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Blackline Business Intelligence Interview Guide

Getting ready for an Business Intelligence interview at Blackline? The Blackline Business Intelligence interview span across 10 to 12 different question topics. In preparing for the interview:
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<li>Know what skills are necessary for Blackline Business Intelligence roles.</li>
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Getting ready for an Business Intelligence interview at Blackline? The Blackline Business Intelligence interview span across 10 to 12 different question topics. In preparing for the interview:

- Know what skills are necessary for Blackline Business Intelligence roles.
- Gain insights into the Business Intelligence interview process at Blackline.
- Practice real Blackline Business Intelligence interview questions.

Interview Query regularly analyzes interview experience data, and we've used that data to produce this guide, with sample interview questions and an overview of the Blackline Business Intelligence interview.
        

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Blackline Business Intelligence Interview Process

We’re given a table of bank transactions with three columns, <code>user_id</code>, a deposit or withdrawal value (determined if the value is positive or negative), and <code>created_at</code> time for each transaction.

Write a query to get the total three-day rolling average for deposits by day.

Note: Please use the format <code>&#39;%Y-%m-%d&#39;</code> for the date in the outout

Example:

Input:

<code>bank_transactions</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>user_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>created_at</code></td>
<td>DATETIME</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>transaction_value</code></td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Output:

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>dt</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>rolling_three_day</code></td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Rolling Bank Transactions

Write a query to show the number of users, number of transactions placed, and total order amount per month in the year 2020. Assume that we are only interested in the monthly reports for a single year (January-December).

Example:

Input:

<code>transactions</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>user_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>created_at</code></td>
<td>DATETIME</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>product_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>quantity</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<code>products</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>price</code></td>
<td>FLOAT</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<code>users</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>sex</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Output:

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>month</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>num_customers</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>num_orders</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>order_amt</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Monthly Customer Report

Write a query to identify the manager with the biggest team size.

You may assume there is only one manager with the largest team size.

Example:

Input:

<code>employees</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>manager_id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<code>managers</code> table

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>id</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>team</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Output:

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Column</th>
<th>Type</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>manager</code></td>
<td>VARCHAR</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><code>team_size</code></td>
<td>INTEGER</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Manager Team Sizes

Blackline Business Intelligence Interview Questions

Make Your Mark:: As a member of the Data & BI Engineering team you will primarily focus on advancing our Enterprise Data Platform to allow the organization to make data-driven decisions. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements, design, and develop data models, data warehouses, and data visualization solutions that help support the organization's strategic goals. The Staff Data Engineer will work in a dynamic environment and will be required to stay current with the latest trends and technologies in the business intelligence field. The ideal candidate will be able to pick up business domain and internal process knowledge and leverage that knowledge to think strategically, communicate effectively, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. The team is also responsible for administering tools and platforms around reporting, analytics, and data visualization while promoting best practices. The role requires a strong combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of data engineering principles and best practices. We are looking for a driven, detail-oriented, and passionate engineer to come to join our team. You'll Get To:: <ul><li>Design and build infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from a wide variety of data sources, including data identification, mapping, aggregation, conditioning, cleansing, and analyzing.</li><li>Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand data requirements and deliver valuable insights.</li><li>Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.</li><li>Maintain documentation and operational knowledge base.</li><li>Coach and technically train junior staff on design and development standards and best practices.</li><li>Design and implement data security and governance protocols to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data.</li></ul> What You'll Bring:: <ul><li>Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.</li><li>10+ years as a data engineer.</li><li>10+ years of experience using RDBMS, SQL, Python, Java, or other programming languages is a plus.</li><li>5+ years working experience with SQL and familiarity with Snowflake data warehouse, strong working knowledge in stored procedures, CTEs, and UDFs, RBAC.</li><li>Deep understanding of Data warehouse concepts, star, snowflake and dimensional modeling modeling and ETL/ELT best practices, scalability, complex process management, self-healing approaches, etc.</li><li>Strong working knowledge in at-least one of the big data architecture such as Lambda, Kappa and Hub and Spoke Architectures.</li><li>Excellent proficiency in Stream-processing systems like Storm, Spark-Streaming, kafka streaming and building real time data pipelines.</li><li>Proficiency in Container technologies: Docker, and Kubernetes.</li><li>Experience with modern Data Replication and Data processing tools such as Qlik, Fivetran.</li><li>Understanding of data security and privacy regulations, with experience implementing data security best practices.</li><li>Ability to define and manage user roles and permissions in Snowflake to ensure data security and privacy.</li><li>Experience in working in a startup-type environment, good team player, and can work independently with minimal supervision.</li><li>Proficient in managing large volumes of data.</li><li>Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, comfortable presenting complex ideas in simple terms.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.</li><li>Experience in providing technical support and troubleshooting for data-related issues.</li></ul> Were Even More Excited If You Have:: <ul><li>Experience with nosql systems such as mongodb, cockroachDb, apache cassandra etc.</li><li>Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is a plus.</li><li>Significant experience with open source platforms and technologies.</li><li>Experience with data science and machine learning tools and technologies is a plus.</li></ul> Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:: <ul><li>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!</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, 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. Salary Range:: USD $147,000.00 - USD $196,000.00

