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BlackLine · 19 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer

Pleasanton, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$157K/yr - $196K/yr

5+ years exp

BlackLine is a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building the next generation of BlackLine applications and platforms by driving innovation and developing high-quality backend services.

Computer Software

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, optimize, scale, maintain and improve highly scalable and secure distributed backend services while adhering to requirements, coding and quality standards

Develop functional and technical specifications, and test plans. Review others code

Help in project planning by identifying cross-team dependencies and effort estimation

Actively participate and contribute to architecture and design of complex problems

Implement, refine, and enforce software development techniques to ensure that delivered features meet software integration, performance, security, and maintainability expectations

Research, test, benchmark, and evaluate new tools and technologies and recommend ways to implement them in product development

Maintain high standards of software quality and technical excellence within the team owing functional testing, including manual testing, writing test automation scripts, establishing good practices and writing clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code

Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concerns or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change

Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities, including occasional off- hours support

Qualification

Web scale SaaSCloud services AWSCloud services AzureCloud services GCPJava programmingMicroservices architectureAPI developmentSQLNo-SQLAgile developmentTechnical influenceFunctional testingERP familiarityFinTech backgroundProblem-solvingCollaborationCommunication skillsAdaptability

Required

5+ years of experience in building Web scale highly available multitenant SaaS with focus on backend platform, frameworks, RESTful APIs and microservices

5+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and good understanding of cloud-native services

Fluent in one or more object oriented programming languages - Java

A solid computer science foundation including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, with a proven track record of writing high concurrency, multi-threaded, secure scalable code

Proven experience in delivering one or more core platform services, such as API gateway, identity management, authentication, messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ), workflow orchestration, job scheduling and search

Experience in testing the code, writing the unit tests, functional tests, and automating the API and UI test cases. Complete ownership of the functional quality of the code being written

Technical influencer in design and architecture

Ability to breakdown Epics into User Stories

Experience with SQL, No-SQL, data modeling and transactional flows

Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Adaptable team player with strong collaboration skills and a focus on results and value delivery

Experience working in an Agile development environment

Passion for engineering excellence through functional testing, test automation, unit testing, and process improvements

Experience in service-oriented architecture

Familiar with internet security issues in software design and code

Familiar with ERP (SAP, Oracle, Netsuite or Microsoft) platforms

FinTech or Financial services domain background

Years of Experience in Related Field: 5+ years

Education: BS degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree or foreign degree equivalent, employer will accept two (2) years of additional related work experience

Preferred

Experience in implementing Scalable applications using Apigee, Okta or similar technologies

Experience in Building Microservices

Good Knowledge of Internet Security Issues in software design and code

Experience in search engines like Elastic Search or similar

Experience building applications using Serverless architecture

Experience in building scalable Integration Platforms using Nifi or related technologies

Benefits

Short-term and long-term incentive programs

Robust offering of benefit and wellness plans

Professional development seminars

Inclusive affinity groups

Company

BlackLine

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Companies turn to BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) to help solve their most complex finance and accounting challenges.

Founded in 2001

Woodland Hills, CA, US

1001-5000 employees

https://www.blackline.com

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