Senior AI-Driven Forward Deployed Engineer

SailPoint; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness coverage

Disability coverage

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible vacation policy

Holidays and leave

Job summary

SailPoint is seeking Senior Forward Deployed Engineers to bridge solution engineering, professional services, and product management. You will apply AI tooling and deep implementation expertise to build foundational solutions, support sales, and accelerate time-to-value for major accounts.

New hires undergo comprehensive product and sales training, then participate in sales deals using your product implementation expertise and client communication skills, with potential to lead engagements and

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years in enterprise software, systems integrator, or consulting; 3+ years in software implementation/pre-sales.
• Excellent communications skills and extensive client/partner interaction experience.
• Working knowledge of web services, app servers, DBs, virtualization, and directories.
• Conversant in modern SaaS architecture.
• Experience with agentic coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, Google Antigravity, GitHub CoPilot, OpenAI Codex).
• Familiarity with Java, XML, Python, LDAP, SQL, Azure/AWS/GCP; experience with NodeJS/JS/TS/Angular/React is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the sales process with direct and channel teams.
• Discover customer requirements and map to SailPoint solutions using AI tooling.
• Participate in onsite and remote foundational implementation engagements.
• Educate customers on high-level product architecture and best practices.
• Assist in analysis and documentation of customer requirements.
• Collaborate across sales, solution engineering, product, professional services, and customer success.
• Lead design of creative solutions with the Forward Deployed Engineering team.
• Master AI and agentic technologies to solve customer problems.
• Contribute to Agentic tech solutions for demonstrations of SailPoint products.
• Focus on SailPoint’s largest, most complex accounts.

Skills

Communication

Client engagement

Problem solving

AI tooling

Cloud architectures

SaaS familiarity

Education

CS or Eng degree

J2EE or CISSP bonus

SailPoint cert expected

Tools

Node.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

React.js

Java

XML

Python

LDAP

SQL

Azure/AWS/GCP

Job description

SailPoint is seeking Senior Forward Deployed Engineers to bridge solution engineering, professional services, and product management. You will apply AI tooling and deep implementation expertise to build foundational solutions, support sales, and accelerate time-to-value for major accounts.

New hires undergo comprehensive product and sales training, then participate in sales deals using your product implementation expertise and client communication skills, with potential to lead engagements and