Make Your Mark:: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in delivering high quality releases to our customers by designing, developing, troubleshooting, maintaining, optimizing and scaling BlackLines cloud-based backend services and driving innovation into our product suite. In this role, you will research, test, benchmark and evaluate new technologies, propose scaling solutions, collaborate with other teams to define and build new features, optimize existing features while writing elegant code, coaching and mentoring less experienced software engineers and communicating with people at all levels. Your attention to detail, tenacity, and creative problem-solving and thinking ahead will directly impact the company's success, as well as the success of your peers across the organization. If you have a passion for delivering products that make a difference, are driven to make things better in all that you do and are eager to work in a collaborative agile environment where Developers are dedicated to solving customer problems and innovating, then we want to talk to you. You'll Get To:: <ul><li>Provide technical expertise and leadership in the design, development, and delivery of BlackLines products, while adhering to timelines, coding standards, requirements, and quality. </li><li>Architect, design, develop, test, troubleshoot, debug, optimize, scale, maintain and improve software applications, driving the delivery of high quality value and features to BlackLines customers. Develop functional and technical specifications, and test plans. Review others code. Develop and document functional and technical requirements. Collaborate with other team members and other teams on all of the above. </li><li>Design and communicate coding standards, architectural plans, solve complex design and architectural problems, create robust architectural solutions. </li><li>Implement, refine, and enforce software development techniques to ensure that delivered features meet software integration, performance, security, and maintainability expectations. </li><li>Research, test, benchmark, and evaluate new tools and technologies, and recommend ways to implement them in product development. </li><li>Maintain high standards of software quality and technical excellence within the team by establishing good practices and habits and writing clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code. </li><li>Inspire a forward-thinking team of developers, acting as an agent of change and evangelist for a quality-first culture within the organization. Mentor and coach team members and guide them to solutions on complex design issues. </li><li>Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concern or opportunity and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change by working with peers and leadership to build consensus and take action. </li><li>Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities, including occasional off-hours support. </li><li>Adaptable team player with strong collaboration skills and a focus on results and value delivery. </li><li>Passion for engineering excellence, curiosity and demonstrated ability of continuous learning. </li></ul> What You'll Bring:: <ul><li>8+ Years of Experience in Related Field.</li><li>3+ Years of experience in security authentication protocols like SAML, OIDC.</li><li>5+ years of experience with software development in general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Ruby.</li><li>5+ years of hands-on experience in building Web Applications, SaaS products, and RESTful APIs. </li><li>3+ years of experience with Security (OKTA, MFA, SSO, etc).</li><li>A solid computer science foundation including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, with a proven track record of software design and architecture of complex systems. </li><li>Experience in service-oriented architecture and aspect-oriented programming.</li><li>Experience as a technical influencer for highly scalable distributed system designs. </li><li>Advanced knowledge of SQL, including stored procedures, data models, and transactional flows. </li><li>Fluent in SQL, data modeling and transactional flows. </li><li>Experience with multi-threading and concurrency. </li><li>Knowledge of Web Application Authentication and Authorization concept as well as security recommendations.</li><li>Adaptable team player with strong collaboration skills and a focus on results and value delivery. </li><li>Passion for engineering excellence through automation, unit testing, and process improvements. </li><li>Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities. </li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li></ul> Were Even More Excited If You Have:: <ul><li>Good knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code. </li><li>Experience with ERP systems like MS Dynamics-365, Oracle, NetSuite, Intacct is a plus.</li><li>Experience with open source tools. </li><li>Experience with public cloud architectures (Azure, ASW or GCP) and cloud native services. </li><li>Experience designing and scaling high performance systems. </li><li>Experience with container management solutions like Mesos, Kubernetes or Nomad. </li><li>Experience with API gateway, identity management, authentication, messaging platforms (e.g: Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ), workflow orchestration tools, job scheduling and search. </li><li>FinTech or Financial services domain background. </li><li>Prior working experience in Scrum, or other Agile development methodologies, is preferred. </li><li>Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JavaScript Frameworks, etc.). </li><li>Experience with data integration and middleware software tools.</li></ul> Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:: <ul><li>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!</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, 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. Salary Range:: USD $145,000.00 - USD $193,000.00

