Lead company critical AI and software architecture at Dropbox, shaping customer experiences for millions through durable technical strategy. Remain hands on across complex systems and platforms.As a Principal Engineer, you will own ambiguous technical problems with multiyear impact across technology, product, business strategy, and applied AI. You will define long term direction, architect foundational platforms, and guide responsible AI adoption across products and engineering workflows.

The work requires broad expertise spanning frontend, backend, distributed systems, and production machine learning.Key Responsibilities:





Define technical strategy for critical company objectivesArchitect platforms supporting hundreds of millions of usersLead responsible AI adoption across products and workflowsImplement foundational software components where leverage is highestAlign roadmaps across organizations and resolve structural bottlenecksRequirements:

15+ years designing large scale software systemsPrincipal level ownership of company critical technical problemsExperience with ML, LLM APIs, and agentic frameworksExpertise across distributed systems, databases, storage, or frontendAdvanced Computer Science degree or equivalent industry experienceShape Dropbox’s AI powered foundations through architectural judgment, hands on development, and influence across global engineering organizations.

📌 Principal Ai Software Architect (Winnipeg)
🏢 Dropbox
📍 Winnipeg