WHAT IS BOX? 

Box is the market leader for Cloud Content Management. Our mission is to power how the world works together. Box is partnering with enterprise organizations to accelerate their digital transformation by creating a single platform for secure content management, collaboration & workflow. We have an amazing opportunity to further establish ourselves as leaders in the space, & we need strong advocates to help us achieve that goal. 

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to help capture a majority of this developing market & define what content management looks like for the digital enterprise. Today, Box powers over 100,000 businesses, including 67% of the Fortune 500 who trust Box to manage their content in the cloud. 

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

Boxs File System is not like the file system on your laptop. Its the very core of the Box product. Virtually every feature at Box interacts with the File System, making it perhaps the most critical part of our architecture. It is a single, constantly evolving platform for content access, used by both internal & external clients, & serving tens of thousands of customers (including most of the Fortune 500), & millions of users. The Box File System operates at millions of requests per second & through its advanced permissions system secures the hundreds of billions of pieces of content stored in Box. It also manages the collaboration on that content, which is one of the foundational capabilities of Box that is used by virtually every customer. Box is focused on bringing its vision for the future of content management to the rest of the working world, & continuing to enhance the scale & capabilities of the Box File System is a vital part of this journey. That's where you come in.

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

• Work closely with Engineering Leadership to develop strategies for evolving the platform to its next generation
• Collaborate with Product Management to help refine requirements & break down complex projects into meaningful, deliverable units & lead the effort to deliver them
• Deliver product features to the business
• Continuously improve the current code base & infrastructure
• Model best practices in crafting systems & code with sound architectures, testability, scalability & maintainability
• Communicate technical ideas & direction across the organization

WHO YOU ARE 

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of Software Development experience in distributed systems
• You have experience designing, building, & deploying high quality software
• You have a passion for building distributed client/server systems at large scale
• Strong coder with demonstrated proficiency in languages like Java, Scala, PHP, Go, C or C++
• Bonus points if you have experience using or building high-scale distributed data stores
• You are excited about solving hard problems using data-driven solutions
• You act like an owner & strive to do work you're proud of, both technically & in your team interactions
• You collaborate with in-person & remote Boxers with ease

You are in an office based role with the expectation of working from the Redwood City, California office a minimum of 2x/week.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer & 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, & any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity & independence of people with disabilities & is committed to giving them the same opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, & 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 & beyond.

Notice to applicants in San Francisco:  Box, Inc & its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chair Ordinance.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

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