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 Principal Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in delivering high quality releases to our customers by defining application architecture, designing, developing, troubleshooting, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling BlackLine's data platform and driving innovation into our product suite. In this role, you will work with management to identify strategic directions for system architecture. You will research, test, benchmark and evaluate new technologies, propose scaling solutions, collaborate with other teams to define, and build new features, optimize existing features while writing elegant code, coaching, and mentoring less experienced data engineers and communicating with people at all levels. In this position, every bit of your software design skill be drawn upon to drive towards and implement best of breed features in a rapid iterative environment. Your attention to detail, tenacity, and creative problem-solving and thinking ahead will directly impact the company's success, as well as the success of your peers across the organization. If you have a passion for delivering products that make a difference, are driven to make things better in all that you do and are eager to work in a collaborative agile environment where Developers are dedicated to solving customer problems and innovating, you will be a great fit for the team. As a member of the Data & BI Engineering team you will primarily focus on advancing our Enterprise Data Platform to allow the organization to make data-driven decisions. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements, design, and develop data models, data warehouses, and data visualization solutions that help support the organization's strategic goals. The principal Data Engineer will work in a dynamic environment and will be required to stay current with the latest trends and technologies in the business intelligence field. The ideal candidate will be able to pick up business domain and internal process knowledge and leverage that knowledge to think strategically, communicate effectively, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. The team is also responsible for administering tools and platforms around reporting, analytics, and data visualization while promoting best practices. The role requires a strong combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of data engineering principles and best practices. We are looking for a driven, detail-oriented, and passionate engineer to come to join our team. You'll Get To: <ul><li>Provide technical expertise and leadership in technology direction, road-mapping, architecture definition, design, development, and delivery of enterprise-class solutions while adhering to timelines, coding standards, requirements, and quality. </li></ul><ul><li>Architect, design, develop, test, troubleshoot, debug, optimize, scale, perform the capacity planning, deploy, maintain, and improve software applications, driving the delivery of high-quality value and features to Blackline's customers. </li></ul><ul><li>Work collaboratively across the company to design, communicate and further assist with adoption of best practices in architecture and implementation. </li></ul><ul><li>Deliver robust architectural solutions for complex design problems. </li></ul><ul><li>Implement, refine, and enforce data engineering best practices to ensure that delivered features meet performance, security, and maintainability expectations. </li></ul><ul><li>Research, test, benchmark, and evaluate new tools and technologies, and recommend ways to implement them in data platform. Identify and create solutions that are likely to contribute to the development of new company concepts while keeping in mind the business strategy, short- and long-term roadmap, and architectural considerations to support them in a highly scalable and easy extensible manner. </li></ul><ul><li>Actively participate in research, development, support, management, and other company initiatives designing solutions to optimally address current and future business requirements and infrastructure plans. </li></ul><ul><li>Inspire a forward-thinking team of developers, acting as an agent of change and evangelist for a quality-first culture within the organization. Mentor and coach key technical staff and guide them to solutions on complex design issues. </li></ul><ul><li>Act as a conduit for questions and information flow when those outside of Engineering have ideas for new technology applications. </li></ul><ul><li>Speak in terms relevant to audience, translating technical concepts into non-technical language and vice versa. Facilitate consensus building while striving for win/win scenarios and elicit value-add contributions from all team members in group settings. </li></ul><ul><li>Maintain a strong sense of business value and return on investment in planning, design, and communication. </li></ul><ul><li>Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concern or opportunity and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change by working with peers and leadership to build consensus and act. </li></ul><ul><li>Perform critical maintenance, deployment, and release support activities, including occasional off-hours support. </li></ul> What You'll Bring: <ul><li>Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Science, or a related field. </li></ul><ul><li>10+ years as a data engineer designing and architecting complex systems. </li></ul><ul><li>10+ years of experience using RDBMS, SQL, Python, or other programming languages is a plus. </li></ul><ul><li>5+ years working experience with SQL and familiarity with Snowflake data warehouse, strong working knowledge in stored procedures, CTEs, and UDFs, RBAC. </li></ul><ul><li>Deep understanding of Data warehouse concepts, star, snowflake and dimensional modeling and ETL/ELT best practices, scalability, complex process management, self-healing approaches, etc. </li></ul><ul><li>Strong working knowledge in at-least one of the big data architectures such as Lambda, Kappa and Hub and Spoke Architectures. </li></ul><ul><li>Excellent proficiency in Stream-processing systems like Storm, Spark-Streaming, kafka streaming and building real time data pipelines. </li></ul><ul><li>Proficiency in Container technologies: Docker, and Kubernetes. </li></ul><ul><li>Experience with at least one modern Data pipeline, Replication and processing tools such as Qlik, Fivetran, airflow, Astronomer etc </li></ul><ul><li>Understanding of data security and privacy regulations, with experience implementing data security best practices. </li></ul><ul><li>Ability to define and manage user roles and permissions in Snowflake to ensure data security and privacy. </li></ul><ul><li>Experience in working in a startup-type environment, good team player, and can work independently with minimal supervision. </li></ul><ul><li>Proficient in managing large volumes of data. </li></ul><ul><li>Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, comfortable presenting complex ideas in simple terms. </li></ul><ul><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. </li></ul><ul><li>Experience in providing technical support and troubleshooting for data-related issues. </li></ul><ul><li>Expertise with at least one cloud environment and building cloud native data services. </li></ul><ul><li>Prior experience driving data governance, quality, security initiatives. </li></ul> We're Even More Excited If You Have: <ul><li>5+ years of building data intensive applications in Java </li></ul><ul><li>Experience with nosql systems such as mongodb, cockroachDb, apache cassandra etc. </li></ul><ul><li>Significant experience with open-source platforms and technologies. </li></ul><ul><li>Experience with data science and machine learning tools and technologies is a plus. </li></ul> Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining: <ul><li>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!</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul> 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. Salary Range: USD $201,000.00 - USD $269,000.00 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. BlackLine is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

