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Grant Schaeffer

@grantschaeffer

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I build full-stack product experiences that simplify complex privacy workflows.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for an onsite, hybrid, or remote product engineering role where I can build user-facing full-stack experiences, move quickly from ambiguous ideas to production, and solve meaningful privacy or product problems.

At Dropbox, I led the company’s first self-serve privacy experience end-to-end, turning a manual DSR intake process into a Privacy Dashboard for access and deletion requests.

I built the React/TypeScript frontend, API middleware, and Python endpoints, with identity verification, request tracking, and automated data-export delivery. In its first week, the dashboard served more DSRs than Dropbox had processed in the prior 1.5 years combined.

I’ve also shipped 0→1 surfaces for Save to Dropbox and Dropbox Dash AI, built reusable design-system components, and redesigned cookie consent so Dropbox could retire its third-party vendor.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Engineer II | Full-Stack Product Engineer

Dropbox

Jun 2023 - Mar 2025 (1 year 9 months)

Proposed and led Dropbox's first self-serve privacy experience end-to-end, serving more DSRs in its first week than in the prior ~1.5 years combined. Designed and built the full stack (React/TypeScript, TS API middleware, Python endpoints) and aligned privacy legal and design teams.

React TypeScript Python API Integration Privacy Engineering GDPR CCPA Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) Workflows Figma Design Systems

Frontend Product Software Engineer

Dropbox

May 2022 - May 2023 (1 year)

Built 0→1 product surfaces for Save to Dropbox and Dropbox Dash AI, shipping alpha/beta releases through tight iteration cycles. Consolidated three large codebases and supported the Phabricator-to-GitHub migration, improving CI/CD workflows.

React TypeScript Design Systems CI CD Product Development Prototyping Component Architecture

Software Engineering Apprentice

Dropbox

Jan 2022 - May 2022 (4 months)

Migrated REST API endpoints to updated encryption/auth standards, clearing security review on first pass. Accelerated development of a shared React/TypeScript component library and shipped UI flows in the Dropbox Outlook add-in.

React TypeScript REST APIs Security Component Libraries Outlook Add Ins Performance Monitoring

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Hack Reactor

Certificate, Full Stack Web Development

2021 - 2021

Completed an immersive full stack web development program covering JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, SQL, MongoDB, HTML/CSS, AWS EC2, npm, and Webpack.