Senior Software Engineer, Metadata Platform

Box•Redwood City, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Box is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next generation of its Metadata Platform, a core part of the Box Content Cloud. Metadata enables customers to organize, discover, annotate, secure, and retain content, and supports Box products as well as customer-built applications. In this role, you will work with a small team of engineers to solve challenging platform problems and deliver services that affect millions of users at enterprise organizations. The position involves leading the design and implementation of new platform components, building scalable and reliable cloud services, and contributing to platform vision and feature roadmaps. The engineer will work with technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, BigTable, and Istio, while mentoring colleagues and strengthening engineering practices and team culture. Box describes itself as an AI-first company and expects employees to bring a growth mindset and look for ways to use AI to improve their work. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office at least three days per week. The role is eligible for equity and benefits. The Redwood City base salary range is $198,500–$240,000 USD; actual compensation depends on factors including skills, experience, and work location.

Requirements

At least 4 years of professional software development experience.
Extensive experience deploying and operating microservices in a cloud environment.
A proven track record of building services and/or tooling in one or more programming languages, such as Java, Go, Scala, or Python.
Experience with message queues and/or streaming data systems such as Kafka or Pub/Sub.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Azure.
Experience deploying and operating microservices on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of new platform components from the ground up.
Design and implement scalable services focused on reliability, observability, operability, and efficiency.
Contribute to the platform vision and define feature roadmaps.
Mentor other engineers and contribute to team growth and development.
Strengthen engineering processes, principles, and culture by promoting learning, continuous improvement, and blameless retrospection.