Principal Engineer

Blackline

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Salary: $257,000–$322,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 56 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $194k

This role $290k

$121k most similar roles pay here $344k

This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $169,662–$218,812 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $290k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Blackline

BlackLine is a cloud-based financial operations management platform that automates and controls the financial close process for enterprises, including account reconciliation, journal entries, and financial reporting. Industry: Financial Technology & Accounting Software

Blackline currently has 11 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,500–$234,000 across 8 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Principal Engineer

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As a Principal Engineer, you will join the engineering team to play a critical role in delivering high-quality releases by defining application architecture and driving innovation into the product suite. Your daily responsibilities include designing, developing, troubleshooting, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling cloud-based backend services. You will collaborate with management to identify strategic directions for system architecture while researching, testing, benchmarking, and evaluating new technologies to propose effective scaling solutions. Additionally, you will write elegant code, build new features, and provide essential coaching and mentoring to less experienced software engineers. This role requires advanced software design skills to implement best of breed features within a rapid iterative environment. The work focuses on solving complex customer problems through the development of robust backend systems and innovative cloud-based infrastructure solutions.

What does a Engineer earn in California?

Median $209800 from 87 postings across 24 companies.

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Skills

System Architecture Software Design Agile Troubleshooting

What you'll do

Define and design the architecture for cloud-based backend services.
Develop, troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize existing and new product features.
Research, test, benchmark, and evaluate new technologies to propose scaling solutions.
Write high-quality, elegant code in a rapid iterative environment.
Coach and mentor less experienced software engineers.
Collaborate with management to identify strategic directions for system architecture.
Communicate technical requirements and updates to stakeholders at all levels.

What we're looking for

Experience designing, developing, and scaling cloud-based backend services.
Ability to define application architecture and identify strategic directions for system architecture.
Skill in researching, testing, benchmarking, and evaluating new technologies.
Proficiency in writing elegant code and optimizing existing features.
Ability to coach and mentor less experienced software engineers.
Strong communication skills to interact with people at all levels.
Proven problem-solving skills and attention to detail in a rapid iterative environment.

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