data engineer Remote
Job description
Company Description
Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today.
Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots.
The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history.
Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.
Team Description
Our Engineering team is working to simplify the way people work together. They’re building a family of products that handle over a billion files a day for people around the world. With our broad mission and massive scale, there are countless opportunities to make an impact.
Role Description
In this role you will build very large, scalable platforms using cutting edge data technologies. This is not a “maintain existing platform” or “make minor tweaks to current code base” kind of role. We are effectively building from the ground up and plan to leverage the most recent Big Data technologies. If you enjoy building new things without being constrained by technical debt, this is the job for you!
Responsibilities
Help define company data assets (data model), spark, sparkSQL and hiveSQL jobs to populate data models
Help define and design data integrations, data quality frameworks and design and evaluate open source/vendor tools for data lineage
Work closely with Dropbox business units and engineering teams to develop strategy for long term Data Platform architecture to be efficient, reliable and scalable
Conceptualize and own the data architecture for multiple large-scale projects, while evaluating design and operational cost-benefit tradeoffs within systems
Create and contribute to frameworks that improve the efficacy of logging data, while working with data infrastructure to triage issues and resolve
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to understand data needs, representing key data insights in a meaningful way
Define and manage SLA for all data sets in allocated areas of ownership
Determine and implement the security model based on privacy requirements, confirm safeguards are followed, address data quality issues, and evolve governance processes within allocated areas of ownership
Design, build, and launch collections of sophisticated data models and visualizations that support multiple use cases across different products or domains
Solve our most challenging data integration problems, utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources
Optimize pipelines, dashboards, frameworks, and systems to facilitate easier development of data artifacts
Requirements
Startup mentality with strong ownership to solve 0-1 problems with minimal guidance and being comfortable with ambiguities
Excellent product strategic thinking and communications to influence product and cross-functional teams by identifying the data opportunities to drive impact
BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
5+ years of Python or Java, C++, Scale development experience
7+ years of SQL experience (No-SQL experience is a plus)
5+ years of experience with schema design and dimensional data modeling
Proven ability in regards to managing and communicating data warehouse plans to internal clients.
Experience designing, building and maintaining data processing systems
Experience working with either a Map Reduce or a MPP system on any size/scale
High tech experiences 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*
Retirement Savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan**
Dropbox provides a Flexible PTO Policy in addition to your statutory holidays allowing you to unplug, unwind, and refresh
Dropbox also provides exclusive additional paid time off for all FTE employees across the Globe, in addition to any relevant statutory holidays
Protection Plans including Life and Disability Insurance*
A 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, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
Additional benefits details are available upon request.
- Where group plans are not available, allowances are provided
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).
About Dropbox
CEO: Drew Houston
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: https://www.dropbox.com
Year Founded: 2007
