Software Engineering Manager, Cloud Governance at SailPoint

SailPoint is HQ'd in Austin, TX however we are open to a remote hire for this role.

You're an experienced Software Engineering Manager with deep technical experience in IAM and Public Cloud. You want your teams to build scalable and reliable identity governance solution for a cloud-based, multi-tenant product and set the bar for quality across the organization. You know that each team is itself a system, and the best way to optimize that system is through clear communication and expectations with your team while also understanding the technology. You know how to find, hire and retain top talent to build complex and advanced SaaS software while increasing motivation, drive engagement and help your team to understand how their work impacts the business. 

You will lead and support 1–2 software development scrum teams of engineers delivering and supporting software that underpins many other engineering teams at the company. You will have many internal stakeholders (Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, Quality), and effectively collaborating with all of them to create feasible roadmaps will be paramount for this role. You should form opinions about what the team should do based on careful and active listening to your team members and your stakeholders.  

What You'll Make Happen:    

• Communicate cloud governance functionality and needs to external stakeholders  

• Listen to what your team needs to deliver better software, then proactively do those things  

• Partner with Product Management to ensure your teams have clear tactical and strategic backlogs  

• Help balance competing priorities, cost and efficiency to ensure we effectively ship new data pipeline features while resolving defects and managing technical debt  

• Recruit, coach, develop, and motivate high performing engineers across multiple teams  

• Proactively seek to listen and find alignment with other engineering teams and stakeholders by understanding your teams' technology, building strong relationships, and insisting on high-quality solutions that solve multiple strategic challenges at once  

• Coordinate with other teams to schedule the release of new pipeline functionality  

• Help develop a complete Continuous Deployment infrastructure  

You Get Excited By:    

• Large scale data engineering and understanding hard distributed systems problems   

• Your team achieving real business results and incremental milestones   

• Delighting our customers and end users   

• Coaching and developing engineers on your team along their chosen career paths   

• Using data to objectively measure impact and optimize engineering processes   

• Meeting deadlines and coordinating with technical team members in order to deliver quality results  

• Attracting and motivating excellent engineers who care about great teams and great software   

Role Requirements:   

• 5+ years in an Engineering Management role, preferably working on a SaaS product   

• 3+ of IAM and/or IAAS Cloud experience  

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Software Engineer   

• Deep knowledge of agile processes and workflows  

• Good understanding of software development in Golang  

• Solid understanding of database architecture or concepts  

• Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles  

• Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources  

• An exceptional mentor and leader with a passion for continuous improvement  

• Excellent organization and communication skills  

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience   

Preferred Requirements- experience with (or things you will learn):  

• Workflow orchestration such as Airflow  

• Big data technologies such as EMR, Kinesis, Redshift  

• Graph databases like Neo4J, DataStax DSE Graph and others 

• Elasticsearch  

• Various messaging systems, such as Kafka or SQS  

• NoSQL databases, such as Redshift, Cassandra, DynamoDB  

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.