Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Security Foundation (ISF)

About the Position

Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Security Foundation (ISF)

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Identity & Security Foundation to join our team in Redwood City, California. This role involves building secure authentication systems and ensuring the integrity of our platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable authentication and authorization systems using technologies such as Java, PHP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Build and operate high-quality microservices that power security capabilities including MFA, SSO, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWTs, token management, scopes, and permissions.
• Provide technical guidance across multiple levels of architecture and mentor engineers on the team, helping raise the bar for engineering and security practices.
• Influence and contribute to company-wide architectural decisions, bringing deep expertise in identity, authentication, authorization, and security to technical reviews.
• Participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise.

Requirements

• Required skills:

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong understanding of modern authentication and authorization technologies, including MFA, SSO, OAuth 2.0, JWTs, token management, scopes, and permissions.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating secure, production-grade services and RESTful APIs using microservices architectures.
  • Strong Java proficiency and working knowledge of PHP.
  • Strong understanding of security best practices and the ability to design systems that balance security, performance, reliability, and user experience.
  • Ability to translate product and business requirements into scalable, secure technical designs.
  • Experience collaborating effectively with engineering and business leaders across teams and disciplines.

• Preferred Skills:

  • Experience implementing solutions based on Box APIs.
  • Experience leading or contributing to open source projects.
  • Contributions to developer communities such as Stack Overflow or GitHub.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $198,500-$248,000 USD.
• Comprehensive benefits package including equity, stock plan, and performance-based pay.
• Generous time off, birthday holidays, VTO, and a sabbatical after seven years.
• Opportunities for growth through learning programs and clear career paths.
• Hybrid work model blending in-person connection with remote flexibility.
• Global, inclusive benefits including mental health, wellbeing, and family support.
• Paid parental leave and fertility and family-forming benefits.
• Monthly wellness subsidy for fitness and Fresh Air Days to recharge.
• Community involvement through employee-led resource groups, interest groups, and paid volunteer time off.

About the Company

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. We help companies thrive in the new AI-first era of business. 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.

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