Security Engineer
Role Description
The Dropbox security team is responsible for securing data at a massive scale. Over half a billion users and 200,000 companies trust us to keep their private data safe. To be worthy of this trust, we have a well staffed security team of talented individuals. If you are looking to join a strong and growing team with interesting, high-impact and varied work, this is a good choice.
We are a multi-disciplinary team with a wide variety of skills and responsibilities. We do have separate security sub-teams but please apply to this umbrella description in all cases. We are looking to grow all of our security capabilities including:
- Security Engineering: user facing features, backend systems, secure-by-default libraries and security tooling.
- Security Testing: pentesting, red teaming and software security assessments.
- Security Programs: security architecture, security consultancy and remediation.
- Security Monitoring: logging, detection, alerting, response and investigation.
Responsibilities
Successful candidates will likely have a mix of engineering and security experience and be strong in one or more security disciplines:
- Linux, OSX or Windows systems security.
- Network security.
- Application security (web, desktop, mobile).
- Creating and operating security tooling and scripting.
- Security architecture and practical risk analysis.
- Locating weak points and breaking into systems.
- Anti-abuse analytics, tactics and technologies.
- Building monitoring, detection and alerting capabilities.
Requirements
- You have a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- We are hiring for all experience levels: junior, senior and expert.
- You are a team player who is considerate of others.
- You are independent and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- You use excellent communication skills, on both technical and non-technical issues.
- You have a desire to take Dropbox even further. If our large-scale projects resonate, we'd love to learn more about you and find out if we can work together.
Benefits and Perks
- Unlimited Dropbox space for life
- Market competitive total compensation package
- 100% company paid individual medical, dental, & vision insurance coverage
- 401K + company match
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Generous vacation policy
- 10 company paid holidays
- Volunteer time off
- Company sponsored tech talks (technology and other relevant professional topics)