Senior Backend Engineer, Microservices Platform Lead

Box; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 199,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Box is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Microservices Foundation team, driving architecture across API Gateway, Rate Limiter, Permissions, and the Monaco Framework. You will shape scalable backend services in Java/Spring Boot and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role requires 5+ years of backend experience, strong design skills, and the ability to lead critical initiatives. This hybrid role expects in-office collaboration at Box offices with flexible workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or above in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven track record of leading design and implementation for high-scale backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant technology initiatives from inception through deployment across architecture layers.
• Build platforms and services enabling application teams to focus on product development.
• Write clear technical documentation detailing architecture and product details for teams.
• Provide expert guidance across architecture levels and mentor engineers.
• Participate in architectural reviews and decisions.
• Contribute to on-call rotation and incident triage as required.

Skills

Java/Spring/SpringBoot

Microservices architecture

GCP

APIs/OpenAPI

Backend systems design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

OpenAPI

Gradle

Kubernetes

Zookeeper

Redis/Memcache

GCP Pub-Sub

Job description

Box is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Microservices Foundation team, driving architecture across API Gateway, Rate Limiter, Permissions, and the Monaco Framework. You will shape scalable backend services in Java/Spring Boot and mentor engineers across multiple teams.

The role requires 5+ years of backend experience, strong design skills, and the ability to lead critical initiatives. This hybrid role expects in-office collaboration at Box offices with flexible workflows.