Apply for Full-time Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2024)
Dropbox, Inc. • San Francisco, CA, United States • via Karkidi
US$20–US$50 an hour
Full-time
Job Description
As a Software Engineering Intern, you’ll collaborate with experienced professionals, tackling real-world challenges and developing solutions that impact millions. Focused on the future of collaboration, you’ll work on high-impact projects shaping the next chapter of Dropbox.
In our Virtual First work culture, you’ll connect with Dropboxers both virtually and in-person, building a strong professional network. We will accommodate your school schedule, culminating in a minimum of a 12-week internship.
Qualifications
- Thrive in fast-paced, startup-like teams, building customer-facing products, with a curiosity that drives you to create side projects.
- Prioritize data integrity and security through refined code and thorough testing.
- Customer Experience (CX) – Enhance business through innovative technology.
- Security Engineering – Collaborate with product teams to secure software, production infrastructure, websites, apps, and corporate infrastructure.
- Currently pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., physics or mathematics), graduating in 2025 or 2026.
- Experience writing or shipping software through coursework, personal projects, internships, coding competitions, or research.
- Passion for learning, problem-solving, and challenging the status quo.
- Available for a full-time summer internship (40 hours per week / 12 weeks) in 2024.
Benefits
Total Rewards
The expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) rate for this role is $8,500, subject to change.
Our benefits and perks include:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Company-wide PTO days, Volunteer time off.
- Perks Allowance for productivity, learning & development, wellness, or co-working space.
Responsibilities
- Accommodate your school schedule, culminating in a minimum of a 12-week internship.
- Innovative Development: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and deploy next-gen features for Dropbox’s products.
- Agile Learning: Engage in rapid prototyping, iterative development, and utilize feedback from your host team.
- User-Centric Focus: Design solutions with the end-user in mind, emphasizing usability and intuitive design.
- Tech Exploration: Participate in tech talks, professional development workshops, and Hackweek to explore new technologies.
- Mentorship: Receive guidance from industry experts and mentors, gaining insights and valuable connections.
Teams and Projects
You’ll actively participate in the team matching process through an in-depth survey to understand your interests and strengths. Matching is based on current business needs and your location.
Examples of roles and teams you might impact:
- Product Engineering: Work across technologies and codebases, involved in various product development stages, representing user needs through close partnerships with product, design, and user research. Deliver robust systems that power optimized user experiences on projects like Dropbox Paper, Transfer, or Family.
- New Initiatives: Explore 0→1 opportunities, building new products that make a difference for Dropbox customers and employees. Ideal for those who thrive in fast-paced, startup-like teams, building customer-facing products.
- Infrastructure Engineering: Design products for vast scale, managing millions of connections, billions of files, and hundreds of petabytes of data, prioritizing data integrity and security.
- Customer Experience (CX): Enhance business through innovative technology, converting service strategy into tools for customers and agents. Simplify problem-solving, refine user interaction, integrate ticketing with internal systems, promote secure development, and create self-help tools.
- Mobile Engineering: Build products and features for the core Dropbox mobile application experience, enabling users to manage content and collaborate effortlessly.
- Security Engineering: Build secure yet user-friendly software, collaborating with product teams to secure software, production infrastructure, websites, apps, and corporate infrastructure.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., physics or mathematics), graduating in 2025 or 2026.
- Experience in writing or shipping software through coursework, personal projects, internships, coding competitions, or research.
- Passion for learning, problem-solving, and challenging the status quo.
- Available for a full-time summer internship (40 hours per week / 12 weeks) in 2024.
Total Rewards
Our Engineering Career Framework, accessible to all, outlines expectations for our engineers at each career level. Learn more in our blog post here.
Expected salary/On-Target Earnings (OTE) rate for this role is $8,500, subject to change.
Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families.
Benefits and Perks Include:
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Company-wide PTO days, Volunteer time off.
- Perks Allowance for productivity, learning, development, wellness, or co-working space.