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 Network as a Service (NaaS) team owns every network interaction at Box - from the edge of our platform to the deepest layers of our internal infrastructure. You'll work across both our Edge and internal network layers, building and scaling the distributed systems and software load balancers that power how Box applications communicate with each other and with customers around the world.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the NaaS team, you will drive the architecture, development, and rollout of critical networking solutions end-to-end. You'll collaborate with experienced engineers from leading technology companies, mentor teammates, and take full ownership of problems from ideation through impact measurement. This is a rare opportunity to shape both internal platform infrastructure and customer-facing products on the same team - with the scope and ownership to make a measurable difference.
WHAT YOU'LL DO - You will architect, develop, validate, and roll out distributed systems and software load balancers that support Box's internal and external networking infrastructure.
- You will take end-to-end ownership of technical solutions - from ideation and design through delivery, rollout, and impact measurement.
- You will proactively identify opportunities to improve Box's network and platform infrastructure and drive those improvements to completion.
- You will mentor junior engineers on the NaaS team, sharing technical expertise and supporting their growth.
- You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver networking solutions that solve real business problems and improve platform reliability.
- You will participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise.
WHO YOU ARE We are an AI-first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box.
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
- You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform/networking engineering.
- You have hands-on experience with load balancers (L4/L7), AWS, and Kubernetes in production environments.
- Strong proficiency with at least one of: Go, Java, C/C++, or Rust; adept at designing reliable, observable services.
- You have a track record of delivering technical solutions end-to-end - owning problems from design through rollout and measuring their impact.
- You have experience mentoring engineers and contributing to the technical growth of a team.
- You have worked on cloud or platform infrastructure teams and are comfortable operating in hybrid environments with both in-office and remote teammates.
- You bring a collaborative, ownership-driven mindset and a bias toward completing problems fully rather than partially.
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 OPPORTUNITYWe 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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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information, check out our benefits and perks.
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Redwood City Pay Range
$198,500-$248,000 USD
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