Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

Are you passionate about building scalable data systems and driving innovation? At SailPoint, our Engineering team is where high-quality engineering meets meaningful impact. We’re looking for a Staff Data Engineer to help architect and build our cloud-native, event-driven identity analytics platform hosted on AWS.

As a Staff-level engineer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our data infrastructure, mentoring team members, and delivering robust, scalable solutions that power our SaaS products.

\*\*THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE, candidate must be located in Austin, TX and willing to be onsite\*\*

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable, efficient data pipelines for batch and real-time processing using tools like DBT, Snowflake, Apache Flink, and Airflow.
• Design and deliver robust Java-based micro-services and Python-based EKS jobs for data transformation and feature engineering.
• Lead the development of real-time data ingestion and transformation systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data science, and engineering teams to define and deliver impactful features.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, design discussions, and mentoring.
• Ensure high code quality through comprehensive unit and integration testing.
• ·Contribute to observability and reliability practices, including monitoring, alerting, and on-call support.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives across teams.
• Influence long-term data strategy and architectural decisions.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software/data engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Python, SQL, and object-oriented programming.
• Expertise in data engineering tools such as DBT, Snowflake, Airflow, and cloud-native data platforms.
• Proven experience in building and scaling big data applications with a focus on performance and observability.
• Hands-on experience with data frameworks like Pandas, Dask, or Polars.
• Experience deploying ML-based solutions from conception to production.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Deep understanding of AWS/GCP/Azure services including EKS, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Amazon SageMaker, AWS Bedrock, and model monitoring tools.
• Background in recommendation systems or real-time low-latency applications.
• Experience working closely with Data Science or AI/ML teams.
• Familiarity with cost optimization, schema design, and performance tuning in cloud data platforms.

Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location of your employment and the nature of your employment with SailPoint.

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation. SailPoint maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect SailPoint’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-mid-max, USD):

$129,000 - $184,300 - $239,600

Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.

Benefits Overview

1. Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance

2. Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability

3. Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)

4. Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children

5. Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account

6. Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching

7. Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy

8. Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually

9. Sick leave

10. Parental support: Paid parental leave

11. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors

12. Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options

13. Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

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 applicationassistance@sailpoint.com or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations. NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to this email will not be considered for current openings at SailPoint.

About Us

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities:

• Filing a complaint;
• Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans;
• Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 503, VEVRAA, or their implementing regulations in this part, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; or
• Exercising any other right protected by section 503, VEVRAA or their implementing regulations.

SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.