Software Engineer III, Threat Protection

WHAT IS 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. 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.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Box is the world’s leading Content Cloud, trusted by 115,000+ organizations—including nearly 70% of the Fortune 500—to protect data, power collaboration, and transform critical workflows with secure, enterprise AI. Our Threat Protection team builds the capabilities that help Box administrators detect, investigate, and respond to potential threats across our platform.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer III to help design, build, and operate backend services that strengthen Box’s security offerings, with a focus on Anomaly Detection and Malware Detection. You’ll independently deliver well-scoped projects, collaborate across functions, and contribute to the reliability and scalability of systems that safeguard our customers’ content.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, build, test, and maintain reliable backend services and features for Threat Protection
• Contribute to systems in anomaly detection, malware detection, and security alerting
• Translate product and engineering requirements into clear technical tasks and milestones
• Participate in technical design discussions, offering implementation ideas and tradeoff analysis
• Write clean, well-tested code in languages such as Java, Scala, or C++
• Support service health through troubleshooting, bug fixing, and operational ownership
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and partner engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions
• Participate in the team’s production on-call rotation and improve operational runbooks

WHO YOU ARE

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, or another modern programming language
• Experience building applications in cloud environments and with microservices/distributed systems
• Ability to independently execute on well-defined projects and communicate progress clearly
• Leverage AI to handle routine implementation while you focus on architecture adherence, precision in requirements, and rigorous validation
• Strong collaboration skills with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners

Preferred

• Interest in security domains (e.g., authentication, identity, threat detection) and industry best practices
• Practical experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes
• Experience operating backend systems for reliability, scalability, and observability

Example allocation of time

• 60% coding
• 10% technical design
• 10% documentation
• 10% bug fixes and maintenance
• 10% meetings

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information on benefits, check out our healthcare benefits and additional Box Benefits + Perks. In accordance with OFCCP compliance, here is the Pay Transparency Provision.