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Software Engineer III, Developer Platform

Redwood City, CA, United States

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 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 building a new US-based Developer Platform team from the ground up, and we're looking for engineers who want to shape the foundation. This team is responsible for the tools, infrastructure, and experiences that power how developers and admins interact with the Box platform — from SDK apps and analytics to self-service admin hubs and developer onboarding. The work you do here will directly reduce developer friction, improve internal efficiency, and drive measurable cost savings and monetization via tools and APIs across the company.

You will work closely with an adaptable, high-impact team to rapidly prototype solutions, build scalable platform capabilities, and contribute to initiatives that reach the highest levels of the organization. If you're energized by greenfield problems, passionate about analytics and data, and want your work to have real, visible impact — this is the role for you.

 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Collaborate closely with Product Management and cross-functional partners to shape and execute the strategic roadmap for Box’s Developer Platform, spanning APIs, developer tools, SDKs, applications, analytics, and enterprise platform capabilities.

  • Build and evolve the Developer Platform: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable platform capabilities that make it easier for developers and SaaS providers to build, integrate, and innovate on Box.

  • Improve developer experience: Build and maintain developer sandboxes, onboarding experiences, testing environments, and self-service tools that reduce friction for internal and external developers.

  • Drive innovation from concept to launch: Contribute to ideation, rapidly prototype new capabilities, and take high-impact features from concept through production. Partner closely with senior engineering leadership to develop prototypes and solutions for high-visibility management reviews.

  • Partner across the organization: Work closely with Product, Design, UX, Developer Relations, Support, and other engineering teams to deliver customer-centric solutions and align technical execution with business goals.

  • Build enterprise platform experiences: Develop and iterate on self-service app hubs, admin experiences, and entitlement visibility tools that give enterprise customers greater control and transparency over their integrations and platform usage.

  • Leverage data to improve the platform: Work with large-scale datasets and big data technologies to generate insights and drive improvements in billing, platform efficiency, and the overall developer experience.

  • Ensure operational excellence: Participate in the on-call rotation, respond to and triage production issues, and continuously monitor and improve platform performance, reliability, and scalability.

  • Provide strong technical leadership: Serve as a technical voice on the team, uphold high engineering and code-quality standards, and influence architecture, design, and implementation decisions across the platform.

  • Lead complex, cross-team initiatives: Own technically complex projects with internal and external dependencies, driving alignment and execution across multiple teams while delivering solutions that enable Box customers and SaaS providers—including some of the world’s largest technology companies—to build on the Box Platform.

 

WHO YOU ARE

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.

Required skills

  • You have 3+ years of full stack software engineering experience with a strong emphasis on backend systems, databases, and API development.

  • You have a passion for making software more useful through product integrations that make remote work easier and more efficient.

  • You have developed against a broad set of APIs and can provide meaningful feedback on API designs.

  • You have a solid understanding of the full web technology stack.

  • You hold a Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

  • You have experience with cloud-based services, preferably with an understanding of security, scalability, and reliability considerations.

  • You have ability to collaborate with Product, UX, and other engineering teams to align technical efforts with product vision.

  • You have excellent problem-solving skills, with a passion for creating developer-friendly products.

 

Preferred Skills

  • You have hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark and are comfortable working with large-scale data pipelines and analytics systems.

  • You bring experience applying machine learning techniques to real-world engineering problems and are passionate about using data to drive decisions.

  • You have a track record of building quick, functional prototypes and iterating rapidly in ambiguous, greenfield environments.

  • Experience with Box's platform architecture, APIs, or SDK development is a plus. You have developed an app using the Box APIs

  • You have experience building scalable, highly-available service oriented architectures.

  • You have experience in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment.

  • You have led or contributed to open source projects.

  • You contribute to developer communities such as Stack Overflow or GitHub.

 

Box lives its values, with community and in-person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process. 

Based on current business needs, there is no relocation assistance provided for this role.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in. If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

 

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. 

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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. 
 
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Redwood City Pay Range

$165,000 - $206,500 USD

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