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Principal Engineer, Identity & Engagement

Dropbox · Remote - US: Select locations

Dropbox is hiring a principal Principal Engineer, Identity & Engagement in Remote - US: Select locations. What you'll do: hiring, api design, and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and compliance domains. Paying $256K.

Hiring signals for Software Developers

SOC 15-1252 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

51
/ 100
Cooling

Software Developers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($184k vs $138k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (29% appear duplicated)

Software Developers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Software Developers.

  • 35,238Active postings
  • 1,238Posted this week
  • 11,794Open 30+ days33% of active
  • 4,415Remote / hybrid13% of active
  • 9%List salary3,047 of 35,238
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $184kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 19dMedian agep90 67d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering6,979$160k n=550
Backend1,643$192k n=272
Full-stack1,630$205k n=221
ML / AI Engineering1,300$210k n=206
Data Engineering906$188k n=103

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time1,137$184k n=603
Contract973$190k n=384
Intern729$205k n=64
Temporary121$160k n=72
Part-time89$117k n=65

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology22,056$188k n=2520
Manufacturing16,156$149k n=372
Financial Services4,341$200k n=366
Government / Public Sector3,265$135k n=46
Professional Services3,018$169k n=268

Top categories

  • Engineering6,979
  • Backend1,643
  • Full-stack1,630
  • ML / AI Engineering1,300
  • Data Engineering906
  • Engineering Manager740

In-demand skills

  • Python3,620
  • AWS2,764
  • Java2,746
  • Agile1,831
  • Azure1,792
  • SQL1,442
  • Kubernetes1,440
  • Go1,435

Top sectors

  • Technology22,056
  • Manufacturing16,156
  • Financial Services4,341
  • Government / Public Sector3,265
  • Professional Services3,018
  • Retail1,727

Employment mix

  • Unspecified32,189 · 91%
  • Full-time1,137 · 3%
  • Contract973 · 3%
  • Intern729 · 2%
  • Temporary121 · 0%
  • Part-time89 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Salary
$256k
Source
jobs.dropbox.com
Original link
https://jobs.dropbox.com/listing/7739556?gh_jid=7739556
ATS
Greenhouse
Posted
1 month ago (2026-04-06)
Status
active

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Compliance

Activities: Hiring, API design, Testing / QA

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