Senior Software Engineer

BlackLine Systems Inc (U.S.); Pleasanton (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackLine Systems Inc in Pleasanton, United States is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain cloud‑based backend services. You will collaborate across teams to deliver features on schedule, write clean, secure code, and scale our product suite.

You will mentor juniors, tackle performance and security concerns, and contribute to architecture decisions. A BS in CS with 5 years or MS with 3 years of experience in C#, .NET/.NET Core and RESTful APIs is expected for this

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science with 5 years of experience, or MS degree with 3 years of experience in software development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience building web applications, SaaS products, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS).
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns for complex systems.
• Experience in service-oriented architecture and distributed systems.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL, including stored procedures, data models, and transactional flows.
• Familiarity with Scrum or Agile methodologies (preferred).
• Passion for engineering excellence through automation, unit testing, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver product features while adhering to timelines and quality standards.
• Implement and refine software development practices for performance, security, and maintainability.
• Maintain high standards of software quality and technical excellence with clean, testable code.
• Lead and mentor junior developers, promoting a quality-first culture.
• Identify issues and opportunities, and drive change with peers and leadership.
• Handle deployment, maintenance, and release-support activities, including off-hours.

Skills

Mentoring

Collaborative teamwork

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

C#

.NET

.NET Core

HTML

JavaScript

RESTful APIs

SQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kafka

SQS

RabbitMQ

Job description

Make Your Mark: As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in delivering high‑quality releases to our customers by designing, developing, troubleshooting, maintaining, optimizing and scaling BlackLine’s cloud‑based backend services and driving innovation into our product suite. In this role, you will collaborate with other teams to define and build new features, optimize existing features while writing elegant code, and communicate with people at all levels. Your attention to detail, tenacity, and creative problem‑solving will directly impact the company’s success and the success of your peers across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver product features while adhering to timelines, coding standards, requirements, and quality.
• Implement, refine, and enforce software development techniques to ensure delivered features meet integration, performance, security, and maintainability expectations.
• Maintain high standards of software quality and technical excellence by establishing good practices and writing clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code.
• Inspire and lead a forward‑thinking team of developers, acting as an agent of change and evangelist for a quality‑first culture.
• Mentor and coach junior team members and guide them to solutions.
• Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or opportunities, and work to directly effect change or advocate for it with peers and leadership.
• Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities, including occasional off‑hours support.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders to deliver value.

What You’ll Bring

• BS degree in Computer Science with 5 years of experience, or MS degree in Computer Science with 3 years of experience, in software development using general‑purpose languages such as C#, .NET, .NET Core.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience building web applications, SaaS products, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with front‑end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JavaScript frameworks).
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, with a proven track record of software design and architecture of complex systems.
• Experience in service‑oriented architecture and building distributed systems.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL, including stored procedures, data models, and transactional flows.
• Prior experience with Scrum or other Agile development methodologies (preferred).
• Passion for engineering excellence through automation, unit testing, and process improvements.

We’re Even More Excited If You Have

• Experience with PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with open source tools.
• Experience with public cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and cloud‑native services.
• Experience designing and scaling high‑performance systems.
• Experience with container management solutions like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience with API gateways, identity management, authentication, and messaging platforms (e.g., Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ), workflow orchestration tools, job scheduling, and search.
• FinTech or financial services domain background.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $156,000.00–$196,000.00.
Pay transparency statement: placement within this range depends on prior relevant experience, skill set, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, BlackLine offers short‑term and long‑term incentive programs, a robust benefit and wellness plan, and variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On‑Target Earnings (OTE) with a split model (example: 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40) between base salary and variable incentive.

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.