Senior Software Engineer, Metadata Extraction

WHAT IS BOX?

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI.

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.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Why Box needs you:

At Box, we are seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and play a pivotal role in the development of Box Metadata Extract, a key component that will enable businesses to automate data extraction from documents, improve workflows with intelligent metadata extraction and categorization, and enhance compliance and data management efficiency. At Metadata Extract, we aim to empower our users to gain deeper insights from their content, automate routine tasks to save time and reduce errors, and ultimately build smarter, more scalable workflows.

As part of this team, your mission will be to ensure that the metadata extractor is designed with the best architecture and security standards in mind. Your focus will be on ensuring that the system is flexible enough to guarantee seamless integration of its capabilities into the Box platform, complementing existing tools for secure collaboration, content management, and workflow automation.

The work you do will have an immediate and lasting impact on the productivity of millions of users at some of the most significant enterprises of our time.

What you'll do:

• Lead design and implementation efforts for the components of our app, from the ground up
• Collaborate with partner teams and domain architects on system design and services integration, with a focus on reliability, observability, operability and efficiency
• Collaborate with Box AI team
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to team growth and development
• Strengthen engineering processes, principles, and culture within the team and across Box, by championing a culture of learning, continuous improvement, and blameless retrospection
• Be involved in defining the vision and assembling feature roadmaps

Who you are:

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles.
• Proven technical expertise, including providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Proficiency in Java, with familiarity in the Spring framework.
• Experience deploying and operating microservices in cloud environments.
• Understanding of DevOps practices, such as setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and metrics tools to ensure system health and performance.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL), including schema design and query optimization.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to work across various technologies as needed.
• Strong sense of ownership, persistence, and drive, along with excellent English communication skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with your team, cross-functional teams, and key stakeholders.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with PHP and JavaScript for server-side development.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., Bigtable).
• Basic knowledge of AI/ML concepts, with programming skills in Python.

Percentage of Time Spent:

• 65% coding
• 15% documentation
• 10% bug fixes
• 10% meetings

Methodology

• Agile management - Scrum
• Issue tracking tool - Jira
• Knowledge repository - GitHubEnterprise
• Code reviews - GitHubEntreprise 
• Version control system - GIT

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 2 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

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