Engineering Manager II

Box Inc. is a leader in Intelligent Content Management, enabling organizations to manage content lifecycle and transform workflows with enterprise AI. Founded in 2005, it serves global organizations and has offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. The Box Extract team focuses on converting unstructured enterprise content into actionable data using AI technologies.

• People-first engineering leader with 2+ years of engineering management experience
• Strong technical background with understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architectures
• Comfortable with backend and frontend concepts (full-stack awareness)
• Strong technical judgment in evaluating system design decisions and engineering approaches
• Experience working in data-driven environments measuring velocity, predictability, and delivery performance
• Skilled at building and growing teams, supporting senior and junior engineers
• Clear and concise communicator valuing transparency and proactive risk management
• Effective stakeholder manager collaborating with cross-functional and distributed teams including US-based partners
• Comfortable in dynamic and evolving environments with dependencies across teams
• Proficient in English

Nice to have:

• Experience in SaaS or product-driven companies
• Exposure to AI/ML-powered systems or data processing platforms
• Experience working with distributed, international teams

• Build, lead, and grow an engineering team of 5–7 engineers in Wroclaw
• Define the team’s roadmap, execution strategy, and own delivery outcomes
• Ensure strong delivery predictability, including planning, estimation, and execution
• Partner with engineers on system design and technical decisions (non-coding role)
• Develop team members through 1:1s, coaching, performance management, and hiring
• Establish a strong, collaborative, and accountable team culture
• Drive high standards in execution, quality, and scalability
• Organize team processes such as stand-ups, sprint planning, and technical discussions, and track progress
• Collaborate with product and partner teams to scope initiatives and align on priorities
• Manage cross-team dependencies and coordinate with stakeholders across regions
• Proactively identify risks and ensure transparency in delivery
• Represent Box internally and externally