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Get to Know Us:
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!
At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.
Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.
Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.
Work, Play and Grow at BlackLine!
Make Your Mark:
The Cloud Platform Engineer has a role at the forefront of BlackLine's next-generation services. You'll be responsible for developing and maintaining feature-rich platform level services that provide exceptional value for both internal and external customers. Leverage your mastery of the cloud, combined with analysis of observability data, to ensure consistent uptime and reliability of services.
You'll Get To:
- Support and build the next generation of BlackLine platform services
- Develop and enhance automation pipelines in Jenkins and similar job execution platforms
- Provision and manage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and services
- Analyze observability data from New Relic to troubleshoot and optimize applications, including using logs, metrics, APM, and traces
- Ensure operational uptime and reliability of mission critical product and platform services
- Apply strong problem-solving and troubleshooting techniques to provide solutions and restore impacted services
- Make recommendations for process improvements and streamline inefficiencies
- Collaborate with a skilled team of engineers, and provide courteous and helpful support to teams of internal customers
What You'll Bring:
- BS/MS in Computer Science, equivalent diploma and/or certifications, or combination of relevant job experience
- 3-5 Years of related job experience in software engineering, devops, or similar role
- Intermediate knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: C#, Java, TypeScript, Rust, Python, Go, Ruby, JavaScript
- Understanding of software promotion standards and proper testing conventions (e.g. quality gates)
- Utilize a source control management system (SCM) such as Git or Mercurial
- Comprehension of proper SDLC, best practices, and methodologies
- Knowledge of SQL databases and ability to perform TSQL queries effectively
- Grasp of Scrum process, especially as relates to working on an Agile team
- Effectively utilize a Jira ticket system to plan and track tasks
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
We're Even More Excited If You Have:
- 3-5 Years Experience with Kubernetes/container-based development, application lifecycle, and/or operations
- 3-5 Years Experience or related certification for major Cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure)
- 1+ Years Experience with observability platforms like New Relic, Elasticsearch, or Splunk
- 1+ Years Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation, or other IaC tools
- Ability to utilize Docker effectively, including usage workflows, Dockerfile building and optimization techniques, and Docker Compose pattern
- Experience with serverless development techniques (e.g. AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Knative)
- Knowledge of NOSQL style databases, usage patterns, and architecture (such as Redis or MongoDB)
- Conceptual understanding of Event-Driven Architecture and event bus products (such as Kafka or Pub/Sub)
Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:
- A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
- A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
- A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.
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.
BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.
