Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dropbox is a leading file hosting service, and they are seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer focused on the Commerce Platform. The role involves building and evolving systems that power how Dropbox monetizes its products, driving technical strategy, and ensuring the reliability of revenue-critical systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve scalable backend systems that power Dropbox’s Commerce Platform, including CRM, CPQ, Billing, provisioning, and related data workflows
- Define and drive technical strategy for complex, highly customized systems, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and reliability
- Lead efforts to simplify legacy architectures, reduce system fragmentation, and build generalized, product-agnostic solutions
- Own end-to-end reliability of revenue-critical systems, including validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and incident response
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, Finance, and GTM teams to translate business requirements into durable technical solutions
- Identify and execute on opportunities to improve data integrity, system observability, and operational efficiency across the platform
- Take ownership of large, ambiguous problem spaces and drive them from definition through execution, influencing both technical and business stakeholders
Skills
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving programming (e.g., Computer Engineering), or equivalent practical experience
- 12+ years of professional software development experience
- Proven expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, distributed backend systems
- Strong system design skills, particularly in complex, stateful, or workflow-driven systems
- Experience building reliable systems with a focus on validation, rollout safety, monitoring, and maintainability
- Experience working on systems in a monetary domain such as ecommerce, subscriptions, billing, payments, or financial systems
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with CRM, CPQ, Billing, ecommerce, or similar enterprise workflow platforms (e.g., Salesforce)
- Track record of simplifying or modernizing legacy systems into scalable, maintainable architectures
- Experience working on revenue-critical or monetization platforms at scale
- Experience improving data consistency and integrity across distributed systems
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority
Company Overview
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.dropbox.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Dropbox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 13 in 2026, 121 in 2025, 105 in 2024, 103 in 2023, 166 in 2022, 197 in 2021, 157 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.