Software Engineer III, Threat Protection

Box • Redwood City, CA

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About The Position

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud, trusted by 115,000+ organizations—including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500—to protect data, power collaboration, and transform critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI. Our Threat Protection team builds the capabilities that help Box administrators detect, investigate, and respond to potential threats across our platform. We’re looking for a Software Engineer III to help design, build, and operate backend services that strengthen Box’s security offerings, with a focus on Anomaly Detection and Malware Detection. You’ll independently deliver well-scoped projects, collaborate across functions, and contribute to the reliability and scalability of systems that safeguard our customers’ content.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, or another modern programming language
• Experience building applications in cloud environments and with microservices/distributed systems
• Ability to independently execute on well-defined projects and communicate progress clearly
• Leverage AI to handle routine implementation while you focus on architecture adherence, precision in requirements, and rigorous validation
• Strong collaboration skills with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners

Nice To Haves

• Interest in security domains (e.g., authentication, identity, threat detection) and industry best practices
• Practical experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes
• Experience operating backend systems for reliability, scalability, and observability

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain reliable backend services and features for Threat Protection
• Contribute to systems in anomaly detection, malware detection, and security alerting
• Translate product and engineering requirements into clear technical tasks and milestones
• Participate in technical design discussions, offering implementation ideas and tradeoff analysis
• Write clean, well-tested code in languages such as Java, Scala, or C++
• Support service health through troubleshooting, bug fixing, and operational ownership
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and partner engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions
• Participate in the team’s production on-call rotation and improve operational runbooks

Benefits

• equity
• benefits
• healthcare benefits
• additional Box Benefits + Perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed