Senior Staff Software Engineer

SailPoint is a leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise, providing AI- and ML-powered solutions that help organizations manage access to digital resources. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will drive architectural direction and engineering excellence by designing, building, and deploying scalable microservices, developing Java software, managing data transformations, and mentoring engineers. The role also involves leading technical initiatives, supporting FedRAMP releases, and integrating AI tools into software development workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the design, implementation, and deployment of efficient, maintainable, robust micro-services to deliver medium-to-high complexity features
• Set a high bar for code/design reviews and fortify the team’s coding/quality standards
• Collaborate with the technical teams, and product managers to implement features that meets our product vision
• Work in an agile environment, collaborate with peers on designs, technical refinements, code reviews, testing and customer issues
• Continue to maintain the “We built it, we maintain it” SailPoint culture: Participate in the product OnCall and TechOps process
• Mentor junior members and guide them on technical solutions
• Managing development and release process of FedRAMP instances
• Collaborate with peers on designs, code reviews, testing and UX/interactive designs
• Develop automated tests across the full stack, complete with code-coverage metrics
• Produce designs and rough estimates, and implement features based on product requirements
• Produce unit and end-to-end tests to improve code quality and maximize code coverage for new and existing features

Requirements:

• Due to FedRAMP requirements, must be a US citizen residing in the US.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong Java experience
• Experience in design/implementation of event-driven architectures and performant micro-services
• Multi-tenant SaaS product development experience - server-side in Java & Go
• Experience in designing, implementing RESTful APIs for an API-first application architecture
• Great communication skills
• BS in Computer Science, or a related field
• Advanced experience with object-oriented analysis and design skills
• Proven experience using AI tools (Claude, Cursor) to build releasable, maintainable code
• Strong understanding of and experience with data pipelines and data transformations at scale
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Continuous Delivery
• Experience working on a Big Data/Machine Learning product
• Experience instrumenting code for gathering production performance metrics
• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in large-scale software development