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 objectives

Architect platforms supporting hundreds of millions of users

Lead responsible AI adoption across products and workflows





Implement foundational software components where leverage is highest

Align roadmaps across organizations and resolve structural bottlenecks

Requirements

15+ years designing large scale software systems

Principal level ownership of company critical technical problems

Experience with ML, LLM APIs, and agentic frameworks

Expertise across distributed systems, databases, storage, or frontend

Advanced Computer Science degree or equivalent industry experience

Shape Dropbox’s AI powered foundations through architectural judgment, hands on development, and influence across global engineering organizations.

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