Dropbox is a Virtual First company that provides innovative cloud-based solutions for individuals and businesses. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead the Core Mobile Experience team, managing up to 25 engineers and driving high-impact outcomes while fostering a culture of innovation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Directly manage up to 25 direct reports, as a single execution unit
- Partner with multiple Product Managers to plan roadmaps and sprints
- Responsible for making tradeoffs between feature work and addressing long term technical debt
- Responsible for excellence in software quality, engineering practices and operations
- Lead their team through standard Agile processes, such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
- Review and Approve engineering designs and able to set technical direction (in collaboration with a Technical Lead)
- Drive cross-org initiatives while leading execution and actively supporting the career growth and development of your direct reports
Requirements:
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience
- Minimum of 8 years of people management experience with an engineering team
- Minimum of 10 years as a software engineer or equivalent technical experience
- Must have experience managing engineering organizations of 20 or above, and experience managing managers
- Must have experience being a hands-on mobile engineer at a senior level
- Must have worked in a consumer user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc)
- Must have experience running a standard Agile process such as backlog management, stand ups, retros, etc
- Setting strategic direction on a consumer-facing product
- Experience building cross platform (iOS & Android) software