Senior Software Engineer, Monolith Foundation

Box • Redwood City, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 is transforming how enterprises collaborate and manage content in the cloud. While many Box services run on Java and Scala microservices, a large monolithic PHP codebase still implements core business logic. That codebase contains millions of lines, is contributed to by hundreds of engineers, and is deployed to production multiple times per day. It’s the largest-scale service in the company and is relied on by thousands of customers — we need a seasoned senior software engineer to own, enhance, and maintain it. Team mission: Empower innovation and scalability across Box’s ecosystem by developing modern language frameworks and building highly scalable, reliable infrastructure services.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in PHP and at least one modern programming language (e.g. Java, C++, Go, Python, etc).
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Solid grasp of at least one modern source code management solution (e.g. Git, SVN, CVS, etc).
• Interest in CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) area.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant technology initiatives from inception through successful deployment across multiple architecture layers.
• Provide production support and participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
• Build platforms and services that enable application teams to focus on product development.
• Write clear, detailed technical documentation that conveys architecture and product details for application teams.
• Provide expert guidance across all architecture levels and mentor other engineers.
• Participate in and influence domain-wide architectural reviews and decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees