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Senior Software Engineer, Database Infra

Redwood City, CA

WHAT IS BOX?

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. We help companies thrive in the new AI-first era of business. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including AstraZeneca, 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. Its 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.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Are you excited about scaling a relational data system to tens of millions of queries per second? How about making sure that the system offers availability and consistency required to serve as the foundational layer for the critical workflows of today's most productive enterprises? Join our small team focused on the platform that enables developers at Box to store and access relational data. We are looking for a senior engineer to focus on developing robust software to manage a fleet of thousands of MySQL instances in a cloud environment.

The broader Core Data team is responsible for providing a highly-available, strictly consistent, performant and easy-to-use infrastructure for online and offline access of the Box user data graph. This system underpins all Box features, which is what drives our requirements, as well as millions of transactions per second in throughput. Below are articles describing some facets of Box Core Data that you might find interesting:

The Database Infrastructure group is a close-knit and diverse team at the heart of Core Data. We continually drive improvements to the resiliency, performance and consistency of the heavily sharded MySQL deployment that comprises the source of truth for Core Data. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to designing and building innovative solutions to both classic and Box-specific database infrastructure challenges, working closely with fellow database engineers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage large-scale MySQL deployments across thousands of database nodes in GCP, ensuring availability, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new database infrastructure components, or help uplift existing systems to meet evolving business needs.
• Collaborate on defining the technical vision for the Database Infrastructure team and help break it down into actionable milestones.
• Provide input into the broader Core Data teams technical direction through collaboration and execution.
• Participate in the day-to-day management of database infrastructure, including joining the 247 oncall rotation.
• Support and improve engineering processes, principles, and culture by fostering a mindset of learning, continuous improvement, and blameless retrospection within the team.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• Proficient in common algorithms, data structures, and code design principles

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Familiarity with MySQL and configuration management tools (e.g. Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, or Terragrunt)
• Passionate about solving database scale and performance challenges
• Strong sense of ownership, persistence, and drive

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.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in.If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

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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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information on benefits, check out our healthcare benefits and additional Box Benefits + Perks .

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