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Open Source Lead (Box)

In April last year, we formally announced our intention to be leaders and active contributors in the Open Source community. Since then, we have launched several exciting projects (check out Spout, Brainy, Leche, ClusterRunner, Flaky - links below). We plan to continue adding to the list with more high quality projects over the coming year. Our open source effort is currently driven by a cross functional group of engineers and we are looking for a motivated, ambitious individual to own this effort and take Box Open Source to the next level. Spout: https://www.box.com/blog/engineering/ Briany: https://www.box.com/blog/box-open-source-introducing-brainy/ Leche: https://www.box.com/blog/introducing-leche-a-javascript-testing-utility-for-mocha-and-sinon/ Flaky: https://www.box.com/blog/introducing-flaky-a-nose-test-plugin-for-automatically-rerunning-flaky-tests/ In this role, you'll work with all of dev & ops, legal, and PR to help define what Open Source at Box means and build our open source community. Your day to day responsibilities will alternate between programming and program management. This is an exciting opportunity to work with all levels of the organization and leave a lasting impact here and on the engineering community at large.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 10 years experience coding in or leading software engineering environments
  • Experience working on at least one successful and widely recognized open source project
  • Excellent communication and organizational skillsFamiliarity with GitHub, Travis CI, Coveralls, and other open source tools
  • Good understanding of open source licenses
  • Experience and familiarity with multiple programming languages
  • Passion for quality and continuous improvement

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

  • Managing and streamlining all aspects of the outgoing open source process at Box (from people processes to tooling automation)
  • Owning and managing Box's open source presence and reputation on GitHub and beyond
  • Driving involvement and recognition of the open source program internally
  • Aligning goals of the program with larger product and business goals
  • Building awareness of Box open source externally and increasing overall Box involvement in the open source community
  • Establishing Box as a high-contributing member of industry-leading Open-Source initiatives (e.g. TODO Group)
  • Managing our process for evaluating incoming open source code for use at Box

We're very excited to meet people interested in this role! Please get in touch with us to learn more. About Box: Founded in 2005, Box (NYSE:BOX) is transforming the way people and organizations work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. As the world's leading enterprise software platform for secure content collaboration, Box helps business of all sizes in every industry securely access and manage their critical information in the cloud. Box is headquartered in Los Altos, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box, visit www.box.com.