Senior Software Engineer, Data Foundations

About the Position

Senior Software Engineer, Data Foundations

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Data Foundations to join our engineering team in Warsaw, Poland. This role focuses on building and evolving asynchronous data services that support Box’s data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve asynchronous data services that support data synchronization across Box’s systems and data stores.
• Take ownership of existing services and help improve their reliability, scalability, observability, and overall architecture.
• Design and implement new services and improvements to support growing data volumes and evolving platform requirements.
• Help ensure data remains consistent and reliable across different data stores and downstream systems.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and consolidate existing services and improve the overall data platform.
• Collaborate with engineers and teams across Core Data and Box to understand data requirements, dependencies, and technical challenges.
• Participate in the operation and continuous improvement of production services, including troubleshooting and addressing reliability or performance issues.
• Contribute to the technical direction of the Data Foundations platform as the new team and its ownership evolve.
• Participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineer with 5+ years of Software Development experience, ideally working with distributed systems and data-intensive applications.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Java or Scala and experience building production backend services.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying highly available, scalable, and reliable distributed systems.
• Experience working with asynchronous systems, data processing, messaging, or event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of data consistency, synchronization, and reliability across distributed systems and data stores.
• Experience taking ownership of production services, including troubleshooting, performance improvements, observability, and reliability.
• Comfortable working with existing systems and identifying opportunities to simplify, consolidate, and improve architecture.
• You have a passion for solving complex technical problems and building large-scale data infrastructure.
• You act like an owner and strive to do work you're proud of, both technically and in your team interactions.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• You speak English proficiently.

Methodology

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

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Equity options
• Stock plan participation
• Flexible time off
• Birthday holidays
• VTO (Volunteer Time Off)
• Sabbatical after seven years
• Global, inclusive benefits including mental health, wellbeing, and family support
• Paid parental leave and family-forming benefits
• Monthly wellness subsidy for fitness
• Paid volunteer time off
• Community involvement through employee-led resource groups and global virtual events

About the Company

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. 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.

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.