Box
Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Security Foundation (ISF)
$198K–$248K
Redwood City, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Location
- Redwood City, CA
Redwood City, CA, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Design, build, and operate Box’s secure identity and access services, including authentication systems and infrastructure supporting users, applications, and AI agents.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain scalable authentication and authorization systems and microservices for security capabilities such as MFA, SSO, and token management.
- Provide technical guidance, mentor engineers, and contribute identity and security expertise to architectural decisions.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and respond to and triage issues.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of authentication and authorization technologies, including MFA, SSO, OAuth 2.0, JWTs, token management, scopes, and permissions.
- Experience designing, building, and operating secure production services and RESTful APIs using microservices architectures.
- Strong Java proficiency and working knowledge of PHP; understanding of security best practices.
- Ability to design scalable, secure systems and collaborate with engineering and business leaders across teams.
Nice to have
- Implemented solutions based on Box APIs.
- Led or contributed to open-source projects, or contributed to developer communities such as Stack Overflow or GitHub.
Pay
$198,500 — $248,000 USD base salary
Tools
Java, PHP, Docker, Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWTs
AI focus
Use AI to make faster, smarter work decisions; help secure AI services and interactions between users, applications, and AI agents.
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