WHAT IS BOX?

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day: contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

The Content Storage Gateway team manages numerous key components of the Box Content Cloud, including the primary services that enable customers to upload and download their content. Every day we solve problems of both scale and performance for millions of users and petabytes of data, not only as Box continues to grow, but to support the emergence of products like Microsoft Coauthoring and Box AI. As a critical piece of infrastructure that literally all content at Box passes through, we also deal in best practices for reliability regularly. But, we've only scratched the surface of what's possible. That's where you come in!

As we embark on the mission to deliver best in class performance and reliability for our customers, both internal and external, we're looking for a Senior Engineer to join us and play a pivotal role. You'll have the opportunity to work with a small team of talented, collaborative and fun engineers, solving some of the toughest challenges. The work you do will have an immediate impact on the productivity of some of the most important enterprises of our time.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Lead design and implementation efforts for new components of our platform. Design and implement scalable services with a focus on reliability, observability, operability and efficiency. Work with cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, BigTable, Elasticsearch, Spark and Istio. Be heavily involved in setting the platform vision and defining feature roadmaps. Mentor other engineers and contribute to team growth and development. Strengthen engineering processes, principles, and culture within the team by championing a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

WHO YOU ARE

Required skills

You have 4+ years of professional software development experience. You have extensive experience deploying and operating microservices in a cloud environment. You have a proven track record of building services and/or tooling using languages such as Java, Go, Scala, or Python as necessary. Strong problem solving skills and a desire to learn new things.

Preferred skills

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Amazon Web Services (AWS). Experience deploying and operating microservices on Kubernetes. Familiarity with distributed systems and content streaming. Familiarity with metrics based monitoring and alerting.

Box lives its values, with community and in-person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 2 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

Head-over-heels about this role — but not sure you meet all the requirements? Apply anyway! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Box, we take a big-picture approach to hiring that fosters authenticity, diversity, and inclusion. If you're passionate about this opportunity, chances are, you shine pretty bright.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond.

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