About SailPoint:
SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise. Our identity security solutions secure and enable thousands of enterprise companies worldwide, giving our customers unmatched visibility into the entirety of their digital workforce, ensuring workers have the right access to do their job – no more, 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 you and the role:
As a Software Principal Engineer at SailPoint, you will be a key member of our engineering leadership team, driving the overall design and development of our Identity Security Platform, Atlas. You will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business objectives and technical execution. You will need to possess a deep understanding of our business landscape, including market dynamics, customer needs, and strategic goals. Your primary responsibility will be to translate this business insight into actionable technical requirements and innovative design solutions.
You are immensely passionate about platform architecture, and delivering reliable, scalable microservices and infrastructure for SaaS products. You will interact with technical teams across SailPoint to architect systems that scale to process billions of events and support millions of users. You enjoy technical leadership, technical design and solving complex challenges as much as you enjoy getting your hands into the code.
Future thinker -
You constantly think about the security, reliability and resiliency of our platform and how to maintain it. You believe that it’s not a matter of if we will be attacked, but when. Every decision you make is based on that premise.
Technology choices that scale – you understand our technology landscape, the direction that technology is evolving, when something will be obsolete, and can make sound decisions or assumptions based on those factors.
Business minded -
You understand our total addressable market and you know who our competitors are and what they are building. You understand where SailPoint is headed. You can balance immediate needs (escalations, customer satisfaction) and understand the long-term impacts of your decisions. Urgency to scale (pace), you don’t get distracted by analysis paralysis.
Thought leader -
Be the evangelist of our SaaS Platform architecture and influence Product Management, Engineering leaders & entire SaaS Engineering to the reference architecture.
You keep up with technology and the direction it’s going. You have a firm grasp on how to assess new tools and make informed decisions on whether or not change is in order.
You have high communication standards for yourself and others
Roadmap & Timeline for Success:
Within the first 30 days you will:
Onboard into your new role, get familiar with our product offering and technology stack
If applicable, come up to speed on Identity Access Management space
Get familiar with our competitors, their product offerings and the direction of their businesses
Get to know your peers, leaders and other engineers to understand current state, challenges and motivations
Seek to deeply understand current state of identity security industry, our business problems or common engineering challenges, and as it relates to SailPoint propose software architecture designs to solve them
Learn about our Top 5 Project Initiative
Interview stakeholders to understand our business goals, product roadmap and challenges ahead of you
By 90 days:
Responsible for the technical architecture of our SaaS Platform, providing architectural leadership across business application domains, data architecture, data integration, security and cloud technologies.
Set the standard for excellence in engineering by advocating design and coding best practices
Look beyond the immediate backlog to create and share a forward-thinking technical vision for your team
You have a full grasp of our product and are developing a technology strategy
You are prioritizing projects and defining scopes of work and developing solutions, all the while asking yourself “how quickly will my solve be outdated?”
By 6 months:
You are regularly mentoring and coaching members of your team
You own multiple significant projects
You provide technical leadership to your team while also delivering high quality code on your own
Lead significant and thoughtful critiques of others’ design documents
Consistently achieve targets and meet deadlines; you ensure the quality of deliverables exceeds expectations
You are flexing your lifelong learning muscles, staying abreast of emerging external technologies to understand when to introduce them to your team.
You are defining and executing on new components Engineering Technology Strategy.
You are leading the implementation (Arch/design/Development) of new services and product offerings with talents and world class Engineers.
You are presenting and communicating the technological leaps to executives as well as high level stakeholders
Translating overarching business strategies into actionable technical roadmaps will be your key responsibility, ensuring synergy between vision and execution.
You are recognized as a subject matter expert of SailPoint Services and offerings both internally and externally and giving training sessions, webinars, or speak at conferences
With a focus on talent development, you'll hire, mentor, and coach new team members, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
Requirements:
Daily hands on coding in Java and/of GoLang
10+ years of experience in a Software Platform Architect role, designing and driving the technical design of large-scale commercial, enterprise-class, multi-tenant distributed SaaS software in domains such as Security, CRM, ERP, etc.
Deep understanding of modern technologies and paradigms and are excited to learn new ones (e.g. Java, Docker, Redis, Postgres, GraphQl, Python, Kafka, Terraform, Timescale, AWS)
Extensive experience in modern SaaS architecture & platforms, REST & other API concepts, design patterns, messaging, security, availability, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Experience decomposing monoliths and moving to distributed systems
Product minded: You can turn complex business requirements into working software that our customers love to use.
A positive and collaborative demeanor, combined with the ability to coach, mentor and delegate
Superior communication skills
Life-long learner- you stay up to date with technology trends, spend time learning new technologies, and share your leanings with your team.
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):
$183,750 - $262,500 - $341,250Base 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 [email protected] or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations.
Top Skills
SailPoint Austin, Texas, USA Office
11120 Four Points Drive , Austin, TX, United States, 78726
International Culture
SailPoint aims to ensure that every element of its culture is both accessible and scalable, offering an enriching workplace experience for employees worldwide. Tied together by tools, practices and opportunities for connection, employees are empowered to make an impact together — from anywhere.
Engineering
Our engineering team is a remote-friendly team with a strong focus on career development and promotion. Our organization is comprised of small teams that are wholly responsible for one or more services, including architecture, development, quality, reliability, monitoring, and operations.
Professional Services
The professional services team at SailPoint prides itself on being an environment that fosters growth, collaboration and success. As an employee within professional services, you will have a chance to work with some of the biggest companies in the world, implementing one of the most sought-after solutions in technology. You’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture that makes it feel like a much smaller company.
Sales
At SailPoint, our sales crew members take part in our robust certification academy that features instructor-led webinars and self-service training. Our top employees from product, marketing, sales engineering, sales operations and sales lead these training sessions, delivering knowledge through storytelling, whiteboarding, breakout sessions and demos. At SailPoint our sales team is focused on being a collaborative atmosphere that is invested in our employees.
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