WHAT IS BOX?

Box is the market leader for Cloud Content Management. Our mission is to power how the world works together. Box is partnering with enterprise organizations to accelerate their digital transformation by creating a single platform for secure content management, collaboration and workflow. We have an amazing opportunity to further establish ourselves as leaders in the space, and we need strong advocates to help us achieve that goal. By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to help capture a majority of this developing market and define what content management looks like for the digital enterprise. Today, Box powers 100,000+ businesses, including many top Fortune 500 companies who trust our secure collaboration platform to manage the entire content lifecycle.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU?

Our Desktop Engineering teams, based in the US and Poland, work closely together to delight our users by bringing the power of Box’s content cloud to where the users get their work done - on their Windows and MacOS devices. We build applications that help users access, collaborate, and execute workflows on their documents from cloud with the familiarity of their local computer and local applications. We are looking for a leader for our core engine engineering team. In this leadership role, you will nurture the team, develop and empower engineers, work together with other teams in Desktop and beyond, and drive projects to successful on-time delivery. Your impact will reach millions of users who use Box desktop applications to get their work done on a daily basis.

WHO YOU ARE

• 5+ years experience as a software engineering manager, ideally including leading teams with distributed members
• 5+ years experience in a software engineering or related role
• Strong empathy for users and customers - a desire to understand their use cases, and solve their pain points
• Experience driving effective execution and project visibility with agile processes in a dynamic environment
• People-oriented leader, able to model and cultivate an inclusive and collaborative culture
• Strong communicator, able to build a compelling vision for their team 
• Passion for engineering excellence, quality, simplicity and continuous improvement

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead a diverse team of developers from very experienced Staff engineers to Jr. engineers
• Collaborate effectively with other desktop application teams and other departments, including peer engineering teams, product, design, QA, and user-services located across the globe
• Define team's technical strategy and roadmap, lead planning and execution, and take ownership of delivery
• Develop your team members via 1:1s, career planning, coaching discussions, timely career guidance
• Actively drive software development best practices and quality for Box products
• Strengthen the team by hiring great engineers
• Model and uphold our values through building a collaborative, inclusive team with a focus on customer impact and building for leverage

Preferred experience

• Building and shipping Windows or macOS applications
• Working with remote team members in different timezones

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 2 days per week, with a focus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

Head-over-heels about this role — but not sure you meet all the requirements? Apply anyway! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Box, we take a big-picture approach to hiring that fosters authenticity, diversity, and inclusion. If you're passionate about this opportunity, chances are, you shine pretty bright.

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. 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.  The Fair Chance Ordinance is provided here. 

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