Iolanthe Chronis

Head of Software Engineering

2025

Head of Engineering (Interim)

2024 - 2025

Acted as a temporary head of engineering & design, bridging Opal to the next VPE. Lead a team of ~20. * Overhauled eng execution, fixing prioritization, consistency of delivery, and velocity * Put in place an EM team (grew two internal TLM's, hired one EM externally) * Spun up & drove engineering hiring, leading to 25% team growth * Closed strategic customers, leading to ~30% ARR growth in my 4 months

Head of Merchant Core Experience

2019 - 2021

We're a team of engineers and PM's working to make all of Stripe's merchant-facing experiences shine.

Director Of Engineering

2014 - 2018

I lead Dropbox's Growth Engineering team (including all Growth teams, Payments & Billing Platform, Growth Tools and Platforms, QA). We're an organization of ~120 engineers across San Francisco and Seattle. We power one of the largest self-serve businesses in the world with annual revenue exceeding $1B. Previously I led an organization of 100 engineers working on core Dropbox features across the Desktop, Mobile, and Web apps. We made Dropbox a better place to work together on files, across any platform or device.

Cofounder & CEO

2012 - 2014

Director of Engineering

2010 - 2012

Mobile Program Manager

2010 - 2010

Executive Director

2009 - 2010

Research Assistant

2008 - 2010

Mobile Platform Engineer

2009 - 2009

Program Manager Intern

2007 - 2007