Forward-Deployed AI Lead Architect

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

SailPoint, the leading AI-driven security platform, seeks an experienced Forward Deployed Engineers Team Lead Architect. You will guide a small FDE team, collaborate with sales, engineering, and professional services, and map customer needs to foundational SailPoint solutions.

You will undergo extensive product and sales training and progress to technical leadership on engagements within a year, becoming a trusted advisor and potential speaker at events.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in enterprise software or consulting with 5+ years in software implementation or pre-sales.
• Experience leading Software Engineers/Architects and working with clients.
• Strong communication and knowledge of web services, apps servers, databases, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Participate in sales processes with direct and channel teams.
• Map customer requirements to SailPoint solutions using AI tooling.

Skills

Team leadership

Client engagement

Solution engineering

AI tooling

SaaS architecture

Education

Computer Science degree

CISSP certification (plus)

SailPoint Certified Engineer (plus)

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Kiro

Google Antigravity

GitHub Copilot

OpenAI Codex

Job description

SailPoint, the leading AI-driven security platform, seeks an experienced Forward Deployed Engineers Team Lead Architect. You will guide a small FDE team, collaborate with sales, engineering, and professional services, and map customer needs to foundational SailPoint solutions.

You will undergo extensive product and sales training and progress to technical leadership on engagements within a year, becoming a trusted advisor and potential speaker at events.