Staff Engineer

Blackline

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Pleasanton, CA
Salary
$193,000–$193,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Closes
Jun 15, 2027

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Similar $200k
This role $193k
$150k most similar roles pay here $245k

This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $168,500–$232,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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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 15 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $180,000–$180,000 across 15 roles with salary data.

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As a Staff Software Engineer at BlackLine in Pleasanton, California, you will join a team dedicated to building the next generation of data platforms and integrations with various ERP systems. Your primary responsibilities include designing and developing scalable connectors for data synchronization between BlackLine and external systems like SAP, Oracle, and others. You will also lead technical discussions on architecture and design while ensuring robustness and extensibility in cloud-based backend services such as API Gateway, Identity Management, and Workflow Orchestration. Additionally, you will mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to maintain high standards of software quality. The ideal candidate has over six years of experience with Web-scale SaaS platforms, expertise in languages like Java or C#, and a strong background in SQL, NoSQL databases, and cloud-native services on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Skills

Java C# Python AWS Azure GCP Kafka RabbitMQ SQL NoSQL Docker CI/CD Terraform RESTful APIs Microservices Event Bus API Gateway Identity Management Workflow Orchestration Job Scheduling Search SAP Oracle Netsuite Microsoft ERP

What you'll do

  • Design and build connectors for data synchronization between BlackLine and various ERP systems.
  • Lead technical design discussions, making trade-offs on technology, functionality, robustness, performance, and extensibility.
  • Mentor team members and conduct peer code reviews to guide solutions on complex design issues.
  • Develop highly scalable and secure distributed backend services for the company's SaaS platform.
  • Deliver core platform services such as API gateway, identity management, and workflow orchestration.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of professional experience in building web-scale multi-tenant SaaS backend platforms.
  • Expertise in object-oriented programming languages such as C#, Java, or C++.
  • Proven experience delivering and extending highly extensible, modular applications with various models of extensibility.
  • Experience as a technical lead for design, architecture, and code review of scalable distributed systems.
  • Fluent in SQL, NoSQL, data modeling, and transactional flows.
  • Solid understanding of cloud-native services on public clouds like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

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