Senior Backend Engineer – AI-First Platform, Hybrid

Box Com; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Box is seeking an experienced software engineer in Poland to design and implement scalable microservices within our AI-first platform. You will lead component design, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive reliability and observability across services.

You will work with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern data stores, contribute to feature roadmaps, and mentor engineers while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and blameless retrospection.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience deploying and operating microservices in a cloud environment.
• Good understanding of scalability and observability practices.
• Proficient in Java; familiarity with Python, Scala or PHP is a plus.
• Skilled in API design and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• Experience with message queues / streaming data systems (Kafka/PubSub).
• Experience deploying and operating microservices on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation efforts for new platform components.
• Design and implement scalable services focused on reliability and observability.
• Collaborate with partner teams and domain architects for system design and integration.
• Work with Kubernetes, Docker, BigTable, Istio and related tech.
• Help set platform vision and define feature roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to team growth and culture.
• Strengthen engineering processes and promote a learning culture.

Skills

Java

API design

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

NoSQL MongoDB

Kafka/PubSub

English

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub Enterprise

GIT

Job description

Box is seeking an experienced software engineer in Poland to design and implement scalable microservices within our AI-first platform. You will lead component design, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive reliability and observability across services.

You will work with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern data stores, contribute to feature roadmaps, and mentor engineers while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and blameless retrospection.