Senior Staff Architect - Conversions

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 

Box is looking for a Senior Staff Architect to join the Conversion Team. The Conversion Team (as part of the Box Storage Platform) has a charter to design, build, and maintain services relating to the processing of customer content and the creation of representations. These representations are at the heart of, and power nearly every feature in Box including Box Intelligence, Preview, Watermarking, Realtime collaboration, Search, Automation, Workflows and more. As a Senior Staff Architect, you will have the opportunity of defining the next generation of architecture for this critical part of Box’s infrastructure.

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

• Own and lead the conversion domain including the backend infrastructure as well as the conversions that are built on top of it

• Use your experience to contribute to and inform company objectives across team and function in creative, effective and diplomatic ways

• Be hands-on working on code both in terms of prototyping as well as contributing production changes

• Work closely with the engineering team and leadership to develop strategies for evolving the platform

• Collaborate with Product Management to help refine requirements and break down complex projects into meaningful, deliverable units

• Use a data driven approach to devise strategies for processing customer content while balancing requirements from a efficiency, quality and security perspective

• Represent the Conversion team in the EAC as well as other architecture-oriented discussions

WHO YOU ARE 

Required skills: Education requirements, years of experience (in necessary field if applicable + disciplinary/major)

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

• 12+ years of Software Development experience in distributed systems

• 3+ years of experience in an Software Architecture oriented role

• You are excited about solving complex technical problems using data-driven solutions.

• You act like an owner and strive to do work you're proud of, both technically and in your team interactions.

Preferred skills: 

• Advanced media conversions, e.g. Video

• Extracting structured data from unstructured files (e.g. PDF)

• Processing data for use in AI/ML applications

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 Talent Partner will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

Head-over-heels about this role — but not sure you meet all the requirements? Apply anyway! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Box, we take a big-picture approach to hiring that fosters authenticity, diversity, and inclusion. If you're passionate about this opportunity, chances are, you shine pretty bright.

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.

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