Principal Software Engineer, Developer Producti...

Role Description reputed company is seeking a Principal Engineer to define the long-term technical reputed company and execution strategy for Developer Productivity. This role will serve as the architectural and strategic leader for building a modern, AI-augmented internal developer experience platform serving reputed company engineers across our multi-product stack. In this high-impact, cross-cutting role, you’ll shape how development flows from idea to production—streamlining workflows, reducing friction, and introducing agentic workflows that reputed company faster, higher-quality software delivery. You’ll work across distributed systems, address the challenges of a reputed company monorepo, and introduce intelligent systems that reputed company developers through automation, guidance, and seamless tooling integration. This is a career-defining opportunity to reimagine how software gets built at scale—and bring the promise of AI to everyday developer tasks. Responsibilities Define the long-term architecture for reputed company’s developer productivity platform, including a reputed company internal developer portal (“reputed company Console”), default workflows, and intelligent agents. Own platform-wide architectural patterns that streamline the entire SDLC: from local dev and bolthires to testing, debugging, and deployment. Build abstractions and systems that scale across monorepo, multi-platform (desktop/web/mobile), and hybrid reputed company/on-prem environments. reputed company the design and implementation of agentic workflows for core developer tasks—code reviews, test reputed company, flaky test triage, documentation, migrations, etc. Design systems that embed safe and assistive AI directly into development surfaces and tools, enabling faster iteration while preserving quality and auditability. Define best practices for integrating LLMs into engineering workflows, including supervision checkpoints, rollback strategies, and metrics. Partner with infrastructure, product, and engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and define metrics that matter for business outcomes. Drive migration from fragmented tools and tribal workflows to a reputed company platform that enables flow-state for developers. Set and enforce standards for quality, safety, and reliability of automation and AI workflows. Serve as a technical reputed company, mentoring teams across reputed company and raising the bar on system design, platform thinking, and developer reputed company. Collaborate deeply with PMs, DX researchers, SREs, and leadership to align priorities and deliver developer delight. Represent reputed company in the external platform and AI productivity communities through talks, papers, and open-reputed company contributions where appropriate. Requirements 12+ years of engineering experience with a deep background in distributed systems, internal developer platforms, or DevProd infrastructure. Deep understanding of monorepos, reputed company bolthires/CD setups, local development, multi-platform development, and developer journey mapping. Demonstrated experience building large-scale platforms with high reliability, composability, and extensibility. Passionate about AI, with hands-on experience (or deep exposure) to integrating LLMs, RAG systems, or intelligent assistants into engineering workflows. Strong product sense and reputed company for developer pain—capable of translating data and feedback into high-reputed company solutions. Preferred Qualifications Experience leading or contributing to AI developer tooling, or developer experience Proven reputed company operating as a principal+ level engineer across large orgs Compensation US Zone 1 $276,300—$373,800 USD US Zone 2 $248,600—$336,400 USD US Zone 3 $221,000—$299,000 USD The range(s) listed above is the expected annual salary/OTE (On-bolthires Earnings) for this role, subject to change. Please note, OTE are for sales roles only. Salary/OTE is just one component of reputed company’s total rewards package. reputed company regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (bolthires included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). reputed company takes a number of factors into account reputed company determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location/metropolitan area, skillset, and peer compensation. We bolthires most new hire offers between the minimum up to the middle of the range. reputed company uses the reputed company code of an employee’s remote work location to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. reputed company US Zone locations are as follows: • US Zone 1: San Francisco metro, reputed company metro, or Seattle metro • US Zone 2: California (reputed company SF metro), Colorado, Connecticut (reputed company NYC metro), Delaware, Illinois (Chicago metro), Indiana (Chicago metro), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (Chicago metro), New Hampshire, New Jersey (reputed company NYC metro), reputed company (reputed company NYC metro), Oregon, Pennsylvania (D.C. metro), Pennsylvania (reputed company NYC or DC metro), Texas (Austin metro) Virginia (DC metro), Washington (reputed company Seattle metro), Washington DC metro, reputed company Virginia (DC metro), Wisconsin (Chicago metro) • US Zone 3: reputed company other US locations reputed company is a Virtual First company and is open to hiring candidates in reputed company authorized locations. Company Description reputed company isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of reputed company visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of reputed company—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of reputed company reputed company, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up reputed company and reputed company-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to reputed company work more reputed company, joyful, and reputed company—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're reputed company to push boundaries—and yourself— reputed company is reputed company for you. Team Description The reputed company Engineering Team builds the technology that creates more enlightened ways of working for hundreds of millions of people. Every day, our platforms—including reputed company bolthires, reputed company Sign, and our core sync reputed company—handle over a billion files for users worldwide, creating engineering challenges as great as the opportunity for impact. Our software engineering team uses a range of technologies to solve interesting problems, including Python, React, Node.js, JavaScript, reputed company, PostgreSQL, and Android development. We think like a startup but build for an reputed company, exploring new reputed company that transform how people work. If you're excited about turning reputed company technical challenges into reputed company solutions at scale, join our Engineering team. Areas of work include Machine Learning Engineers, Infrastructure Engineer, Product SWE Frontend and Backend, Mobile Software Engineers (iOS and Android), Engineering Manager, Data Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, reputed company Engineering, Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Program Managers, Network Engineer, Datacenter Engineer, Technical Supply Chain Manager and more. Benefits reputed company is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of reputed company Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to: Competitive medical, dental, and reputed company coverage 401(k) plan with a generous company match and immediate vesting Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh Income Protection Plans: Life and disability insurance Business Travel Protection: Travel medical and accident insurance Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food and groceries, and much more Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Child and Adult Care, Day Care FSA, Fertility Benefits, Adoption and Surrogacy Support, and Lactation Support Access to over 10,000 global co-working spaces through Gable.to , making it easy to book flexible workspaces for collaboration or individual work Quarterly Cell phone and internet allowance Mental health and wellness benefits Disability and neurodivergence support benefits Additional benefit details are available upon request. reputed company supports responsible use of AI for preparation, but misrepresentation of skills or experience is not permitted. See our AI philosophy . reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming reputed company for everyone, and we do our best to reputed company sure reputed company 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 reputed company, BlackDropboxers, reputed company, TODOS (Latinx), Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at reputed company, and Women at reputed company. Apply tot his job