Box

Technology

SeniorEngineeringManager,CloudOps

$253–316k Redwood City, California, United States Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Ops at Box. Skills: Cloud Operations, FinOps, Engineering Management. Improve forecast for public cloud spend. Improve forecast for SaaS/AI services”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver efficiency without compromising performance; Raise visibility; Accelerate decision-making; Set high bar for code quality; Set high bar for analytical rigor; Set high bar for results

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Analytical rigor; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years engineering management experience, Hands-on engineering fluency in Python, Hands-on engineering fluency in BigQuery, Hands-on engineering fluency in SQL, Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform, Experience managing large datasets, Experience analyzing large datasets, Experience producing accurate forecasts, Experience producing accurate recommendations, Demonstrated ownership and proactivity, Executive-ready communication skills

Nice to Have

Experience with equivalent public cloud platforms, Ability to ramp quickly on GCP

What You'll Do.

Improve forecast for public cloud spend

Improve forecast for SaaS/AI services

Build scalable tooling

Translate usage signals

Translate telemetry signals

Translate cost signals

Identify optimization opportunities

Prioritize optimization opportunities

Drive optimization opportunities

Influence partner teams

Establish operating rhythms

Coach senior engineers

Develop senior engineers

Partner with Cloud Ops

Extend cost governance to SaaS

Explore pragmatic AI applications

Manage on-call rotation

Coordinate on-call rotation

Ensure timely incident response

Ensure effective incident response

Participate in escalated incidents

Provide leadership in incidents

Provide support in incidents

Drive improvements by addressing issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with engineering partners; Partner with Cloud Ops; Partner with SRE; Partner with Data; Partner with Finance

Communication Scope

Executive communication; Tailor complex topics

Full Job Description

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. WHY BOX NEEDS YOU Box powers how the world works together. Our Cloud Operations organization stewards reliability, scale, and efficiency across our platform. We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our engineering-first FinOps team responsible for forecasting and optimizing our public cloud and SaaS spend, including emerging AI services. This team operates at massive scale and has a direct line of sight to business outcomes. In this role, you’ll lead a high-performing group of mid-to-senior engineers and data scientists who build tooling, wrangle large datasets, and turn insights into action. You’ll own our cloud cost forecast, partner closely with leaders across the company, and drive proactive recommendations that deliver efficiency without compromisin

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