Senior Client Platform Engineer, Endpoint Platform & Automation

Dropbox
United States
Remote

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Dropbox filed 55 H-1B positions classified as Software Developers. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced platform engineers who lead cross-OS migrations and build automation.

Best fit for

  • Experienced platform engineers with cross-OS migration leadership and automation expertise
    — “Lead the FleetDM migration. Define scope, requirements, architecture, dependencies, and a phased delivery plan with OS specialists and partner teams.”
  • Individuals with a background in endpoint operations and hands-on configuration-as-code workflows
    — “Engineer and operate the shared platform. Maintain configuration, agent workflows, policies, queries, integrations, and operational automation.”

Things to consider

  • This role is not available in Zone 1, which may limit eligibility for certain candidates.
    — “This role is not available in Zone 1”
  • The position requires a balance between technical execution and strategic planning across teams.
    — “Partner with Security, IAM, CorpInfra, and support teams to resolve dependencies and make practical trade-offs.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight cross-OS migration experience and measurable reduction of manual work in your resume.
    — “Personal ownership of a multi-phase platform migration or comparable change, including discovery, pilots, rollout, recovery, and operational handover.”
  • Emphasize your ability to align stakeholders and communicate trade-offs effectively.
    — “Ability to independently define priorities, align cross-functional stakeholders, communicate trade-offs, and mentor engineers.”
  • Showcase experience with configuration-as-code and controlled deployment practices.
    — “Build version-controlled configuration with automated checks, peer review, controlled rollout, drift detection, and recovery.”
  • Demonstrate your skills in endpoint platform validation and coexistence planning.
    — “Validate capabilities and coexistence. Identify gaps, clarify management authority, and establish which responsibilities should migrate or remain with existing tools.”
  • Include examples of operational automation and platform health monitoring improvements.
    — “Make platform health actionable. Establish trustworthy device populations, data freshness, enrollment and agent health, and owned remediation workflows.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • successful migration to FleetDM
  • reliable and maintainable platform
  • reduced manual work
Typical background
enterprise endpoint platform engineeringautomation and integration

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise Endpoint PlatformsMulti-phase Platform MigrationProduction AutomationAPI IntegrationGitCode ReviewControlled DeploymentDiagnosing EnrollmentAgentPolicyIdentityNetworkingIntegration FailuresMonitoringLeast-privilege AccessSecrets ManagementOperational WorkflowsCross-functional Stakeholder AlignmentAsynchronous Collaboration

Preferred

FleetdmOsquerySQLConfiguration-as-code Workflows

Stack & domain

FleetdmWindowsMacosLinuxAutomationIntegrationsConfiguration-as-codePlatform ReliabilityVisibilityMaintainabilitySecurityIAMCorpinfraSupportGitCode ReviewAutomated ChecksControlled DeploymentConfigurationAgent WorkflowsPoliciesQueriesOperational AutomationProduction AutomationAPI IntegrationScriptingPythonGoPowershellShellMonitoringFailure HandlingLeast-privilege AccessSecrets ManagementOperational WorkflowsOsquerySQLQuery ValidationPerformance ConsiderationTechnical LeadershipMentoringEnterprise Endpoint Platforms

About the role

Original posting from Dropbox

Role Description

As a Senior Client Platform Engineer on CorpFleet Engineering, you will lead the migration to FleetDM and build the shared platform capabilities that support dependable endpoint operations. You will combine hands-on engineering with technical planning, partnering with Windows, macOS, and Linux engineers to introduce changes safely across a distributed environment.

You will develop automation, integrations, and configuration-as-code workflows, validate platform capabilities, and guide phased adoption. Beyond migration, you will improve platform reliability, visibility, and maintainability, helping the team reduce manual work and operate the service with shared ownership.

You will partner with Security, IAM, CorpInfra, and support teams to resolve dependencies and make practical trade-offs. This is an individual-contributor position with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Lead the FleetDM migration. Define scope, requirements, architecture, dependencies, and a phased delivery plan with OS specialists and partner teams.

Engineer and operate the shared platform. Maintain configuration, agent workflows, policies, queries, integrations, and operational automation.

Make deployment safe and repeatable. Build version-controlled configuration with automated checks, peer review, controlled rollout, drift detection, and recovery.

Validate capabilities and coexistence. Identify gaps, clarify management authority, and establish which responsibilities should migrate or remain with existing tools.

Make platform health actionable. Establish trustworthy device populations, data freshness, enrollment and agent health, and owned remediation workflows.

Protect service continuity. Use representative pilots, acceptance gates, employee-impact checks, and clear pause and recovery decisions.

Strengthen team capability. Create reusable patterns, documentation, and shared support coverage through pairing, mentoring, and operational handoffs.

Improve efficiency and cost. Reduce recurring manual work and recommend tooling consolidation where evidence supports it.

Requirements

Significant hands-on experience engineering enterprise endpoint platforms, including deep expertise in at least one of Windows, macOS, or Linux and experience working across OS boundaries.

Personal ownership of a multi-phase platform migration or comparable change, including discovery, pilots, rollout, recovery, and operational handover.

Strong practical programming or scripting skills, such as Python, Go, PowerShell, or shell, with production automation and API integration experience.

Demonstrated use of Git, code review, automated checks, and controlled deployment for configuration or infrastructure changes.

Ability to diagnose enrollment, agent, policy, identity, networking, and integration failures and distinguish missing data from healthy devices.

Experience establishing monitoring, failure handling, least-privilege access, secrets management, and maintainable operational workflows.

Ability to independently define priorities, align cross-functional stakeholders, communicate trade-offs, and mentor engineers.

Clear written and verbal communication and effective asynchronous collaboration across regions.

Preferred Qualifications

Production experience with FleetDM configuration, policies, queries, APIs, agent operations, or deployment automation.

Practical osquery and SQL experience, including query validation, performance considerations, targeting, and stale or missing results.

Migration or coexistence experience involving Intune, Jamf, or comparable endpoint-management platforms.

Experience integrating endpoint platforms with identity, security, inventory, or ITSM services.

Experience supporting developer-heavy, distributed environments.

Demonstrated improvements in platform operating effort, tool consolidation, or lifecycle cost.

Durable Skills

AI fluency means using these tools to amplify human judgment, not replace it. We believe people with these skills will thrive as work and technology continue to evolve:

Awareness: Understand yourself and others.

Judgment: Evaluate information and make decisions in complex situations.

Adaptability: Learn, adjust, and stay effective through change.

Connection: Communicate, collaborate, and build trust.

To learn more about why these skills matter and what the data shows about thriving through change, read this blog post from our Chief People Officer, Melanie Rosenwasser.

CompensationUS Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2$159,100—$215,300 USDUS Zone 3$141,400—$191,400 USD

Source: Dropbox careers

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