Senior Scala Engineer

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud. We are trusted by more than 115K organizations around the world today, including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500 and leaders across deeply regulated industries (such as AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide), to protect their data, fuel collaboration, and power critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI. 

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.

Founded in 2005, Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and we have offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU? 

The Conversion Clients team is a critical backend-focused team within Box’s Conversion department, responsible for powering content processing and AI-driven services that enable Box’s advanced features like Box AI. We handle key backend systems that extract, process, and prepare customer files for AI models by integrating with internal platforms and external ML services.

Our team owns important services like watermarking, both visible and forensic (invisible), providing crucial security and tracking features embedded directly in user files. We continuously modernize legacy systems to improve scalability, maintainability, and performance, ensuring these foundational services evolve with Box’s product ecosystem.

You’ll be joining a Scala-centric, backend engineering team passionate about functional programming, building microservices deployed on cloud platforms (primarily GCP), and collaborating closely with teams in the US to deliver seamless, high-quality solutions that drive the future of content conversion and AI at Box.

WHAT YOU'LL DO? 

• Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices written in Scala, focusing on content conversion, watermarking, and integration with AI pipelines.
• Refactor and modernize legacy services to improve code quality, scalability, and operational reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers and US-based engineering teams to define and implement new features.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, refinement, and retrospectives.
• Utilize cloud infrastructure (primarily GCP) and tooling such as Jenkins and Kubernetes to deploy, monitor, and maintain services.
• Mentor and support team members, especially in Scala and functional programming best practices (mainly Senior role).
• Engage in technical discussions and code reviews to uphold high-quality standards.
• Manage incident response and service health, ensuring alerting and monitoring are effective.

WHO YOU ARE:

• 6+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Proven experience with functional programming languages, preferably Scala or Haskell.
• Deep understanding of microservices design, distributed systems, and software architecture.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure management and deployment on GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure.
• Strong skills with CI/CD tools and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor team members, and drive architectural improvements.
• Excellent communication skills in English, comfortable working with remote teams across time zones.

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.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
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