Senior Software Engineer

We Love AI Jobs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

SailPoint is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy full-stack microservices for the Policy Engine in a remote UK-based role. You will work on real-time and batch decision systems using Golang, Angular, and modern cloud technologies.

The UK Platform Engineering team emphasizes AI-assisted development workflows, resilience, and scalable security features. Required: 5+ years of experience, UK residency, and a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with full-stack microservices.
• Proficiency in Golang and Angular with cloud and container technologies.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying resilient services in distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy full-stack microservices for the Policy Engine.
• Test, debug, and profile services for resilience and performance.
• Participate in on-call support and introduce AI-assisted development workflows.

Skills

Golang

Angular

Microservices

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Golang

Angular

Microservices

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

# Senior Software EngineerSailPointRemote (United Kingdom)Full-timeAI tools:CursorClaude CodePyTorchscikit-learnUpload your resume once and Scout applies for youApply with ScoutShare this job:LinkedInXSave imageThis engineer will build and operate full-stack microservices for SailPoint’s Policy Engine, which supports real-time and batch identity decisions. The UK Platform Engineering team works on distributed cloud services and expects engineers to use AI-assisted development workflows in their daily work.* Permanent* Fully Remote* 5+ years* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience### Skills and expertiseGolangAngularMicroservicesDistributed systemsAWSKubernetesDockerTerraform### Key responsibilities* Design, build, and deploy full-stack microservices for the Policy Engine.* Test, debug, and profile services for resilience, performance, and maintainability.* Participate in on-call support and introduce AI-assisted development workflows to the team.## How this job comparesCompared with 1,635 open senior engineering jobs on October 10, 2026.Similar open jobs: We Love AI Jobs lists 1,635 open senior engineering jobs at 344 companies.Remote work: This job is remote. 271 of the 1,635 senior engineering jobs (17%) are remote.AI in this role: Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The core role is software engineering for identity security services, not model development. SailPoint expects daily use of AI development tools, including agentic workflows and review of AI-generated code.## Full descriptionThis is a UK-based remote role. You will be required to interview in person.Must have permanent residency in the UK (I.e. British Passport, Settled Status or ILR)About SailPointSailPoint is defining the next era of identity security. Our unified, AI-powered platform seamlessly secures both the Human Fabric of your workforce and the Agentic Fabric of AI and non-human identities, completely eliminating organizational blind spots.Built on core principles like zero-standing privilege and contextualized risk, our platform transforms identity from a vulnerability into a strategic business advantage. Today, we are trusted by some of the largest, most complex organizations in the world to deliver intelligent, autonomous identity security at scale.About the roleAs 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.About the teamYou 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 success30 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.Requirements• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experienceUpload your resume once and Scout applies for youApply with Scout