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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
11 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$180,000–$226,000
across 11 roles with salary data.
As a Staff I Software Engineer, you will join the data platform team to design and build connectors that sync information between the company’s systems and various ERP, Bank, Payments, Tax, and Subledger platforms. You will be responsible for developing cloud-based backend components including Event Bus, API Gateway, Job Scheduler, Identity Management, Search, Workflow Orchestration, and Data Integration. The role requires providing technical leadership in architecture, requirements analysis, and mentoring other engineers while ensuring high standards of code quality and security. You will utilize C#, Java, or C++ to build scalable distributed systems using RESTful APIs and microservices. Required skills include proficiency in SQL, No-SQL, data modeling, and ETL tools. The work focuses on solving complex data integration challenges within the financial services domain by building extensible, multi-tenant SaaS solutions for automated finance workflows.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 778 postings across 66 companies.
Design and build scalable connectors to sync data between the platform and external ERP, bank, and payment systems.
Develop and maintain cloud-based backend components including API Gateways, Event Buses, Job Schedulers, and Identity Management.
Lead technical architecture discussions and make critical decisions regarding technology trade-offs, performance, and scalability.
Mentor and coach team members through peer code reviews and guidance on complex design issues.
Translate product requirements into functional and technical specifications while ensuring high business value.
Research and evaluate new tools and technologies to improve product development and infrastructure.
Ensure software quality by writing clean, testable code and enforcing standard development practices.
Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities for the backend platform.
What we're looking for
BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
6+ years of professional experience building web-scale, high-availability multi-tenant SaaS with a focus on backend platforms and microservices.
Expertise in at least one object-oriented programming language such as C#, Java, or C++.
Proven track record of writing high concurrency, multi-threaded, secure, and scalable code using standard data structures and algorithms.
Experience as a technical lead for the design, architecture, and code review of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
Proficiency in SQL, No-SQL, data modeling, and transactional flows.
Experience with data integration and ETL tools (productized or open source).
3+ years of experience with a public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and understanding of cloud-native services (preferred); FinTech/Financial services background; and ERP platform experience (preferred).