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Box · 2 weeks ago

Engineering Manager II, Database Engineering

positionRedwood City, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$211K/yr - $264K/yr
date5+ years exp

Box is the leader in Intelligent Content Management, providing solutions that enhance collaboration and transform business workflows. As the Engineering Manager II for Database Engineering, you will lead a team to optimize database infrastructure, ensuring high performance and scalability while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFile SharingFlash StorageWeb Hosting
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Responsibilities

Work with the team tech leads to define the future of Box DB Infra architecture in the cloud and evolve our systems towards it
Guide team members as they design novel approaches to addressing scale and performance challenges associated with exponentially increasing usage of our data tier
Build a cohesive team with a strong sense of ownership and a culture of fast execution while consistently maintaining a high standard of quality
Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and increased automation to optimize efficiency, reduce toil, and deliver long-term value
Develop objectives and key results to meet business goals, and drive the team to deliver against them
Guide the professional growth of engineers, providing relevant and timely career guidance and feedback
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

Qualification

Distributed systemsDatabase scalePerformanceTeam leadershipAlgorithmsData structuresCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field
5+ years of experience working with distributed systems
2+ years of leading engineering teams
Strong understanding of common algorithms, data structures and code design principles
Strong grasp of high-scale distributed systems
Passionate about database scale and performance challenges
Strong sense of ownership, persistence and drive, strong communication
Can drive technical discussions and develop their own intuition and point of view about technical challenges facing the team

Benefits

Healthcare benefits
Box Benefits + Perks

Company

Box

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Box is an online file sharing and cloud content management service offering unlimited storage, custom branding, and administrative controls.
dateFounded in 2005
location
Redwood City, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://www.box.com

H1B Sponsorship

Box has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (95)
2024 (93)
2023 (58)
2022 (100)
2021 (109)
2020 (114)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.46B
Key Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsFuture FiftyGeneral Atlantic
2024-09-18Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2021-04-08Post Ipo Equity· $500M
2015-01-23IPO

Leadership Team

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Ben Kus
Chief Technology Officer
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Dylan Smith
CFO
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