Staff Software Engineer, Backend & Data Integration

BlackLine; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackLine is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, build and scale our cloud-based backend platform, including data connectors and services like API gateway, event bus, and job scheduler. You will mentor engineers, drive architecture, and ensure secure, high-performance systems for multi-tenant customers.

You will collaborate with product, architects, and other teams to deliver impactful data integration capabilities, while advancing automation, testing, and secure coding practices in an

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of professional experience building Web-scale, multi-tenant SaaS backends with RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Expertise in OO languages such as C#, Java or C++ and strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience delivering extensible, modular applications with various extensibility models.
• Experience leading design, architecture and code reviews of scalable distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in requirements analysis, design, estimation, development, testing and delivery of scalable backend services.
• Collaborate with product management and other teams to translate needs into technical requirements.
• Maintain a strong focus on business value, ROI, and timely delivery.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive decisions with trade-offs on tech choices and performance.

Skills

Backend development

Multi-tenant SaaS

C#/Java/C++

SQL/NoSQL

Technical leadership

RESTful APIs

Cloud services

Agile

Data integration

Open source experience

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

API gateway

Identity management

Workflow orchestration

Job scheduling

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Job description

BlackLine is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, build and scale our cloud-based backend platform, including data connectors and services like API gateway, event bus, and job scheduler. You will mentor engineers, drive architecture, and ensure secure, high-performance systems for multi-tenant customers.

You will collaborate with product, architects, and other teams to deliver impactful data integration capabilities, while advancing automation, testing, and secure coding practices in an