Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Proven expertise in backend microservice design and development, preferably using Golang
• Strong experience developing modern web frontends, preferably using Angular
• Solid foundation in automated testing and debugging, including unit, integration, and performance profiling tools
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable microservices within a distributed SaaS cloud environment
• Excellent collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Tech Stack: Golang, Angular, Java, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudBees/Jenkins
• Hands-on experience with cloud databases such as Amazon DynamoDB, Aurora, or Snowflake
• Experience building data streaming and event-driven architectures with Apache Kafka or Apache Flink
• Experience or strong interest in AI-assisted software development and agentic engineering practices

What the job involves

• As a Staff Software Engineer at SailPoint, you will architect, build, and deliver high-performance cloud services that form the core decision-making brain of our identity platform. In this role, your day-to-day will involve designing resilient full-stack solutions using Golang and Angular, engineering synchronous and event-driven microservices, and pioneering AI-assisted and agentic development workflows
• You will collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, architects, and global engineering peers to translate complex identity governance concepts into performant, elegant, and secure production systems. You will also take active ownership of technical excellence across our codebase through architecture reviews, system profiling, and developer mentorship
• You will join the UK Platform Engineering team, a collaborative, high-velocity group responsible for designing, building, and running foundational services for SailPoint. Our team currently features a strong mix of backend and frontend specialists transitioning to end-to-end full-stack development to support cutting-edge AI and identity initiatives
• We value autonomy, continuous learning, and close teamwork, staying connected through day-to-day collaboration and meeting in person once per quarter for team offsites
• Roadmap for success
• 30 days:
• Complete SailPoint engineering onboarding, development environment setup, and security compliance training
• Shadow team members to understand the architecture, API contracts, and deployment pipelines of the Policy Engine
• Deliver your first bug fix or minor feature contribution to production using Golang or Angular
• 60 days:
• Partner with technical leads, architects, and product managers to define technical specifications and rough estimates for upcoming roadmap items
• Build, test, and deploy end-to-end features supporting real-time and batch policy evaluation workflows
• Conduct thorough code reviews and collaborate with peers on unit and integration testing strategies
• 6 months:
• Lead the autonomous design, implementation, and deployment of complex features across the Policy Engine and SailPoint Agentic Fabric
• Establish debug and performance profiling benchmarks to improve service latency, throughput, and reliability
• Participate in the 24x7 engineering on-call support rotation (approximately 1 week in 20) and drive operational improvements
• 1 year:
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Policy Engine services and distributed system architecture
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level software engineers on modern software design patterns, Golang, Angular, and AI-assisted tooling
• Drive cross-functional architectural initiatives in collaboration with engineering teams worldwide as the platform scales

The application process

• 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