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Engineering Manager, Web Experience

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
148K-201K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
148K-201K Annually
Senior level
Lead technical vision and development for Dropbox's web platform, ensuring scalable, performant, and accessible customer-facing experiences. Manage and mentor a high-performing team, making strategic architectural decisions and optimizing workflows in partnership with cross-functional teams.
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Role Description

As the Development Manager for Dropbox’s web platform, you will be the strategic technical lead for the Dropbox web experience. Dropbox.com serves as the front door to our brand story and positioning, and you will play a key role in overseeing the development of modern, scalable web technologies that support customer-centric experiences. 

You’ll shape the architecture, systems, and workflows that power our logged-out web experiences, building solutions that are performant, accessible, and adaptable to evolving business needs. Leading a focused web development team with broad strategic reach, you’ll oversee front-end systems, tooling, and infrastructure, bringing a mix of technical expertise, strategic systems thinking, hands-on leadership, and a collaborative mindset to drive web modernization and scalability.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the technical vision, architecture, and execution for Dropbox.com and other logged-out web experiences, ensuring scalability, performance, accessibility, and maintainability
  • Make strategic architectural decisions for a complex, high-visibility web property, balancing short-term delivery needs with long-term sustainability
  • Partner closely with cross-functional partners across Product, Design, Engineering, Data Science, and broader marketing teams, to deliver cohesive, high-impact experiences that align with business objectives and user needs
  • Oversee implementation and adoption of design systems, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across the logged-out experience
  • Drive operational excellence by defining best practices, optimizing workflows, and introducing tooling that accelerates development without sacrificing quality
  • Manage, mentor, and grow a small but high-impact development team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration
  • Navigate nuance and ambiguity with confidence, guiding the team and stakeholders through complex challenges and competing priorities
Requirements
  • 7+ years of experience in web development, with a focus on building and scaling modern, customer-facing web properties
  • 2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing development or engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management in agile environments
  • Comfortable with coding day-to-day as needed 
  • Proven ability to make architectural decisions for complex web ecosystems, integrating multiple systems and technologies, and clearly communicating those decisions to stakeholders to demonstrate the business value of technical investments
  • Experience implementing and scaling design systems within a large, cross-functional organization
  • Strong collaboration skills, with experience partnering across Product, Design, Marketing, Brand, and Data Science
  • Demonstrated ability to lead in high-ambiguity environments and make sound decisions that balance technical trade-offs with business priorities
  • Deep understanding of accessibility, SEO, localization, performance optimization, and security best practices for web experiences, with familiarity in CMS platforms (e.g., Webflow, AEM), experimentation frameworks, and analytics tools
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading development for large-scale marketing or growth-focused websites in a SaaS environment with both PLG and SLG motions
  • Experience with advanced experimentation and personalization frameworks integrated into a CMS-driven environment
  • Strong product intuition and the ability to translate brand and marketing goals into technical requirements and execution plans
  • Comfort presenting technical trade-offs and architectural recommendations to non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership
Compensation

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2
$148,400$200,800 USD
US Zone 3
$131,900$178,500 USD

Top Skills

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Analytics Tools
Cms Platforms (Webflow
Design Systems
Experimentation Frameworks
Web Technologies

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