Software Engineer III, Backend (Identity & Security)

Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leader in Intelligent Content Management. The company provides a platform that enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. Founded in 2005, Box serves leading global organizations and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend or distributed systems.
• Strong Java development skills and a track record of delivering production software.
• Experience building and operating backend services in production environments.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, testing, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex technical issues.
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

Nice to have:

• Experience in authentication, identity, authorization, or enterprise security domains.
• Familiarity with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, MFA, or related authentication technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience with PHP, TypeScript, and React.
• Prior experience working on internal platforms or systems requiring high reliability, security, and compliance.

• Design, build, deploy, and operate mission-critical services that power authentication, identity, and secure access across Box.
• Improve the reliability, observability, and deployment safety of critical authentication infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, security engineers, and partner teams to deliver secure platform capabilities.
• Participate in technical design and implementation of authentication and identity solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotation and help investigate, triage, and resolve production issues.