Box needs a strong backend engineer to help build and scale a planet-scale data platform that will transform how information flows through their ecosystem, powering Box's next generation of innovations. This platform needs to handle trillions of nodes and billions of relationships, addressing challenges at the intersection of massive scale, performance, and innovation.
Requirements
- 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.
- You have 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a proven track record of building and shipping complex, large-scale services.
- You possess deep expertise in designing and working with distributed systems, understanding the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and performance.
- You are proficient in one or more backend programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, or Python.
- You have experience with data-intensive applications, search technologies (like Elasticsearch or Solr), and/or database and query systems (SQL or NoSQL).
- You are a product-minded engineer who thinks about the "why" behind the "what" and is passionate about solving customer problems.
- Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate highly-available, scalable, and resilient distributed backend services that form the core of our platform.
- Develop systems for managing data across multiple geographic regions, solving complex challenges related to data sovereignty and compliance.
- Collaborate with your team, product managers and other engineering teams to define and implement the APIs and services that power Box's platform.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high standards of quality.
- Mentor other engineers on the team, promoting best practices in software development and distributed systems design.
- Take ownership of the entire software lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operational support.
- Participate in our on-call rotation, while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise.
Other
- You have a strong sense of ownership and are comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week.
- We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!