Staff Software Engineer Job at BlackLine (Pleasanton)

Staff Software Engineer

BlackLine

Location:
United States , Pleasanton

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

193000.00 - 242000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building the next generation of BlackLine application 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. You will be responsible for designing and building connectors to these various systems, while striving for extensibility, usability and scalability of data transfer using a full breadth of data transfer protocols available by each system. You will be be part of a team which drives innovation into our product suite by designing, developing, troubleshooting, maintaining, optimizing and scaling cloud-based backend platform components, services and frameworks, including but not limited to Event Bus, API Gateway, Developer Portal, Job Scheduler, Identity Management, Search, Workflow Orchestration and Data Integration. In addition to being a hands-on engineer, you will also lead and mentor other engineers in the team.

Job Responsibility:

Provide technical expertise and leadership in requirements analysis, design, effort estimation, development, testing and delivery of highly scalable and secure distributed backend services
Work with product management, architects and other engineering teams to understand stated and unstated needs and turn them into functional and technical requirements
Maintain a strong sense of business value and return on investment in planning, design, and communication
Lead technical design and architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions while making appropriate trade-offs on technology, functionality, robustness, performance and extensibility
Estimate the project scope and timelines, and consistently deliver on those commitments
Implement, refine, and enforce software development techniques to ensure that the 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
Inspire a forward-thinking team of developers, acting as an agent of change and evangelist for a quality-first culture within the organization
Mentor and coach team members, guide them to solutions on complex design issues and do peer code reviews
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

Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in, Computer Science or related disciplines
7+ years of professional experience in building Web scale highly available multi-tenant SaaS with focus on backend platform, frameworks, RESTful APIs and microservices
Expert in one or more object-oriented programming languages - C#, Java or C++
Fluent in .NET, SQL, No-SQL, data modeling and transactional flows
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 delivering and extending highly extensible, modular applications with various models of extensibility such as white-box, glass-box, gray-box, and black-box
Experience as a technical lead for design, architecture and code review of highly scalable distributed systems and event driven architecture
Superior analytical, problem-solving and system level performance analysis 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 with data integration and ETL tools (both productized and open source)

Nice to have:

3+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and solid understanding of cloud-native services
FinTech or Financial services domain background
Experience with ERP (SAP, Oracle, Netsuite or Microsoft) platforms, with a focus on the general ledger

What we offer:

short-term and long-term incentive programs
robust offering of benefit and wellness plans

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 18, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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