Staff Java Software Engineer
About SailPoint
About the role
About the team
Responsibilities
- Produce designs and rough estimates, and implement features based on product requirements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to design, build, and deliver high-quality software.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, ensuring the team focuses on the right problems and builds practical, right-sized solutions without adding unnecessary complexity.
- Review code and offer constructive, actionable feedback to maintain high engineering standards.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the stack.
- Lead POCs, research new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance team efficiency.
- Thrive in a dynamic environment, staying effective while juggling multiple concurrent priorities
- Share support of critical team systems by participating in on-call rotation.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong Java experience
- Deep Experience working with one or more from the following: Cloud/AWS, IAM/IGA, Compliance, Security and Privacy
- Advanced experience with large scale databases, and related technologies.
- Expertise with messaging, queues, and events, such as Redis or Kafka
- Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns for SaaS systems (e.g., microservices, event-driven architecture, distributed systems).
- Strong communications skills, including the ability to understand requirements and persuasively articulate technical solutions at the appropriate level of technical depth.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a positive, "can-do" attitude.
- Independent, highly motivated engineer who drives work forward with minimal oversight
- Advanced experience with an object-oriented programming language and techniques
- BS in Computer Science, or a related field
The Tech Stack
- Java
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Big Data and Machine Learning technologies
- AI Tools (Claude, Cursor)
- Automated testing frameworks
Preferred
- Familiarity with big data ecosystems, including Airflow-based ETL workflows, data lake architectures, or platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, or cloud-native data-lake services
- Experience with Continuous Delivery
- Hands-on experience building and tracking service-level objectives (SLOs) with contemporary monitoring/observability platforms (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog)
- Familiarity with AI/Machine Learning
- Experience instrumenting code for gathering production performance metrics
Roadmap for success
Day 30 (Onboarding & Integration)
Day 60 (Ownership & AI Impact)
Day 90 (Delivery & Leadership)
Successfully deploy your first major scalable system to production, meeting all observability and reliability metrics. Establish active mentorship with at least two mid/senior engineers and present a roadmap for technical simplification to leadership.
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): $133,100 - $224,436.00 Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee's home location.
Benefits Overview
- 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: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
- Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
- Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
- Sick leave
- Parental support: 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
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 applicationassistance@sailpoint.com or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations. NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to this email will not be considered for current openings at SailPoint.
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