Manager, Engineering

SailPoint; United States; Remote; USD 141,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Equity participation

Job summary

SailPoint is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager (M2) to lead a team of software engineers responsible for the architectural design, reliability, and delivery of core SailPoint products. You will partner with Product Management and architecture leads to translate vision into actionable roadmaps and coach engineers to reach their potential.

The role emphasizes operational excellence, Agile/Scrum delivery, and a strong cloud-native, microservices architecture within AWS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years in software engineering building cloud-scale systems
• 3+ years leading high-performing software engineering teams
• Strong background in Java, distributed systems, event-driven microservices and AWS

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and delivery of core SailPoint products
• Coach engineers, drive career development and high performance
• Translate product vision into engineering roadmaps and allocate resources
• Own sprint planning, risk mitigation, and delivery metrics
• Drive architectural reviews and code quality initiatives

Skills

Java

Distributed Systems

Event-driven

AWS

Agile/Scrum

Leadership

Coaching/Mentoring

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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

About SailPoint

SailPoint 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 Role

SailPoint is seeking an experienced, motivational, and results-driven Engineering Manager (M2) to lead a team of high-performing software engineers responsible for the technical development, architecture, and reliability of core SailPoint products. In this role, you will lead all aspects of software design, code quality, and delivery while fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will partner closely with Product Management and architecture leads to translate product vision into actionable engineering roadmaps, allocate resources effectively, mitigate risks, and coach engineers to help them reach their full professional potential.

About the Team

You will be joining an innovative, collaborative engineering organization on a team that builds and scales enterprise-grade products on a mature, cloud-native, event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS. We solve complex distributed systems challenges and tackle tough technical problems where professional engineering rigor meets direct business impact.

Roadmap for Success

30 Days: Complete SailPoint onboarding, gain a comprehensive understanding of our cloud architecture, tools, and Agile delivery processes, meet with your direct reports and key stakeholders, and understand current in-flight commitments.

60 Days: Take over day-to-day leadership of sprint ceremonies and team execution, establish regular 1:1s and career development frameworks with your engineers, and partner with Product Management to review upcoming quarterly deliverables.

90 Days: Fully own sprint planning, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and delivery metrics for your team; drive architectural reviews and code quality initiatives; and begin identifying process optimizations across the team.

6 Months: Consistently deliver high-impact roadmap milestones on time and with high quality, mentor engineers toward promotion readiness, actively contribute to cross-functional engineering initiatives, and streamline team workflows.

1 Year: Drive strategic technical vision and operational maturity for the team, champion innovation in AI-assisted development and engineering practices, and sustain high team engagement, retention, and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong track record of designing, building, and operating cloud-scale systems
• 3+ years of experience building, leading, and managing high-performing software engineering teams
• Strong technical background in modern software development (e.g., Java, distributed systems, event-driven microservices architecture, and AWS)
• Proven track record of successful execution and delivery in an Agile/Scrum development environment
• Demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, and developing technical talent
• Exceptional organizational, project planning, risk management, and cross-functional communication skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, adaptable mindset

AI-assisted engineering

Our engineers are expected to use AI development tools as a core part of their daily workflow, not as a novelty. We expect you to use these tools to accelerate delivery, expand your scope, and raise the quality bar, while applying strong engineering judgment to review, validate, and own everything that ships under your name. Comfort with prompting, agentic workflows, and human-in-the-loop review of AI-generated code is a baseline expectation for this role.

AI related Technology

Cursor, Claude Code Python-based AI/ML frameworks and libraries such as scikit-learn, pandas, and numpy Deep Learning Frameworks such as PyTorch LLMs and Foundation Models in Bedrock, VertexAI, or similar.

Benefits and Compensation

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): $140,500 - $236,826.00. 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

Equal Opportunity

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team.

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.

SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: Filing a complaint; Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 503, VEVRAA, or their implementing regulations in this part, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; or Exercising any other right protected by section 503, VEVRAA or their implementing regulations.

SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.