About 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 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. 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.
The Role
As a Software Engineer on the Automate team, you will be at the heart of Box's workflow automation platform - a product that empowers millions of users to automate complex business processes without writing code. The Automate team is a growing organization of ~30 engineers across four specialized teams, responsible for building the intelligent automation engine, intuitive user interface, and seamless integrations that enable organizations to transform how they work.
In this role, you will design and develop full-stack solutions that span from backend automation logic to responsive frontend experiences. You'll work with Java and React/TypeScript to build scalable, performant systems that handle millions of workflow executions daily. You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to innovate on automation capabilities, improve user experience, and integrate with enterprise applications.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement full-stack features for the Box Automate platform, writing clean, maintainable code in Java (backend) and React/TypeScript (frontend)
- Develop and optimize backend services that power workflow automation, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability across distributed systems
- Build responsive, intuitive user interfaces in React that enable users to create, configure, and monitor automated workflows
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, and infrastructure to define requirements, propose technical solutions, and deliver features on schedule
- Participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to engineering best practices and architectural decisions
- Participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise
- Attend and engage in weekly stand-ups, team meetings, and manager 1:1s to ensure alignment and continuous improvement
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 3 days per week.
Core Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, with demonstrated expertise in full-stack development
- Strong proficiency in Java and React/TypeScript; deep understanding of object-oriented design principles, REST APIs, and modern web development patterns
- Experience building scalable backend systems, including database design, caching strategies, and asynchronous processing
- Proven ability to assess, communicate, and complete project milestones with manager and team members in a time-sensitive manner
- Fluent English proficiency (written and verbal)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Preferred Skills
- Experience with workflow automation, business process management, or integration platforms
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and DevOps practices
- Track record of leading cross-functional projects or mentoring junior engineers
- Experience with enterprise integrations and API design
- Contributions to open-source projects or demonstrated passion for software craftsmanship
Methodology
- Agile management – Scrum
- Issue tracking tool – Jira
- Knowledge repository – GitHub Enterprise
- Code reviews – GitHub Enterprise
- Version control system – Git
