Sr. Staff Engineer

BlackLine•Pleasanton, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

BlackLine¯SaaS is the system of interaction for finance and accounting teams and it integrates with numerous ERPs, CRMs, Payment systems, Point of Sale systems and other applications. As a Sr. Software 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 automating tests for web-based, mobile 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.

Requirements

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 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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