Engineering Manager II, Governance

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 AstraZeneca, 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's Content Lifecycle Management (CLM) allows organizations to manage content securely and efficiently across its entire lifecycle, from creation to disposition. Box provides a centralized platform for managing all content, including features for version control, collaboration, retention, eDiscovery, and disposition. 
Box Data Governance, Compliance, Retention and Discovery is one of the critical teams within Box which , gives you the flexibility to remove unnecessary data without compromising retention. Advanced trash controls reduce enterprise risk by providing the right balance between automatically purging content and delegating or restricting permanent trash deletion to authorized users. Plus, it empowers users to restore content in the event of accidental deletion.

Box Security and Governance is a cutting-edge product launched by Box to protect and govern the flow of information.

As an Engineering Manager on Box's Content Lifecycle Management (CLM), you will lead a team of Software engineers to build out the core foundations of this platform in areas of Governance, eDiscovery, Disposition Insights, Legal Holds, etc that enable customers to solve real enterprise use cases at scale in a secure and compliant way. We invite you to explore this exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of Box’s CLM shaping the future of enterprise productivity and collaboration. If you are enthusiastic about innovative solutions and complex Governance problems, enjoy collaborating with diverse teams, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead and mentor a team of Software engineers to develop Box's Content Lifecycle Management (CLM) that powers Box Governance.
• Drive technical strategy while ensuring security, compliance, and reliability for our AI solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Product, Design, Security, and Legal—to create seamless AI-powered experiences.
• Stay informed on trends in Governance, Discovery, AI technology to enhance our platform's capabilities continuously.
• Foster a culture focused on innovation, technical excellence, and ongoing learning.
• Work alongside senior leadership to establish a roadmap for team initiatives over the next year.
• Manage and coordinate the team’s on-call rotation to ensure timely and effective incident response, actively participate in escalated on-call incidents to provide leadership and support, and drive improvements by addressing recurring issues to minimize disruptions.

WHO YOU ARE

• You are enthusiastic about solving complex software architectures & challenges using data-driven approaches.
• You take initiative in your work aiming for outcomes that reflect your values while enjoying collaboration with others.
• You inspire teamwork through mentoring while also valuing opportunities to learn from fellow engineers.
• You bring experience contributing to designing or deploying machine learning systems effectively at various scales.
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• 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

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering/machine learning, with at least 4 years in a people management role.
• Proven ability leading collaborative projects involving multiple stakeholders across different functions.
• Demonstrated capability building effective engineering teams focused on performance improvement.
• Excellent communication skills paired with a collaborative mindset are essential.
• Strong background in AI/ML infrastructure, distributed systems and cloud-based platforms.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Hands on experience in programming languages like Java, Scala, Go, C++ with technical background.
• Bachelors in Computer Science or related fields.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Masters in Computer Science or a related field
• Proven track record of roadmap planning in which short-term projects ladder up to long-term vision
• Proficiency in Java, Microservices, GCP Platform, Asynchronous Messaging, Operational Excellence and Observability
• Experience with Kubernetes bases systems

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

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in. If you are head-over-heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

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.

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