Senior Staff Software Engineer, Core Experiences

Box is a leader in Intelligent Content Management, providing a platform to fuel collaboration, manage content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows using enterprise AI. Founded in 2005, it serves leading global organizations and has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience across backend and frontend.
• 5+ years leading complex, cross-team technical initiatives.
• Ability to operate at both high-level architecture and low-level execution.
• Proven track record of designing and shipping distributed systems at scale.
• Hands-on experience breaking monoliths into service-oriented or modular architectures.
• Strong experience with continuous integration, CD, and DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code; experience designing or building LLM-powered agents is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI/agent frameworks, prompt engineering, evaluation, and safe deployment of AI in production.
• Experience aligning cross-functional and cross-site stakeholders on architecture decisions.
• Pragmatic decision-making balancing ideal designs with real-world constraints.
• Passionate about mentoring and fostering strong engineering culture.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid, globally distributed environment and willing to travel to the U.S. twice a year for off-sites.

Build Critical Systems:

• Own the architecture of key backend and frontend systems within Core Experiences.
• Lead the implementation of high-impact components end-to-end.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and observable from day one.

Drive Execution at Scale:

• Partner with engineering teams across Warsaw and Redwood City to turn architecture into working systems.
• Lead delivery of large, cross-team initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability in real-world tradeoffs.

Set Technical Direction:

• Establish patterns, frameworks, and standards that enable teams to move faster.
• Translate business priorities into clear technical roadmaps.
• Identify risks early and guide teams toward pragmatic solutions.

Enable AI in Engineering:

• Enable teams to apply AI in engineering operations including coding, code review, testing, debugging, documentation, and incident response.
• Design and build agents supporting the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Establish best practices and reusable patterns for safe AI usage in workflows.
• Evaluate and integrate AI tooling such as Cursor, Claude Code, and internal Box AI.
• Measure and improve developer productivity and code quality through AI-driven workflows.

Influence & Mentor:

• Collaborate across geographies and functions to align on architecture and execution.
• Mentor senior and staff engineers in system design and AI use.
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

Ship Code:

• Be hands-on in prototyping and contributing production-grade code across the stack.

This position requires working in Warsaw with close collaboration with Redwood City, including in-office attendance three days per week. Candidates must be comfortable traveling to the U.S. at least twice a year for team off-sites. Box is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. No discrimination on protected grounds is tolerated.