Staff Data Engineer

Dropbox

Remote
Remote
Design and implement shared data models
Standardization of data engineering practices
Modernize orchestration and improve pipelines
You will be responsible for solving cross-cutting data challenges that span multiple lines of business while driving standardization in how we build, deploy, and govern analytics pipelines across Dropbox

Job Summary

  • You will be responsible for solving cross-cutting data challenges that span multiple lines of business while driving standardization in how we build, deploy, and govern analytics pipelines across Dropbox.
  • This is not a maintenance role. We are modernizing our analytics platform, upgrading orchestration infrastructure, building shared and reusable data models with conformed dimensions, establishing a certified metrics framework, and laying the foundation for AI-native data development.
  • You will play a crucial role in establishing analytics engineering standards, designing scalable data models, and driving cross-functional alignment on data governance.

Matching Summary

You will be responsible for solving cross-cutting data challenges that span multiple lines of business while driving standardization in how we build, deploy, and govern analytics pipelines across Dropbox.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • design and implement shared data models
  • standardization of data engineering practices
  • modernize orchestration and improve pipelines
  • shift-left data governance strategy
  • translate metric definitions into data pipelines
  • improve pipeline observability and recovery
  • integrate AI-native tooling

Nice-to-have

  • modern lakehouse architectures
  • orchestration or platform modernization
  • data governance and observability tools
  • metrics/semantic layer experience
  • establish data engineering standards

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years of data engineering or analytics engineering experience
  • 12+ years of SQL experience
  • 8+ years of Python development experience
  • Deep expertise in dimensional data modeling
  • Strong experience with orchestration tools (Airflow)
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

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