Software Engineer III, DB Platform

Contribute to the novel adoption of cloud-managed database solutions and continue to evolve our systems for the new platform

Collaborate team members to design novel approaches to addressing scale challenges associated with exponentially increased usage of our data tier

Simplify the management of database changes to facilitate rapid feature development for our team and developers across Box

Partner with teams across engineering to design scalable database schemas suitable for a variety of business needs in Box's constantly growing and evolving platform

Manage critical production systems with enterprise-grade excellence around performance, availability, and consistency

Participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise

We are an AI-first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field

3+ years of professional software development experience

Strong understanding of common algorithms, data structures, and code design principles

Strong grasp of high-scale distributed systems

Preferred Skills

Experience with JVM-based languages such as Java and Scala

Familiarity with relational database solutions such as MySQL

Passionate about scale and performance challenges

Strong sense of ownership, persistence and drive, strong communication

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