Software Engineer, BlackLine
Test
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Unified cloud for finance and accounting
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Unified cloud for finance and accounting
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Blackline's mission is to empower accounting and financial firms to automate and manage accounting and financial close processes.
Role
Who you are
- 5 or more years of hands-on experience in Web Application, SaaS, and RESTful API testing
- Intermediate understanding of programming languages, preferably Java and C#
- 3 or more years of hands-on test automation development
- 3 or more years of hands-on working experience in traditional OOP programming languages, specifically Java and/or C#
- Intermediate knowledge of SQL, including multi-table JOINs and stored procedures
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with engineers, product owners, and development managers
- Full working knowledge and experience with the range of quality concepts and best practices (e.g. black, white, and gray-box testing; performance; bug-tracking; debugging tools, etc.)
- Intermediate understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and XML
Desirable
- CS degree or equivalent preferred
- Experience working with big-data and/or high-transaction applications is a strong plus
- Prior hands-on experience with tools such as Selenium or Cucumber are strongly preferred
- Prior working experience in Agile, specifically SCRUM, is preferred
- Experience testing mobile applications is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer, 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
- Create UI and API automation utilizing tools and frameworks already in place to ensure future automation coverage of all features
- Independently, assess risk, suggest improvements, and follow mitigation strategies for projects with complex requirements, technical designs, dependencies, and data sets
- Execute QA forensics and detailed root cause analysis of test failures, reported defects, and performance and scalability issues
- In conjunction with leadership, execute on QA compliance objectives and appropriate metrics to measure success
- Follow established quality standards, processes, and procedures to 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 and test cases
- 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
Our take
BlackLine builds enterprise software that enables businesses to automate complex, manual and repetitive accounting processes.
Since its founding, BlackLine has become a leader in this market. They have attracted thousands of companies who have had unsustainable, traditional manual processes and have helped them move to modern accounting by unifying their data and processes, automating repetitive work, and driving accountability through visibility. The business serves clients like Coca-Cola, Zendesk and Hyatt, and their software integrates with NetSuite, Oracle, SAP and Workday.
With its traditional strength being in the US, the company now has operations around the world, including in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2013
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $200m
Company benefits
- 100% Employee paid Health Benefits
- Café stocked full with fruit, snacks and drinks
- Discounted gym membership
- Competitive compensation
- Onsite training and career development
- 401(k) plan with competitive matching
- Table Tennis, poker, FIFA and tons of competition
- Seasonal celebrations
- Team get-togethers and happy hours
- Company sports leagues and fitness groups
Company HQ
Warner Center, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Therese Tucker
(Executive Chairman)A graduate from the University of Illinois, Therese spent 4 years as CTO for SunGard before founding BlackLine in 2001. Was CEO for 19 years.
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