Senior AI Developer

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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.

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As a Senior AI Developer on BlackLine’s Corporate AI team, you will play a pivotal role in bringing AI to every corner of the company. You’ll design and deliver enterprise-grade AI agents that transform data into actionable insights, streamline internal workflows, and help teams across the business make better, faster decisions. In this highly visible role, you’ll partner directly with business leaders and be trusted to shape, build, and launch AI solutions end to end.

• Design, build, and ship AI agents and applications using tools such as Vertex AI, Anthropic, and cloud-based AI services, focusing on internal/enterprise use cases.
• Translate business problems into AI solutions by working directly with stakeholders to clarify needs, define requirements, and propose impactful use cases.
• Own the full development lifecycle—from requirements and design, to coding, testing, deployment, and iterative enhancement.
• Launch short-term AI agents and features within a quarter, consistently meeting release dates and timelines.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, APIs, and internal tools, creating seamless, end-to-end workflows that fit into how teams already work.
• Monitor and support AI solutions in production, investigating issues, improving performance, and refining user experience based on feedback and metrics.
• Contribute to team-wide standards and best practices for AI development, including coding patterns, observability, and governance.
• Collaborate closely with a small global AI team (US and India) and contractors, sharing context, reviewing code, and jointly owning deliverables.
• Provide knowledge transfer and occasional mentoring, helping others understand how to effectively leverage AI tools and patterns.

• 3+ years of Senior-level software development experience, including at least 2+ years focused on AI development in an enterprise environment.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages used for AI and cloud development (e.g., Python, Java, or similar).
• Hands-on experience building applications or agents with generative AI platforms, such as:
  
  • Google Cloud Vertex AI
  • Anthropic models and associated SDKs/ADKs
  • Other major cloud AI APIs and services
  • Agentic frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex to build, chain, and deploy LLM-powered applications.
• Proven experience delivering production-grade AI solutions, not just prototypes—covering reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Experience implementing RAG architectures using vector databases such as Vertex AI Vector Search, Pinecone, or Weaviate.
• Advanced prompt engineering skills and a deep understanding of how to design, test, and optimize prompts for specific outcomes within agents.
• Experience developing software that adheres to enterprise security and compliance standards
• Demonstrated ability to clarify ambiguous requirements, think analytically, and design practical solutions to operational and functional problems.
• Excellent communication skills, with a track record of partnering directly with business leads to gather requirements, present options, and align on outcomes.
• A history of operating as a senior individual contributor, setting objectives and delivering results that materially impact a team, function, or division.
• Comfort working in a small, distributed team, pulling your own weight while collaborating effectively across time zones.

• You’ve worked on a Corporate/Enterprise AI team, building internal tools or agents rather than only external product features.
• You have experience leading or significantly contributing to high-visibility AI projects with executive-level stakeholders.
• You’re familiar with enterprise data, security, and governance considerations when building AI solutions (e.g., permissions, privacy, data minimization).
• You’ve successfully collaborated with global teams and contractors (e.g., US and India) in a fast-paced environment.

• 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 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 3 days a week.

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 .

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