Golang Specialist

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain scalable Golang-based libraries, command-line tools, and internal systems to support Dropbox’s developer workflows.

Develop and enhance components in build systems, including dependency management, caching, compilation, and CI/CD integration.

Optimize performance, reliability, and ergonomics of developer tooling across large monorepos.

Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, security, and engineering productivity teams to define system architecture and integration points.

Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and adoption of engineering best practices.

Identify pain points in development workflows and deliver automated or scalable solutions.

Participate in root cause analysis of system failures or inefficiencies, and lead long-term fixes.

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in Golang, with a focus on infrastructure software, system tooling, or backend libraries (not just application backends).

Deep understanding of build systems, source control internals, and monorepo tooling.

Demonstrated experience with performance profiling, system-level debugging, and concurrent programming in Go.

Proven track record of contributing to internal platforms, build pipelines, or open-source tooling.

Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) workflows and related automation.

Strong understanding of Linux development environments and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or similar).

Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Bazel, Buck, Pants, or similar large-scale build tools.

Familiarity with Git internals, repository management at scale, and commit lifecycle optimization.

Prior work in developer productivity engineering or internal platform teams.

Contributions to open-source Golang libraries or infrastructure components.

Exposure to security tooling, static analysis, or automated code review systems.

Understanding of Dropbox’s infrastructure stack or similar enterprise-scale development environments.

Not a Fit If You:

Have limited Golang experience or have only used it for web/API development.

Primarily come from a frontend, full-stack, or Java enterprise application background.

Lack experience working on infrastructure or system-level tooling projects.