Staff AI Engineer

**This role requires a mandatory in person interview at our headquarters in Austin, Texas during the interview process, no exceptions.**

Job Title: Staff AI Engineer

About SailPoint:

SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise. Our identity security solutions secure and enable thousands of companies worldwide, giving our customers unmatched visibility into the entirety of their digital workforce and ensuring that workers have the right access to do their job—no more and no less.

Built on a foundation of AI and ML, our Identity Security Cloud Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and changing needs of today’s cloud-oriented, modern enterprise.

About the role:

As an AI Engineer, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions with a focus on Generative AI and autonomous systems. This role requires a strong foundation in ML engineering, along with experience building applications with FMs and related concepts such as RAG, fine-tuning, agents, and distillation.

About the team:

The AI team at SailPoint applies AI and domain expertise to create AI solutions that solve real problems in identity governance. We believe the path to success is through meaningful customer outcomes, and we leverage traditional AI/ML as well as recent innovations in Generative AI and Graph ML to bring our solutions to SailPoint’s core product lines.

Roadmap to success:

90 Days

• Deeply understand the SailPoint AI vision and Generative AI initiatives.
• Onboard onto our AI Platform tech stack.
• Develop or evaluate a working prototype of an AI agent using existing models/tools.

6 months:

• Deliver or contribute to a fully functional GenAI-powered feature.
• Optimize existing AI pipelines to ensure robust training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Collaborate with the AI and product teams to identify key use cases for GenAI.

1 year:

• Lead the development of a new FM-based capability from ideation to deployment.
• Drive AI innovation by rapidly incorporating advancements in FM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, agent-based systems, etc. into our product and platform.
• Establish repeatable frameworks for evaluating GenAI and agent-based features in production, emphasizing business impact and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with partners to deliver thoughtful integrations between traditional ML and agent-based systems that provide a seamless and autonomous user experience.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience building and deploying ML models in production at scale.
• Recent experience with Generative AI models and techniques, such as LLMs, fine-tuning, RAG, prompt engineering, guardrails, distillation, and agent frameworks.
• Can-do attitude with a focus on delivering measurable business impact.
• Strong technical communicator who can convey complex topics to different audiences.
• B.S. in Computer Science, or a related field.

Tech Stack:

• Core Programming: Python, Go
• Cloud Platform: AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock) preferred
• GenAI Frameworks/Tools: Any
• Data: Snowflake, Kafka, Airflow

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.  

Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability.  Contact hr@sailpoint.com or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations.