Senior Software Engineer, Application Security

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.

Software Engineers on the Application Security Engineering team build production-grade systems, services, and software automation that protect Box from attackers, vulnerabilities, and abuse. We are looking for a strong software engineer who wants to apply their engineering skills to solving critical security challenges through code. You will design, build, deploy, and operate security services and "paved road" developer guardrails directly within Box's products, infrastructure, and software development lifecycle (SDLC).

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  Design, build, and operate production-grade security services, features, and internal tools that protect Box and its customers.

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  Engineer end-to-end applications and backend services with a strong foundation in modern data stores, application frameworks, and scalable architectures.

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  Build systems and automation to detect, prevent, and mitigate security threats at scale.

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  Develop "paved road" frameworks, libraries, and guardrails that make secure development seamless and standard for all Box engineers.

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  Build security automation and verification controls integrated directly into Box CI/CD pipelines.

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  Architect and implement AI security controls, evaluation frameworks, and automated protections across product verticals.

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  Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to turn complex security challenges into elegant, scalable software solutions.

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.

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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