Dropbox
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Metadata Services
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
Poland only
Employer listed it 3 days ago · Added 2 days ago
First listed 3 days ago and still open.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Poland only
Timezone
CET ±2
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in Poland. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote - Poland, Poland"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in Poland
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Role Description
As a Software Engineer on the Metadata team, you’ll build and operate the large-scale distributed databases that every Dropbox service depends on. Metadata systems are mission-critical, in the live path for all user operations and must meet stringent requirements for latency, durability, and transactional consistency.
You’ll design and evolve the core infrastructure that manages Dropbox’s databases at scale, enabling fast, reliable access to data for millions of users and hundreds of internal services. This work spans distributed systems, replication, caching, and transactional database systems.
You’ll collaborate closely with engineers across Infrastructure and Product teams to ensure the metadata layer meets business needs and continues to scale with Dropbox’s growth. This is an opportunity to leverage your expertise in distributed systems and grow into broader technical leadership.
Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company 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 and maintain distributed database systems providing low-latency, strongly consistent data access
Implement and optimize replication, consensus, and caching mechanisms to meet availability and performance goals
Operate production systems, including participating in the on-call rotation, ensuring high availability and data durability
Collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to assess current and future use cases and requirements, supporting the development of a mid- to long-term roadmap that reflects these needs
Contribute to system design reviews, postmortems, and reliability improvements
Write high-quality, efficient code in Go and Rust for performance-critical systems
On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers.
Requirements
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
5+ years of professional software development experience
Experience designing and implementing software using distributed systems fundamentals: replication, consistency, partitioning, and fault tolerance
Experience building databases, storage systems, or large scale data infrastructure
Proficient in programming and debugging across a range of languages such as Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, or Java
Familiarity with consensus and coordination systems (e.g. Raft, Paxos, ZooKeeper, etc)
Strong debugging and performance analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with Semaphores and Mutexes
Experience building distributed databases or storage systems
Requirements
- ·BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
- ·5+ years of professional software development experience
- ·Experience designing and implementing software using distributed systems fundamentals: replication, consistency, partitioning, and fault tolerance
- ·Experience building databases, storage systems, or large scale data infrastructure
- ·Proficient in programming and debugging across a range of languages such as Python, Go, Rust, C/C++, or Java
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Dropbox, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (CET ±2).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 3d ago. Last checked 24 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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