Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of professional software development experience building production-grade distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in backend microservices development, preferably with Golang
• Proven experience in modern frontend development, preferably with Angular
• Practical experience or strong familiarity with AI-assisted/agentic software development tools and workflows
• Solid background in testing and debugging complex systems, including unit, integration, and performance profiling
• Experience designing and operating microservices in SaaS/cloud environments
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with an articulate, approachable approach to teamwork

What the job involves

• As a Senior Software Engineer at SailPoint, you will be at the forefront of powering intelligent identity decisions across modern enterprise environments
• In your day-to-day work, you will design, build, and deploy robust full-stack microservices for the Policy Engine—a mission-critical system delivering real-time and batch decision evaluations for cutting-edge initiatives like the SailPoint Agentic Fabric
• You will rapidly prototype solutions, hone product requirements with cross-functional partners, and build performant, maintainable software using modern technologies including Golang and Angular
• Embracing modern AI-assisted and agentic development workflows, you will actively apply the latest engineering techniques to deliver high-impact security capabilities at global scale
• You will join the UK Platform Engineering team, a highly collaborative group responsible for architecting, building, and running core platform services
• The team consists of talented engineers passionate about crafting resilient distributed systems and end-to-end features
• While we enjoy the flexibility of remote work, we stay closely connected through regular collaboration and gather in person once per quarter for an energizing one- to two-day team offsite
• Roadmap for success:
• 30 days:
• Complete onboarding and environment configuration across all relevant SailPoint engineering platforms
• Shadow team peers to understand the Policy Engine architecture, service dependencies, and deployment pipelines
• Complete first bug fix or minor feature contribution and successfully submit a pull request following team standards
• Actively participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and code review workflows
• 60 days:
• Design and implement first end-to-end microservice feature in collaboration with the tech lead and product partners
• Develop unit and integration test suites validating service resilience and external integration points
• Shadow the engineering support rotation to learn on-call troubleshooting procedures and operational tooling
• 6 months:
• Autonomously architect, build, and deliver complex, high-throughput Policy Engine features from concept through to production rollout
• Participate actively in the 24x7 engineering on-call support rotation (approximately 1 week in 20)
• Lead design reviews, mentor team members on best practices, and introduce agentic coding workflows to accelerate team delivery
• 1 year:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the Policy Engine and Agentic Fabric decision systems
• Drive technical roadmaps and architectural evolution for key microservices across the UK Platform team
• Partner with global architecture and engineering leadership to set coding standards and lead major technical initiatives
• The Tech Stack:
• Languages: Golang, TypeScript, JavaScript
• Frontend: Angular
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• CI/CD & Tooling: Jenkins / CloudBees, Git

The application process

• This is a UK-based remote role. You will be required to interview in person

Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• Financial security: 4019k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
• Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Parental leave: Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution