Software Engineer III, Storage at Boxinc

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 AstraZeneca, 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 The Storage Content team is the backbone of storage and encryption at Box. We manage the entire corpus of customer content and key material, powering the critical infrastructure that all content at Box flows through. Our team owns several foundational services of the Box Content Cloud, including the core upload and download pipelines used by millions of users every day. We operate at exabyte scale, solving complex challenges around performance, reliability, and scalability—especially as Box continues to expand and integrate with emerging products like Microsoft Coauthoring and Box AI. As stewards of some of the most mission-critical systems at Box, we’re deeply invested in operational excellence and reliability best practices. Yet, 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 SWE3 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 • Design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable microservices that power Box’s platform. • Lead implementation for well-scoped features and components; contribute to system design reviews and propose pragmatic improvements. • Raise the bar on reliability, observability, and operational excellence through thoughtful instrumentation, testing, and automation. • Collaborate closely with product, infra, and partner teams to ship impactful features end-to-end. • Work with technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, BigTable, Elasticsearch, Spark, and Istio. • Contribute to team standards, documentation, and best practices; mentor peers through code reviews and pairing. • 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 • 3+ years of professional software development experience. • Proficient in building, deploying, and operating microservices in a major cloud environment. • Strong coding skills in one or more: Java, Go, Scala, or Python, with an emphasis on maintainability and performance. • Solid understanding of service-oriented and distributed systems fundamentals. • Comfortable owning features from design to production, including testing and observability. • Clear, collaborative communicator who thrives in a fast-moving, inclusive team environment. • Growth mindset with strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to learn. Preferred Skills • Experience with GCP or AWS. • Hands-on experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes. • Familiarity with data/streaming or content delivery patterns. • Experience with metrics-based monitoring and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and distributed tracing. 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. Notice to applicants in Los Angeles: Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chair Ordinance. The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. Notice to applicants in San Francisco: Box, Inc and 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. For details on how we protect your information when you apply, please see our Personnel Privacy Notice. If you are a California-resident, please read our California Applicant & Candidate Privacy Notice here. 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. In accordance with OFCCP compliance, here is the Pay Transparency Provision. United States Pay Range$165,000—$206,500 USD