Principal Software Engineer, Core Sharing & Collaboration

ABOUT THE ROLE Dropbox is seeking a Principal Engineer to own company critical, loosely defined technical problems with multi-year impact. This role will operate at the intersection of technology, product, business strategy, and applied AI, defining long-term technical direction for customer-facing experiences used by millions. The ideal candidate will identify where AI meaningfully improves customer value and translate evolving business context and industry advances into durable, multi-area strategies and roadmaps that shape how Dropbox builds, scales, and innovates. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Principal Engineer, you will: - Own and drive technical outcomes across multiple teams and organizations, delivering company-critical customer and business impact at scale. - Define long-term technical strategy and partner with senior Product and Engineering leaders as the technical owner for the most important company objectives. - Tackle the most ambiguous and far-reaching technical and product problems, shaping what the company builds as much as how it builds it. - Remain deeply hands-on in software development, owning and implementing the most critical, complex, and foundational parts of the system where leverage is highest. - Influence and align roadmaps across organizations, resolving structural bottlenecks and changing how Dropbox builds and operates. - Architect and evolve foundational systems and platforms that enable new product capabilities and operate reliably at the scale of hundreds of millions of users. - Model exceptional technical judgment and execution rigor, setting and sustaining high engineering standards across a distributed, virtual environment. - Drive AI adoption both to increase productivity and to produce AI-based features. WHAT YOU'LL NEED - Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving substantial software development, or equivalent industry experience demonstrating deep technical mastery. - 15+ years of experience designing, building, and evolving large-scale software systems with sustained impact across multiple teams or organizations. - Demonstrated success operating at a Principal level, owning company-critical technical problems. WHY REMOTE Dropbox is a remote-friendly company, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere while remaining connected to a global team. BENEFITS Dropbox offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth and development.