Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer, Search

Role Description

As a Senior Machine Leaning Engineer, you will be involved in shaping the future direction of the organization and pushing the boundaries on what the world thinks is possible by leveraging the latest advancements in AI / ML.

You will join a team of top-tier Machine Learning Engineers and be an inherent part of the product org to create and build delightful new experiences.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll leverage your ML expertise to tackle audacious challenges. Your contributions will directly impact millions of users, as every line of code you write furthers our mission to revolutionize the way people work and collaborate.

Our Engineering Career Framework is and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, evaluate, deploy and iterate on large scale Machine Learning systems
• Understand the Machine Learning stack at Dropbox, and build systems that help Dropbox personalize their users’ experience
• Work with Product, Design, Infrastructure and Frontend teams to bring your models, and features to life
• Work with large scale data systems, and infrastructure
• Evaluate the performance of machine learning systems against business objectives, and productionize those models
• Contribute to team’s technical strategy for the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving impactful outcomes

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, Mathematics, Statistics, or other quantitative fields or related work experience
• 8+ years of experience in engineering with 5+ years of experience building Machine Learning or AI systems
• Strong industry experience working with large scale data
• Strong collaboration, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with the state-of-the-art Large Language Models
• Proven software engineering skills across multiple languages including but not limited to Python, Go, C / C++
• Experience with Machine Learning software tools and libraries (e.g., PyTorch, HuggingFace, LangChain, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• hD in Computer Science or related field with research in machine learning
• Experience with one or more of the following : natural language processing, deep learning, bayesian reasoning, recommender systems, learning to rank, speech processing, learning from semistructured data, graph learning, reinforcement or active learning, large language models, ML software systems, retrieval-augmented generation , machine learning on edge devices

Total Rewards

US Zone 1$225,300 $304,800 USDUS Zone 2$202,700 $274,300 USDUS Zone 3$180,200 $243,800 USD

The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary / OTE for this role, subject to change.

Dropbox takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location / metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation.

We target most new hire offers between the minimum up to the middle of the range.

Salary / OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Dropbox uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current US Zone locations are as follows :

• US Zone 1 : San Francisco metro, New York City metro, or Seattle metro
• US Zone 2 : 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 DC metro, and West Virginia (DC metro)
• US Zone 3 : All other US locations

Dropbox is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in all authorized locations. However, for this role, the locations posted are preferred.

Benefits

Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to :

Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

US Only) Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting

• Flexible Time Off / Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer time off and more
• Protection Plans including; Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and Travel benefit plans
• Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more
• Parental benefits including; Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA (US Only), Fertility Benefits (US Only), Adoption and Surrogacy support and Lactation Support

Mental Health and Wellness benefits Free Dropbox space for your friends and family

Additional benefits details are available upon request.

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.

A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).