Lead Full-Stack Engineer, Content Creation

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 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.

About the Team:

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Content Creation team, you will be at the forefront of real time applications within Box. Being one of the core applications, we are one of the first stops customers make when using Box platform. You will play an integral role in paving the future path for what it means to generate content within Box.

The Content Creation owns Notes and Canvas products of Box's platform. The functionality that this team builds is used by our largest cohorts of users (versus just admin users). They are the only true real-time service at Box, using web sockets to deliver a real-time editing product. It's a complex problem space that we are experts in, and it's a great team to join if you want to contribute to creating one of the most vital Box products. The team is mostly developing Front-End with React.js, for Back-End tasks they use mostly Node.js.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU?

We need you to be a X-factor for the development of Box's Core Experiences as a part of broader Build org - delivering value while caring for high tech quality.
At Box, we are seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer to join our team and play a pivotal role in the development of Box Notes, our collaborative note-taking and real-time editing tool. Your expertise will be essential in driving the success of Box Notes and ensuring it continues to meet the evolving needs of our users. You’ll be involved in initiatives aimed at transforming our codebase and the overall app, and you’ll be successful thanks to what you bring.

• We require your ability to re-think, re-architecture, and refactor the legacy components of our codebase, ensuring that Box Notes remains efficient, scalable, and adaptable.
• Your strong teamwork and leadership qualities will enable you to collaborate effectively with fellow architects and your team, fostering discussions and proposing innovative solutions to technical challenges.
• We value your commitment to maintaining high-quality standards while managing efficient development timelines, ensuring that our users get the best possible experience.
• We supply & use: Macbook PRO, Cursor, Claude Code (with strong internal community and external coaching)

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Lead technical change of large-scale projects to completion, from requirements gathering to deployment, while fostering Box culture and representing Box Poland internally and externally.
• Collaborate with the team to assess, align, and plan the re-architecture of any components in Notes that do not meet Box's overall engineering standards.
• Review and assess the technical feasibility of project requirements and propose innovative solutions.
• Adapt to the technical and stylistic needs of integrations and projects as they occur; including technical tools, programming languages, technical limitati