Staff Fullstack Software Engineer, Growth Monetization

About Dropbox

Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.

Team Description

The Dropbox Engineering Team builds the technology that creates more enlightened ways of working for hundreds of millions of people. Every day, our platforms—including Dropbox Dash, Dropbox Sign, and our core sync engine—handle over a billion files for users worldwide, creating engineering challenges as great as the opportunity for impact. Our software engineering team uses a range of technologies to solve interesting problems, including Python, React, Node.js, JavaScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Android development. We think like a startup but build for an enterprise, exploring new possibilities that transform how people work. If you're excited about turning complex technical challenges into intuitive solutions at scale, join our Engineering team.

Role Description

As a Staff Fullstack Software Engineer, Growth Monetization on the Growth Monetization team within Core Growth Engineering, you will play a crucial role in optimizing how millions of users discover, trial, and purchase Dropbox products. You'll lead technical strategy for our checkout, trial, conversion, and subscription systems—directly impacting revenue growth and customer retention.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role where you'll architect and build AI-forward solutions to personalize the customer journey, optimize conversion funnels, and reduce churn. You'll partner closely with Product, Data Science, and Design to define the future of Dropbox monetization while mentoring a team of 15 engineers across experience levels.

Your work will have immediate, measurable business impact. You'll get substantial exposure to Growth leadership, shape the technical direction of a critical revenue-driving platform, and help build a best-in-class monetization engineering practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable systems powering Dropbox's monetization flows (checkout, trials, subscriptions, pricing)
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for Growth Monetization, aligning engineering investments with business priorities
• Architect AI/ML-powered solutions for conversion optimization, personalized offers, and predictive churn modeling
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects with direct revenue impact
• Establish engineering best practices, improve system reliability, and drive down technical debt
• Mentor engineers across the team, fostering growth and elevating technical capabilities
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to translate business goals into technical solutions

Many teams at Dropbox run Services with on-call rotations, which entails being available for calls during both core and non-core business hours. If a team has an on-call rotation, all engineers on the team are expected to participate in the rotation as part of their employment. Applicants are encouraged to ask for more details of the rotations to which the applicant is applying.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years operating at a senior or staff level
• Strong full-stack engineering skills with proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript) and backend technologies (Python, Go, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects from conception through delivery
• Experience designing and scaling systems that handle high traffic and require high reliability
• Track record of influencing technical strategy and driving architectural decisions beyond immediate team scope
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across a team
• Strong product intuition and ability to balance technical excellence with business impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monetization, payments, checkout, or e-commerce platforms
• Background in growth engineering, conversion optimization, or experimentation platforms
• Familiarity with ML/AI applications in personalization or funnel optimization
• Experience with subscription-based or SaaS business models
• Prior experience at a company operating at significant scale (millions of users)

Compensation

This role is available in US Zones 2 and 3. Compensation varies by zone:

• US Zone 2: $223,400—$302,200 USD
• US Zone 3: $198,600—$268,600 USD

Salary is one component of Dropbox’s total rewards, which also includes a corporate bonus program or sales incentive and stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Individual starting pay considers factors like job level, location, skillset, and peer compensation. New hire offers typically fall between the minimum and middle of the range.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more
• Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance
• Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance
• Perks Allowance for wellness, learning, food, and more
• Parental benefits including Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support
• Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.to
• Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Disability and neurodivergence support benefits

Key skills/competency

• Full-stack engineering
• Monetization systems
• Conversion optimization
• Technical leadership
• Scalable systems
• AI/ML applications
• React.js
• Python programming
• Go programming
• Mentorship