Senior Software Engineer Test

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:
As a Software Developer Engineer in Test, you will play a crucial role in the success of our company by contributing to, as well as driving, high-quality releases and value-delivery to our customers. In this role, you will be testing web-based applications and RESTful APIs to support our high-transaction and big-data SaaS applications. Your attention to detail, tenacity, creative problem-solving and forward thinking will directly impact the company's success, as well as the success of your peers across the organization. By following and evangelizing quality standards, as well as overall SDLC processes as they relate to quality, you will be able to affect meaningful change in the organization and help drive our culture to a quality and customer-first mentality.
You'll Get To:

• • Create UI and API automation utilizing tools and frameworks already in place to ensure future automation coverage of all features.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automation test frameworks using .Net/Java and Selenium WebDriver.
  • 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 QA forensics and detailed root cause analysis of test failures, reported defects, and performance and scalability issues.
  • Provide technical leadership to other QA staff as the QA discipline and team grows, acting as an agent of change for a quality-first culture within the organization.
  • In conjunction with leadership, execute on QA 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 QA, 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 the what and how of Quality within BlackLine.

What You'll Bring:

• • CS degree or equivalent preferred.
  • Technical leader with extensive experience in test automation for complex SaaS product environments.
  • 7 or more years of hands-on experience in Web Application, SaaS, and RESTful API testing.
  • 4 or more years of hands-on test automation development, with experience building a test automation suite from the ground up.
  • 4 or more years of hands-on working experience in traditional OOP programming languages, specifically Java and/or C#.
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of SQL, including stored procedures, data models, and transactional flows.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with engineers, product owners, and development managers, as well as other teams across the organization.
  • Full working knowledge and experience with the range of quality concepts and best practices (e.g. black, white, and gray-box testing; quality models; data models; performance; bug-tracking; debugging tools, etc.).
  • Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and XML.
  • Strong experience in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and version control systems like GitHub.
  • Mentor junior QA engineers and contribute to a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
  • Strong hold in automation framework designing.

We're Even More Excited If You Have:

• Experience working with big-data and/or high-transaction applications is a strong plus.
• Monitor and report application health and performance using tools like New Relic.
• Prior working experience in Agile, specifically SCRUM, is preferred.
• Experience testing mobile applications is a plus.

Basic knowledge of modern UI automation libraries like Playwright
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 have 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.