Box.net hires for technology jobs in Boston
Posted on March 19, 2011
Box.net has announced it is hiring for technology jobs in Boston.
The Boston Business Journal writes:
A week after landing a $48 million round of venture capital, Box.net started hiring in Boston. The Palo Alto, Calif. provider of web-based storage and collaboration services is establishing a research and development unit in Cambridges Central Square.
The outpost is currently home to two engineers, said engineering manager Jeff Seibert, but that number could grow to as many as 15. Were structuring this office as sort of an R&D group, Seibert said. Its going to be more longer-term projects that dont fit into our weekly release cycle.
A Stanford University graduate in 2008, Seibert worked on his own startup, Increo, developing document preview software. The company was acquired by Box in 2009. Seibert moved to Boston almost exactly a year ago.
Its very hard to hire out in Silicon Valley, he said. Its hard here too. But we really wanted to play in both markets.
Hiring began with postings on the startup job service Greenhorn Connect for a developer versed in Apple Inc.s developer framework, Cocoa, and a Web engineer. Seibert said the company does a lot of coding in Ruby, and has done quite a bit in Adobes ActionScript and Flash. The company is looking at ways to move away from Flash toward HTML5, he said.
Boston is a fantastic city for tech and startups, Seibert said. Theres so much going on and such a young vibrant community, he said. Its a lot smaller, but the caliber of people is just incredible. Its actually a little more fun because you feel the community is a managaebale size. You can get to know a lot of the people who make things happen and thats less the case in the Valley.
The most useful events so far have been those hosted by DartBoston, he said, adding that he was a former regular at Darts Pokin Holes series of events. The last Pokin Holes event was Sept. 30.
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