Director of Engineering - Enterprise Platform

As the Director of Engineering, Enterprise Platform at SailPoint, you will lead a team of approximately 40 engineers, defining and executing the technical strategy for core services and innovation within the Atlas Platform. This role involves evolving platform architecture for scalability, reliability, and extensibility, championing API-first strategies, and driving execution across microservices, GraphQL APIs, event-driven pipelines, and AI/ML-integrated services. You will collaborate with various teams to deliver impactful solutions, manage stakeholder relationships, and align technical vision with business goals, contributing to SailPoint's leadership in Identity Security.

Must Have

• Lead and mentor engineering teams building core platform components.
• Define and evolve platform architecture for scalability, reliability, and extensibility.
• Champion API-first and developer platform strategies.
• Drive execution across microservices, GraphQL APIs, event-driven pipelines, and AI/ML-integrated services.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Security, and Field teams.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, aligning technical vision with business goals.
• 10+ years in software engineering leadership roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, SaaS platforms, and large-scale data systems.
• Experience with microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS), and containerized CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Technical fluency at the architectural level; able to guide and challenge engineering decisions.
• Proven ability to scale distributed systems for reliability and performance.
• Strong background in API design, developer experience, and integration tooling.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j), AI/ML pipelines, and AWS cloud environments.

Good to Have

• BS in Computer Science or related field preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
• 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Parental support: Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

Director of Engineering, Enterprise Platform

About SailPoint

SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security. Our solutions secure and enable thousands of companies worldwide, providing unmatched visibility and control over digital identities—human, machine, and AI. Our next-generation Atlas Platform is redefining identity governance with advanced AI-powered capabilities.

We are a Gartner leader, high-growth Identity Security SaaS organization: the only company with a multi-tenant, micro services-built SaaS IGA solution and AI and machine learning Identity Security platform. Organizations don’t know what data they have; let alone where it resides and crucially, and we help them answer those key questions. Identity security is the central control point for risk management for the enterprise: the easiest way to implement your digital transformation faster and reduce risk.

We are proud of our team and the culture we have built which has led to our employees voting us “best places to work” – 15 years in a row.

About the Role

As the Director of Engineering, Enterprise Platform, reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Platform, you will lead a team of approximately 40 engineers responsible for the core services and innovation driving the Atlas Platform. You will define and execute the technical strategy and architecture for scalable, externally facing platform components, directly impacting SailPoint's ability to deliver real-time access intelligence, policy automation, and extensibility at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor engineering teams building core platform components: identity services, knowledge graphs, workflow engines, and data pipelines.
• Define and evolve platform architecture for scalability, reliability, and extensibility.
• Champion API-first and developer platform strategies, empowering our developer and partner ecosystem.
• Drive execution across microservices, GraphQL APIs, event-driven pipelines, and AI/ML-integrated services.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Security, and Field teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, aligning technical vision with business goals.

Requirements:

• 10+ years in software engineering leadership roles, including managing backend/platform teams.
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, SaaS platforms, and large-scale data systems.
• Experience with microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS), and containerized CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Technical fluency at the architectural level; able to guide and challenge engineering decisions.
• Proven ability to scale distributed systems for reliability and performance.
• Strong background in API design, developer experience, and integration tooling.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j), AI/ML pipelines, and AWS cloud environments.
• BS in Computer Science or related field preferred.

Roadmap and Timeline to Success

Within the first 30 days:

• Onboard into the Atlas platform and SailPoint’s technology stack.
• Build relationships with team leads; assess strengths and development areas.
• Deeply understand business problems and propose architectural solutions.
• Interview stakeholders to align product roadmap and technical challenges.
• Create a project schedule for team deliverables, maximizing impact.

By 90 days:

• Motivate and challenge teams to achieve synergy and technical excellence.
• Actively participate in technical decision-making for platform evolution.
• Implement fast, iterative changes, and maintain regular stakeholder syncs.
• Assist in developing a 2 to 3-year vision for scaling the Atlas platform and enhancing reliability.

By 6 months:

• Drive progress on technical debt reduction and feature delivery.
• Attract and retain top engineering talent.
• Earn trust as a respected partner to stakeholders.
• Ensure teams consistently deliver on commitments and deadlines.

By 1 year:

• Align team size and skills to roadmap; operate efficiently.
• Achieve real business results and incremental milestones.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and career development.
• Use data to measure impact and optimize engineering processes.
• Consistently deliver quality results in coordination with technical teams.