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 member of the Data & BI Engineering team you will primarily focus on advancing our Enterprise Data Platform to allow the organization to make data-driven decisions. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements, design, and develop data models, data warehouses, and data visualization solutions that help support the organization's strategic goals. The Staff Data Engineer will work in a dynamic environment and will be required to stay current with the latest trends and technologies in the business intelligence field. The ideal candidate will be able to pick up business domain and internal process knowledge and leverage that knowledge to think strategically, communicate effectively, and manage multiple projects simultaneously. The team is also responsible for administering tools and platforms around reporting, analytics, and data visualization while promoting best practices. The role requires a strong combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a deep understanding of data engineering principles and best practices. We are looking for a driven, detail-oriented, and passionate engineer to come to join our team. You'll Get To: <ul><li>Design and build infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from a wide variety of data sources, including data identification, mapping, aggregation, conditioning, cleansing, and analyzing.</li><li>Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand data requirements and deliver valuable insights.</li><li>Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.</li><li>Maintain documentation and operational knowledge base.</li><li>Coach and technically train junior staff on design and development standards and best practices.</li><li>Design and implement data security and governance protocols to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data.</li></ul> What You'll Bring: <ul><li>Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.</li><li>10+ years as a data engineer.</li><li>10+ years of experience using RDBMS, SQL, Python, Java, or other programming languages is a plus.</li><li>5+ years working experience with SQL and familiarity with Snowflake data warehouse, strong working knowledge in stored procedures, CTEs, and UDFs, RBAC.</li><li>Deep understanding of Data warehouse concepts, star, snowflake and dimensional modeling modeling and ETL/ELT best practices, scalability, complex process management, self-healing approaches, etc.</li><li>Strong working knowledge in at-least one of the big data architecture such as Lambda, Kappa and Hub and Spoke Architectures.</li><li>Excellent proficiency in Stream-processing systems like Storm, Spark-Streaming, kafka streaming and building real time data pipelines.</li><li>Proficiency in Container technologies: Docker, and Kubernetes.</li><li>Experience with modern Data Replication and Data processing tools such as Qlik, Fivetran.</li><li>Understanding of data security and privacy regulations, with experience implementing data security best practices.</li><li>Ability to define and manage user roles and permissions in Snowflake to ensure data security and privacy.</li><li>Experience in working in a startup-type environment, good team player, and can work independently with minimal supervision.</li><li>Proficient in managing large volumes of data.</li><li>Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, comfortable presenting complex ideas in simple terms.</li><li>Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.</li><li>Experience in providing technical support and troubleshooting for data-related issues.</li></ul> We're Even More Excited If You Have: <ul><li>Experience with nosql systems such as mongodb, cockroachDb, apache cassandra etc.</li><li>Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is a plus.</li><li>Significant experience with open source platforms and technologies.</li><li>Experience with data science and machine learning tools and technologies is a plus.</li></ul> Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining: <ul><li>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!</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul> 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. Salary Range: USD $138,000.00 - USD $184,000.00 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.

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