Software Engineer

Get to Know Us It s fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they re doing At BlackLine we re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications Since being founded in 2001 BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance Being a best-in-class SaaS Company we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical At BlackLine we are always working with new cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers Work Play and Grow at BlackLine Make Your Mark As a Software Engineer you will play a crucial role in building the next generation of BlackLine application You will be driving innovation into our product suite by designing developing troubleshooting maintaining optimizing and scaling cloud-based applications and services In addition to being a hands-on engineer you will also lead and mentor other engineers in the team If you have a passion for delivering products that make a difference are driven to make things better in all that you do and are eager to work in a collaborative agile environment where developers are dedicated to solving customer problems and innovating we would love to talk to you You ll Get To 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 by 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 What You ll Bring Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field 3 Years of Professional Experience in building Web scale highly available multitenant SaaS with focus on backend platform frameworks RESTful APIs and microservices Atleast 1 year of experience with a public cloud AWS Azure or GCP and good understanding of cloud-native services Fluent in C Must 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 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 automation unit testing and process improvements Experience in service-oriented architecture Familiar with internet security issues in software design and code Other Familiar with ERP SAP Oracle Netsuite or Microsoft platforms FinTech or Financial services domain background Were Even More Excited If You Have Good knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code Experience with ERP systems like MS Dynamics-365 Oracle NetSuite Intacct is a plus Experience with open source tools Experience with public cloud architectures Azure ASW or GCP and cloud native services Experience designing and scaling high performance systems Experience with container management solutions like Mesos Kubernetes or Nomad Experience with API gateway identity management authentication messaging platforms e g Kafka SQS RabbitMQ workflow orchestration tools job scheduling and search FinTech or Financial services domain background Prior working experience in Scrum or other Agile development methodologies is preferred Experience with front-end technologies HTML JavaScript CSS JavaScript Frameworks etc is a plus Experience with data integration and middleware software tools is a plus Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future Every door at BlackLine is open Just bring your brains your problem-solving skills and be part of a winning team at the world s most trusted name in Finance Automation A culture that is kind open and accepting It s a place where people can embrace what makes them unique and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives A culture where BlackLiner s continued growth and learning is empowered BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity or expression race age religious creed national origin physical or mental disability ancestry color marital status sexual orientation military or veteran status status as a victim of domestic violence sexual assault or stalking medical condition genetic information or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week