WHAT IS BOX?
WHY BOX NEEDS YOU
The Search and Query Infrastructure team at Box owns and operates a highly scalable and performant platform to support fast, reliable, and secure discovery of enterprise content through both full-text search and metadata-based queries. We index petabytes of content and serve a high volume of queries with low latency and high availability. Our systems are the foundation of not only the Box Search experience, but also powers BoxAI features that enable smarter, faster insights for our customers. We work on complex distributed systems problems involving data sharding, intelligent routing, global data replication, performance optimization, and near real-time indexing — all at scale. We operate mission-critical infrastructure and continuously innovate to improve search quality, speed, and relevance.
As we continue our mission to deliver a next-generation platform, 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, as we build out the future of content management in the cloud. The work you do will have an immediate impact on the productivity of millions of users, at some of the most important enterprises of our time.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
WHO YOU ARE
MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
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, with a focus on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. 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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