Software Engineer, Developer Platform

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

The Developer Platform team at Box is dedicated to building tools and services that empower external developers to create custom integrations and applications with Box. We’re a collaborative and agile team, focused on driving innovation and delivering a robust ecosystem for our customers. As part of this team, you'll work closely with the Product Managers, Developer Relations team and GTM teams to turn vision into reality, creating impactful developer experiences through APIs, SDKs, and more.As a Software

Engineer on Developer Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and developing Box’s Developer Platform. You will work to build, refine, and expand developer-facing products that enable external customers to create seamless integrations with Box. You’ll contribute directly to our mission of providing a thriving ecosystem for developers by delivering high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Collaborate with the Product Managers to understand and execute on the strategic roadmap for Box’s Developer Platform, focusing on API development and developer tools.
• Design, develop, and maintain platform features that enhance the experience for developers building on Box, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Contribute to the ideation, prototyping, and execution of new features, taking them from concept to launch.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including Design, UX, Developer Relations and Support, to deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Monitor and improve platform performance, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing the developer experience.
• You will have a strong technical voice on our team and will uphold high code standards. 
• Your technical guidance will help drive the architecture, design, and implementation of integrations and frameworks to enable Box Customers and SaaS providers build solutions on Box Platform.
• You will own complex projects with both internal and external dependencies, which will give you influence across multiple teams at Box and with our customers, who are some of the biggest tech companies in the world.

WHO YOU ARE

Required skills:

• 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 have a Bachelor's/Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field of study.
• You have 2+ years of years of professional software development experience in Java, PHP, C#, React, Node.js, Python or Ruby 
• 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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