Senior Staff Software Engineer

*THIS ROLE REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIP DUE TO FEDRAMP REQUIREMENTS

Role is based out of Austin, TX and may require an onsite interview at our headquarters in Austin, TX.

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, ensuring workers have just the right access to do their job – no more, no less.

SailPoint’s flagship product: Identity Security Cloud is the industry’s first and only comprehensive identity governance product to be truly delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Identity Security Cloud provides services for access certifications, access request approvals and automated provisioning, password management and separation of duties to connect and centrally control access to every application. 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 team:

We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our growing agile team. In this role, you will help re-architect the Identity Security Cloud product by leveraging a wide range of cloud-native technologies—including those for persistence, messaging, and analytical processing—to enable seamless scalability and deliver a high-performance user experience.

You’ll be part of a team that thrives on continuous improvement and embraces agility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the maintenance of efficient, maintainable, robust microservices to deliver medium-to-high complexity features.
• Set a high bar for code reviews and fortify the team’s coding/quality standards.
• Work in an agile environment, collaborate with peers on code reviews, testing and customer issues.
• Develop/adopt testing frameworks, test plans to improve code quality and continuous delivery.
• Participate in the product OnCall and TechOps process
• Devise monitoring capabilities to analyze application behavior and performance
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and logging for IDN services to proactively monitor, catch, and mitigate potential Staging/Prod impacting issues
• Leverage training plans and service leads to quickly ramp-up on ISC product and technical knowledge.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems reported by our customers.
• Help self and the local members to develop product and technical expertise to become self-sufficient over time to own and maintain services.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen
• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience with Java, SQL and desire to work with Golang
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative demeanor
• BS in Computer Science or a related field
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative, and high-growth environment

Desired

• Experience with Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, AWS
• SaaS production support experience running on AWS
• Experience using SQL/NoSQL, EKS, Kafka, Redis
• Experience using monitoring, alerting, and visualization tools like Prometheus, Grafana
• Familiarity and prior experience with supporting security and compliance of software systems and applications in FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) or other regulated environments is a plus

What success looks like in the role:

In the first 30 days you will:

• Meet team, understand the team’s mission and vision
• Learn product high level Architecture.
• Learn Identity Governance Concepts.
• Gain clarity on various roles and expectations
• Complete development environment setup
• Read guides, documentation, perform mandatory training
• Learn company processes, benefits

By 2 months you should:

• Understand team goals and OKR’s for the quarter and beyond
• Understand key dependencies, meet key stakeholders
• Be comfortable with tools, systems and processes used on a day-to-day basis
• Have executed test work, both supervised and unsupervised.

By 6 months, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate thorough understanding of the product and architecture
• Exercise independence and autonomy in managing their roles and responsibilities
• Accomplish projects on your own with limited guidance
• Design and document technical projects for stakeholders and developers

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):

$151,100 - $215,800 - $280,500

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