Contribute to the development and maintenance of build systems and developer tools that support Dropbox’s web engineering ecosystem, including Bazel rules, TypeScript tooling, React workflows, and i18n pipelines.
Implement improvements that help streamline and standardize the development process, such as adding automated checks, improving abstractions, or extending scaffolding to reduce complexity.
Collaborate closely with product engineers to understand workflow challenges and help deliver solutions that improve web build speed, reliability, and consistency.
Adopt and apply modern practices in areas like static analysis, code quality enforcement, and incremental builds, working with senior engineers to introduce and maintain best practices.
Participate in team initiatives that improve developer productivity at scale, such as optimizing build/test loops, enhancing build pipelines, and improving i18n tooling.
On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues.
Requirements
BS in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of software engineering experience (or strong internship/project experience for recent graduates).
Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React.
Interest or experience in developer tooling, build systems, or productivity engineering (e.g., Bazel, RSPack, esbuild, or similar).
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and improve developer workflows.
Collaborative mindset with a willingness to learn from and work closely with senior engineers.
Experience with static analysis, linters, or code quality tools a plus.