Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer, ML Platform

Key Skills

AWS, C Programming, C++, Design, Docker, Infrastructure as code, Java Programming, Kubeflow, Kubernetes-K8s, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques, MLOps tools, Python Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Job Description

In this role, you will be crucial in architecting and developing reliable and performant software infrastructure that enables our customers to build high impact ML solutions at scale. You will work closely with machine learning engineers and data scientists to develop and maintain new systems and tooling, accelerating their ML development velocity and providing great and unified user experiences throughout the whole ML lifecycle.

We care deeply about collaboration, feedback, and iteration. Trust and respect are deeply rooted in our engineering culture. We're bold when it comes to shipping high-leverage projects, even if they're risky or novel. We hope you'll join us!

Responsibilities

• You will identify and lead strategic initiatives that streamline ML Operations (MLOps), optimize platform performance, and improve system health
• You will design, build, test and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure that supports machine learning workflows from training to serving ML models
• You will provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers and multi-functional partners
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs

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

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
• 12+ years of professional software development experience 
• Extensive experience building and owning large-scale, multi-threaded, geographically distributed backend systems
• Experience with ML infrastructure
• Highly skilled at developing and debugging in C/C++, Java, or Go, with knowledge of Python a plus
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Familiarity with relevant technology stacks a plus (ie. AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kubeflow, Ray, Tensorflow, PyTorch)

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.

Total Rewards

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For candidates hired in San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $229,500 - $270,000 - $310,500. 

For candidates hired in the following locations: Austin (TX) metro, Chicago metro, California (outside SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (outside NYC metro), Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (outside NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (outside NYC or DC metro), Washington (outside Seattle metro) and Washington DC metro, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role is currently $206,600 - $243,000 - $279,500. 

For candidates hired in all other US locations, the expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) range for this role is currently $183,600 - $216,000 - $248,400.