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Salary Range
$99,450 - $134,550 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
The Principal Software Engineer is a highly skilled expert responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s intelligence vision. This role integrates expertise in AI, ML, Automation, Data Analytics, and Visualization to deliver transformative customer, partner, and colleague experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- →Define, drive, and communicate the technical vision for intelligence, AI, and data initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- →Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-performance AI systems and data pipelines.
- →Make strategic architectural decisions to address complex AI, data, and platform challenges.
- →Contribute to prototyping, proof of concepts, and implementation of technical components.
- →Architect, evolve, and scale AI, automation, and intelligence platforms.
- →Drive innovation in intelligence models, distributed training, and data engineering.
- →Enhance search and discovery capabilities using intelligent algorithms and modern data systems.
- →Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies in AI, ML, and automation.
- →Partner across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders to ensure intelligence initiatives support strategic objectives.
- →Translate technical capabilities into clear business outcomes.
- →Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and data scientists.
- →Facilitate knowledge sharing across teams through documentation and mentorship programs.
- →Contribute to multi-year technical vision and roadmap planning.
- →Identify architectural, operational, and security risks early and mobilize mitigation plans.
- →Lead and support critical, high-impact initiatives by defining technical direction and ensuring delivery against milestones.
- →Improve engineering effectiveness by championing best practices.
- →Model excellence in engineering craft, collaboration, and inclusive behavior.
- →Support hiring by interviewing candidates and representing Dropbox authentically.
Requirements
- ✓12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with depth in intelligent workflows, AI adoption, automation, or data engineering.
- ✓Proven track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives from conception to production.
- ✓Strong architectural judgment and systems thinking.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to influence across teams and disciplines through technical leadership.
- ✓Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar of an organization.
- ✓Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Strong coding ability in Python, Java, Go, or Scala, with hands-on experience building models, data pipelines, or scalable production services.
- ✓Experience operating in platform, infrastructure, or internal tooling organizations.
- ✓Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities.
- ✓Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and legal stakeholders.
- ✓Familiarity with AI-assisted development practices in large codebases.
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