Senior Engineering Manager, Core AI Platform
Dropbox
Salary
💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Central automates back-office work for startups using AI agents and human experts (payroll, benefits, compliance, accounting, taxes)
- Scale the team: grow engineering org to 20+ people; recruit, develop, retain exceptional engineers and leaders
- Establish engineering culture: define and model values, rituals, and practices across a fully remote team
- Drive execution at scale: ensure fast, reliable delivery and create processes for speed, clarity, accountability
- Develop leaders: mentor engineers into tech leads and managers; build a leadership bench
- Partner cross-functionally: align engineering with founders, product, design, operations for customer impact
- Design the org for growth: define roles, career paths, and structures to maintain velocity and quality
Requirements
- Experienced org builder: scaled engineering teams from small to 20+ engineers
- Remote team scaler: experience building distributed, high-trust teams
- Talent magnet: proven hiring of top engineers and managers
- Culture carrier: sets and reinforces high standards and cultural alignment
- Execution-oriented operator: translates vision into priorities and ships large projects quickly
- Company-first mindset: thrives in startup environments and rolls up sleeves
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship)
