Senior Software Engineer, File System

WHAT IS BOX? 

Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leader in Intelligent Content Management. Our platform enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. We help companies thrive in the new AI-first era of business. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including JLL, Morgan Stanley, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU 

Box’s File System is not like the file system on your laptop. It’s 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 and external clients, and serving tens of thousands of customers (including most of the Fortune 500), and millions of users. The Box File System operates at millions of requests per second and 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, and continuing to enhance the scale and 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 and break down complex projects into meaningful, deliverable units and lead the effort to deliver them
• Deliver product features to the business
• Continuously improve the current code base and infrastructure
• Model best practices in crafting systems and code with sound architectures, testability, scalability and maintainability
• Communicate technical ideas and direction across the organization

WHO YOU ARE 

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of Software Development experience in distributed systems
• You have experience designing, building, and 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 and strive to do work you're proud of, both technically and in your team interactions
• You collaborate with in-person and remote Boxers with ease

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 3 days per week.Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in. If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

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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