Staff Software Backend Engineer

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Algorithms, AWS, Azure, Confluence, Data structuring, Design, Effective communication skills, Git, Github, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java Programming, JIRA, PHP Programming, Scala Programming, Scrum Agile Methodology

Job Description

Our Warsaw office is an incredibly exciting addition to our EMEA expansion. We're already in the UK, France, and Germany, and the new Poland location is a global engineering and product development hub alongside our headquarters in Redwood City, California. Join our growing engineering teams in Warsaw as we expand by over 100 members in 2024! Depending on your skills, experience, and preferences, you’ll have the opportunity to join one of several teams to solve some of the toughest challenges as we build out the future of content management in the cloud. Your work will directly impact the productivity of millions of users at some of today’s most significant enterprises.

We are currently looking for the engineers for the following teams:

• Shield: Building advanced security capabilities such as integrating AI into automated classification, enhancing device security posture checks, extending security measures down to endpoint protection, and more.

• Content Experiences: Reimagining user experiences for metadata features during what we see as an inflection point in the traditional Enterprise Content Management market.

• E-Commerce Platform: Responsible for building the systems that enable all existing and prospective customers of any size and scale to purchase, adopt, and manage their Box subscription through our self-service experiences.

• Core Data: designs, develops and owns distributed services that provide performant access to the users’ data graphs while keeping them highly available, scalable and maintainable. Our new Event Stream team enables near-real time data access through change streams and a scalable warehouse.

• Relay: This is one of the core capabilities of Box platform, which enables our customers to automate routine workflows. This product saves time for millions of users, and allows them to focus on truly creative and meaningful tasks.

• Partner Integrations: This team develops new apps, product integrations, and frameworks to support our growing list of strategic partners and inspire the broader ecosystem of developers. Our goal is to build a powerful best-of-breed cloud stack with a single content layer.

Your expertise is essential to our journey in shaping tomorrow's content management landscape!

Who you are:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• Proficient in Java (preferred), PHP or Scala
• You possess strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, software design principles, and object-oriented programming
• Assess, communicate and complete project milestones with manager and team members in a time sensitive manner
• Adapt to the technical and stylistic needs of integrations and projects as they occur; including technical tools, programming languages, technical limitations, and product requirements
• Review and assess the technical feasibility of project requirements and propose innovative solutions
• Be the technical expert and provide guidance to junior engineers on best practices, coding standards, and complex technical issues
• Must speak English proficiently

Preferred skills:

• Experience with public cloud systems such as GCP, AWS or Azure
• Experience contributing to open source project

Percentage of Time Spent:

• 55% coding
• 10% documentation
• 20% bug fixes
• 15% meetings

Methodology:

• Agile management - Scrum
• Issue tracking tool - Jira
• Knowledge repository - Confluence
• 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

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. For details on how we protect your information when you apply, please see our Personnel Privacy Notice. For more details on how Box Poland protects your information, please see our Supplemental Personnel and Candidate Privacy Notice.