BlackLine

Senior Software Engineer - Python/Agentic AI

BlackLine$170K — $213K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related disciplines
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in Web Application, Mobile, SaaS, and RESTful API testing
  • 7+ years of experience in test automation development and creating a test automation suite from scratch
  • Proficiency in OOP languages, especially C# with .NET core standards
  • Experience with hybrid/native mobile application testing and automation using Appium
  • Strong SQL knowledge, including stored procedures and data models
  • FinTech or Financial services experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Create web applications, mobile apps, and API automation to enhance future automation coverage.
  • Develop mobile app test automation for both iOS and Android using Appium.
  • Build and improve an Automation Regression Test Harness.
  • Identify and manage risks, resulting in successful project deliveries through collaboration.
  • Conduct in-depth forensic analysis of test failures, defects, and performance issues.
  • Lead and mentor other Quality Engineering staff, fostering a quality-first culture.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure clarity in user stories, specifications, and acceptance criteria.

Benefits

  • Robust wellness and benefit plans available for employees.
  • Short-term and long-term incentive programs based on eligibility.
  • Pay transparency commitment to clarify compensation expectations.
  • Opportunities for meaningful change and adaptation within the organization.
Full Job Description
You'll Get To:
  • Create Web application, Mobile App and API automation utilizing tools and frameworks already in place to ensure future automation coverage of all features.
  • Build Mobile App test automation for both IOS/Android using Appium.
  • Experience in testing Hybrid/Native IOS/Android Mobile Applications.
  • Build and add to Automation Regression Test Harness.
  • Experience in testing on virtual emulators using device farms.
  • Drive improvements and provide recommendations by using or creating tools and contributing to the automation framework already in place.
  • Independently identify and assess risks and develop mitigation steps and processes to be put in place for projects, while collaborating on technical designs, management of dependencies, and efficacy of valid test data to ensure successful and high-quality deliverables.
  • Execute Quality Engineering (QE) forensics and detailed root cause analysis of test failures, reported defects, and performance and scalability issues.
  • Provide technical leadership to other QE staff as the QE discipline and team grows, acting as an agent of change for a quality-first culture within the organization.
  • Execute on QE compliance objectives and appropriate metrics to measure success.
  • Assist with defining and implementing quality standards, processes, and procedures that ensure the highest quality deliverables.
  • Collaborate with QE, Product, and Engineering leadership, as well as other stakeholders, to ensure that all user stories, product definition, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria are clear and follow the established processes and standards.
  • Author high-quality test plans, test cases, and supporting documentation.
  • Identify gaps, issues, or other areas of concern, and proactively define, propose, and enact process and workflow improvements to mitigate such issues.
  • Partner with leadership, peers, and sister-teams throughout the organization to support meaningful change and adaptation, with a constant focus on improving what and how of Quality within BlackLine


What You'll Bring:

Education: Master's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related disciplines Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in Web Application, Mobile, SaaS, and RESTful API testing.
  • 7 or more years of hands-on test automation development, with experience building a test automation suite from the ground up.
  • 7 or more years of hands-on working experience in traditional OOP programming languages, specifically C# (with .NET core and NUnit / XUnit / MSTest).
  • Hands on experience with IOS and Android hybrid/native mobile applications testing and test automation using Appium/Selendroid.
  • Work closely with Product/UX designers to discuss and give feedback about customer perspective for UI/UX designs from QE.
  • Hands on experience with testing, analyzing and troubleshooting communication between mobile apps and API.
  • Configure CI/CD tool to run regression Appium/Selendriod automated tests.
  • Experience in testing integration solutions for batch, API and event driven architectures.
  • Experience with testing various integration patterns, styles and technologies and API gateway.
  • Deep understanding of both technical and non-technical requirements for enterprise SaaS at scale in the areas of system performance, scalability, latency, reliability and security.
  • Strong testing experience with cloud native/cloud first applications in a cloud environment such as Google Cloud, AWS and Azure
  • Experience with Performance test development and Continuous Integration (CI) tools
  • Strong ownership, pride of work, and ability to take things across the finish line.
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of SQL, including stored procedures, data models, and transactional flows is required
  • FinTech or Financial services domain background.

We're Even More Excited If You Have:
  • Good knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code.
  • Experience with ERP systems like MS Dynamics-365, Oracle, NetSuite, Intacct is a plus
  • Experience with open source tools.
  • Experience with public cloud architectures (Azure, ASW or GCP) and cloud native services.
  • Experience designing and scaling high performance systems.
  • Experience with container management solutions like Mesos, Kubernetes or Nomad.
  • Experience with API gateway, identity management, authentication, messaging platforms (e.g: Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ), workflow orchestration tools, job scheduling and search.
  • FinTech or Financial services domain background.
  • Prior working experience in Scrum, or other Agile development methodologies, is preferred.
  • Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JavaScript Frameworks, etc.) is a plus.
  • Experience with data integration and middleware software tools is a plus


Salary Range:
$170,000.00-$213,000.00

Pay Transparency Statement:

Placement within this range depends upon several factors, including the applicant's prior relevant job experience, skill set, and geographic location.

In addition to base pay, BlackLine also offers short-term and long-term incentive programs, based on eligibility, along with a robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.

We are committed to pay transparency and ensuring candidates have clear information about compensation expectations. For roles that include variable incentive components such as an Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) or On-Target Earnings (OTE), the compensation structure may follow a split model - for example, a 50/50, 70/30, or 60/40 ratio between base salary and variable incentive.

About BlackLine

BlackLine, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. The company’s platform is designed to help midsize companies and large enterprises improve the accuracy and efficiency of their financial reporting. BlackLine’s software is used by accounting and finance teams to manage tasks such as journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, and intercompany accounting. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California.
Learn more about BlackLine
Size
1,812 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$46.9 million
Founded
2001
5 Year Trend
+27.2%
Revenue
$351.7 million
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