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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer, Microservice Foundation - **Company:** Box, Inc. - **Location:** Redwood County, MN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $198,500.0 - $248,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, BigQuery, Code Generation, Databases, Distributed Data Store, Enterprise Content Management, Gradle, Web Servers, Java Message Service (JMS), Memcached, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Redis, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Apache Zookeeper, Openapi, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Spring-boot, Vert.x, Backend, Rate Limiting, Spring Data, Solid Principles, Kubernetes, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Dynatrace, Pagerduty, Microservices - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-microservice-foundation-boxhq-9069582 ## About the Role * Bachelors or above degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. * 5+ years of professional software development experience * Proven track record of leading the design and implementation efforts in building, deploying and supporting high-scale backend systems * Proficiency in Java/Spring/SpringBoot * Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns * Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical stakeholders * Ownership mindset with focus on delivering high-quality work both technically & collaboratively Preferred Skills: * Experience with GCP or equivalent * Familiarity / experience with Microservices architecture Tech Stack You'll Work With * Languages: Java, Scala, PHP * Libraries/Frameworks: Spring Boot, Vert.x/Netty, GCP Pub-Sub, OpenAPI Specification, Okhttp, Gradle * Infrastructure: GCP, Kubernetes, Zookeeper, Redis/Memcache * Observability/Monitoring: SLF4J, Chronospehere (PromQL), PagerDuty, Otel, BigQuery, GCL Box lives its values, with community and in-person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week.Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process. ## Description 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 YO Box is redefining how the world's largest enterprises secure, manage, and collaborate on content in the cloud. At the heart of this transformation is the Microservices Foundation team, which designs and scales the high-performance, mission-critical infrastructure that powers Box globally. The team builds and maintains the core infrastructure, microservices frameworks, tools, and best practices that empower Box product teams to develop, deploy, and operate microservices at scale. Essentially, the team provides the foundational layer that enables engineers across Box to move fast and innovate rapidly without compromising on performance, scalability, or security. Our team directly owns and scales several critical, high-traffic infrastructure services: * API Gateway: Orchestrates request routing, authentication, and rate limiting for all incoming traffic. * Rate Limiter: Executes real-time rate-limiting decisions to protect Box from overload, enhance security, and guarantee fair resource allocation. * Permissions Services: Enforces fine-grained, attribute-based access control (ABAC) to deliver context-aware, dynamic security controls at microsecond latency. * Unified Events Producer: Publishes high-throughput audit log events that power critical admin reporting and billing pipelines. We need a Senior Software Engineer on this team, to drive our multi-year, mission-critical initiatives that will shape the future of Box's architecture. In addition, the team owns a robust Microservices Framework: The Monaco Framework serves as a foundational technology that enables and powers 150+ microservices at Box, ensuring consistent standards, simplified dependency management, and robust infrastructure compatibility across the engineering organization. Key capabilities include: * Core Service Functions: Standardized annotations, dynamic configuration, unified error handling, filters, and listeners * Code Generation & Build Utilities: Automatic generation of Java server-side stubs, and client SDKs from OpenAPI schemas (OAS 3.x specifications), and seamless integration with Gradle build tool * Observability & Logging: Out-of-the-box structured logging, comprehensive metrics and distributed tracing for end-to-end visibility * Security & Permissions: Robust endpoint protection and standardized REST API security protocols * HTTP Client & Communication: Standardized HTTP clients and seamless integrations with messaging systems like GCP Pub/Sub and MQS/JMS * Database & Persistence: A Spring Data-inspired framework built over Box's high-performance distributed data access layer WHAT YOU'LL DO * Lead significant technology initiatives from inception through successful deployment across multiple architecture layers. * Build platforms and services that enable application teams to focus on product development. * Write clear, detailed technical documentation that conveys architecture and product details for application teams. * Provide expert guidance across all architecture levels and mentor other engineers. * Participate in and influence domain-wide architectural reviews and decisions. * Participate in our on-call rotation, available at all times while on-call to help respond to and triage any issues that arise (required wording by legal), Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond. Notice to applicants in Los Angeles: Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chair Ordinance. The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. Notice to applicants in San Francisco: Box, Inc and its related branches will consider for employment, qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chair Ordinance. 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