Senior QA Engineer, Austin TX

This role will work with our FedRAMP program and requires US Citizenship and onsite work in Austin, Texas.

Want to be on a team full of results-driven individuals who are constantly seeking to innovate? Want to make an impact? At SailPoint, our Engineering team does just that. Our engineering is where high-quality professional engineering meets individual impact. Our team builds products on a mature, cloud-native, event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS.

SailPoint is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join our Engineering team for Data Access Security (DAS). DAS is SailPoint’s SaaS data access governance product, delivered as part of SailPoint Agentic Fabric. It helps organizations discover, classify, and govern access to sensitive data (structured and unstructured) across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems — and connect that insight to human and AI identity context so customers can enforce least privilege, monitor risky activity, and streamline compliance.

In this role, you are responsible for characterizing the technical quality of Data Access Security across a continuous SaaS delivery model. You will join the US team, which is part of a larger international DAS Engineering organization. You will serve as a member of a Scrum team assigned to specific product features, and you will own the development, maintenance, and execution of test cases — both in the DAS control plane (application onboarding, crawling, permissions collection, data classification, activity monitoring, forensics, certifications, and alerts) and against the connectors that reach customer data sources. You will also work directly with internal stakeholders and external customers to reproduce reported issues, isolate defects, and confirm resolution.

We are looking for candidates with a strong work ethic who can work with a team of very experienced Developers and Testers, both locally in the US and with colleagues across our international DAS organization. Lack of experience in a particular technology or platform is not a showstopper as long as there is a skill of immediate usefulness, as well as a commitment to continual learning.

Skills

• Minimum 6 years experience testing enterprise software, preferably SaaS or cloud-native products
• Experience testing distributed systems (APIs, microservices, asynchronous/event-driven workflows)
• Proven ability to develop and maintain test cases
• Proven ability to work with software development engineers for problem reproduction and resolution
• Proven ability to design and execute end-to-end tests across UI, APIs, and data outcomes (crawl results, permissions, classification, activity events)
• Proven ability to successfully relate to varying levels of functional and technical personnel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Highly desirable

• Familiarity with C#, .NET, Java, JavaScript, JSON, and XML
• Experience with REST API testing (Postman or similar)
• Experience with SQL and one or more database platforms (SQL Server strongly preferred; Oracle, MySQL, or similar also valuable)
• Experience with Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online, OneDrive), cloud file storage (Box, Google Drive, AWS S3), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), or on-prem file/NAS systems (Windows File Server, NetApp, SMB)
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, or Kafka-based services
• Experience with identity governance, access certifications, or data classification

Location
This position is based in Austin, Texas, on the US DAS team, which is part of SailPoint’s international Data Access Security Engineering organization.

Education
BA/BS or equivalent experience

Roadmap for success: 
30 days:

• Complete onboarding and gain foundational familiarity with the SailPoint Data Access Security architecture, Agentic Fabric concepts, and AWS-hosted event-driven microservices environment.

• Set up your local and cloud testing environments, integrating with team workflows and CI/CD testing pipelines.

• Shadow team members during sprint cycles and execute 10 or more existing manual or automated regression test suites across the DAS control plane and connectors.

60 days:

• Assume direct ownership of quality assurance deliverables for your assigned Scrum feature team, actively participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and test estimation.

• Author and execute comprehensive test plans for at least two new feature enhancements, validating UI workflows, REST API contracts, and backend data processing pipelines.

• Partner with development engineers to isolate, document, and verify resolutions for at least 5 complex defects or customer-reported issues.

6 months:

• Design and implement an end-to-end test matrix covering structured and unstructured data governance scenarios across core connectors (such as Microsoft 365, AWS S3, Box, Snowflake, or on-prem file systems).

• Drive measurable improvements in test coverage across asynchronous and event-driven data classification and activity monitoring pipelines.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on DAS quality characterization, mentoring team members on test strategy and defect isolation best practices.

1 year:

• Lead the comprehensive testing strategy for major DAS product releases, ensuring zero critical escaped defects in production across control plane workflows and connector integrations.

• Establish standardized quality metrics and automated validation routines that reduce regression cycle turnaround times across distributed SaaS microservices.

• Drive cross-team testing initiatives between the US and international engineering teams to enhance global release velocity and product reliability.

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-max, USD):

$86,900 - $146,438.00

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.

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