmaps and sprints
Be accountable for high quality execution on critical and high visibility business objectives
Be responsible for making tradeoffs between feature work and addressing long term technical debt
Be responsible for excellence in software quality, engineering practices and operations
Lead the team through standard Agile processes, such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
Review and approve engineering designs and be able to set technical direction (in collaboration with a Technical Lead)
Drive cross-org initiatives alongside managing execution responsibilities
Drive career conversations and career plans for your direct reports

Qualification

AI product integrationPeople managementAgile process managementBackend engineeringDistributed systems architecturePlatform/API developmentCollaboration with ML engineersTechnical direction settingResults-driven mindset

Required

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 8 years of people management experience with an engineering team
Minimum of 10 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
Must have experience managing engineering organizations of 20 or above and experience managing managers
Must have experience building or integrating with AI products
Must have worked in a platform team or a developer-facing API product with both internal and external consumers
Must have experience running a standard Agile process such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
Must be results-driven, especially good at balancing execution predictability with the agility needed in bringing a new product to market

Preferred

Experience shipping AI-powered features in production, collaborating closely with ML engineers and product teams
Strong backend engineering skills with systems that support model serving, inference, and data pipelines at scale
Strong background in AI agent infrastructure and building AI agents
Ability to evaluate AI models for a specific use case and advise on build vs buy decisions
Expertise in distributed systems architecture — designing for scalability, fault tolerance, observability, and graceful degradation in multi-service environments

Company

Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Dropbox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (127)
2024 (105)
2023 (103)
2022 (166)
2021 (197)
2020 (157)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.41B
Key Investors
JP Morgan ChaseJPMorgan PartnersBlackRock
2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2018-03-23IPO
2017-03-30Debt Financing· $600M

Leadership Team

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Drew Houston
Founder & CEO
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Arash Ferdowsi
Co-Founder
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