Staff II 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 Staff 2 Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building the next generation of BlackLine applications and data platform. BlackLine thrives on data, and we are investing heavily in being able to sync data from and to BlackLine and various ERP, Bank, Payments, Tax and Subledger systems.
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
What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

• 15+ years of experience building and scaling full-stack web, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, with deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, high availability, RESTful APIs and microservices, along with front end experience (React preferred).
• Proven track record in owning end-to-end architecture and driving long-term platform evolution across engineering and product

• 3+ years of experience with public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and solid understanding of cloud-native services.

• Advanced experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure as code, and modern DevOps practices
• Expert proficiency in C#, Asp.net Core, REST APIs, Web development, Containers, Kubernetes, DevOps, Terraform, Message Queue, Distributed Caching, SQL, NoSQL , OAuth2, JWT, SSO, encryption standards and secure coding.
• Mastery of architectural patterns including microservices, event-driven systems, Multi Tenancy, extensibility models, and modular design. Comprehensive knowledge of container technologies with experience in at least one container orchestration platform, preferably Kubernetes.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across multiple teams, scale mentorship programs, and influence engineering culture
• Strong data engineering capabilities Data modeling, performance optimization, and real-time data pipelines

• Proven experience delivering and extending highly extensible, modular applications with various models of extensibility such as white-box, glass-box, gray-box, and black-box.

• Fluency in modern development methodologies including Agile, CI/CD, and automated quality gates
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills with a history of stakeholder alignment across engineering, product, and business

• Superior analytical, problem-solving and system level performance analysis abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with reading/writing Stored Procedures.
• 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 with data integration and ETL tools (both productized and open source)

We're Even More Excited If You Have:

• Open-source contributor.
• Developing solutions using GenAI

• FinTech or Financial services domain background.

• Good knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code.

• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.

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, ethnicity, 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 have 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.