Senior QA Engineer, Austin TX

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Senior Test Engineer for Data Access Security (DAS) based in Austin, Texas. You will join a US DAS team within a larger international DAS organization and own test development, maintenance, and execution across the control plane and connectors.

You will work with experienced Developers and Testers, reproduce issues, and verify resolutions, contributing to high-quality, scalable SaaS releases in a cloud-native environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience testing enterprise software, preferably SaaS or cloud-native
• Experience testing distributed systems (APIs, microservices, event-driven)
• Ability to develop and maintain test cases and work with engineers to reproduce issues

Responsibilities

• Own development, maintenance, and execution of test cases across DAS control plane and connectors
• Reproduce reported issues with internal stakeholders and customers
• Collaborate with developers to isolate defects and verify resolutions
• Design and execute end-to-end tests across UI, APIs, and data outcomes

Skills

Test engineering

Distributed systems testing

Test case development

UI/API testing

End-to-end testing

Collaboration with engineers

Communication skills

Education

BA/BS or equivalent experience

Tools

Postman

SQL Server

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

This role will work with our FedRAMP program and requires US Citizenship and onsite work in Austin, Texas. Want to be on a team full of results-driven individuals who are constantly seeking to innovate? Want to make an impact? At SailPoint, our Engineering team does just that. Our engineering is where high-quality professional engineering meets individual impact. Our team builds products on a mature, cloud-native, event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS. SailPoint is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join our Engineering team for Data Access Security (DAS). DAS is SailPoint’s SaaS data access governance product, delivered as part of SailPoint Agentic Fabric. It helps organizations discover, classify, and govern access to sensitive data (structured and unstructured) across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems — and connect that insight to human and AI identity context so customers can enforce least privilege, monitor risky activity, and streamline compliance. In this role, you are responsible for characterizing the technical quality of Data Access Security across a continuous SaaS delivery model. You will join the US team, which is part of a larger international DAS Engineering organization. You will serve as a member of a Scrum team assigned to specific product features, and you will own the development, maintenance, and execution of test cases — both in the DAS control plane (application onboarding, crawling, permissions collection, data classification, activity monitoring, forensics, certifications, and alerts) and against the connectors that reach customer data sources. You will also work directly with internal stakeholders and external customers to reproduce reported issues, isolate defects, and confirm resolution. We are looking for candidates with a strong work ethic who can work with a team of very experienced Developers and Testers, both locally in the US and with colleagues across our international DAS organization. Lack of experience in a particular technology or platform is not a showstopper as long as there is a skill of immediate usefulness, as well as a commitment to continual learning.

Skills

• Minimum 6 years experience testing enterprise software, preferably SaaS or cloud-native products
• Experience testing distributed systems (APIs, microservices, asynchronous/event-driven workflows)
• Proven ability to develop and maintain test cases
• Proven ability to work with software development engineers for problem reproduction and resolution
• Proven ability to design and execute end-to-end tests across UI, APIs, and data outcomes (crawl results, permissions, classification, activity events)
• Proven ability to successfully relate to varying levels of functional and technical personnel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Highly desirable

• Familiarity with C#, .NET, Java, JavaScript, JSON, and XML
• Experience with REST API testing (Postman or similar)
• Experience with SQL and one or more database platforms (SQL Server strongly preferred; Oracle, MySQL, or similar also valuable)
• Experience with Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online, OneDrive), cloud file storage (Box, Google Drive, AWS S3), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), or on-prem file/NAS systems (Windows File Server, NetApp, SMB)
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, or Kafka-based services
• Experience with identity governance, access certifications, or data classification

Location

This position is based in Austin, Texas, on the US DAS team, which is part of SailPoint’s international Data Access Security Engineering organization.

Education

BA/BS or equivalent experience

Roadmap for success:

• 30 days: Complete onboarding and gain foundational familiarity with the SailPoint Data Access Security architecture, Agentic Fabric concepts, and AWS-hosted event-driven microservices environment. Set up your local and cloud testing environments, integrating with team workflows and CI/CD testing pipelines. Shadow team members during sprint cycles and execute 10 or more existing manual or automated regression test suites across the DAS control plane and connectors.
• 60 days: Assume direct ownership of quality assurance deliverables for your assigned Scrum feature team, actively participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and test estimation. Author and execute comprehensive test plans for at least two new feature enhancements, validating UI workflows, REST API contracts, and backend data processing pipelines. Partner with development engineers to isolate, document, and verify resolutions for at least 5 complex defects or customer-reported issues.
• 6 months: Design and implement an end-to-end test matrix covering structured and unstructured data governance scenarios across core connectors (such as Microsoft 365, AWS S3, Box, Snowflake, or on-prem file systems). Drive measurable improvements in test coverage across asynchronous and event-driven data classification and activity monitoring pipelines. Serve as a subject matter expert on DAS quality characterization, mentoring team members on test strategy and defect isolation best practices.
• 1 year: Lead the comprehensive testing strategy for major DAS product releases, ensuring zero critical escaped defects in production across control plane workflows and connector integrations. Establish standardized quality metrics and automated validation routines that reduce regression cycle turnaround times across distributed SaaS microservices. Drive cross-team testing initiatives between the US and international engineering teams to enhance global release velocity and product reliability.

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): $86,900 - $146,438.00. Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.

Benefits Overview

1. Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
2. Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
3. Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
4. Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
5. Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
6. Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
7. Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
8. Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
9. Sick leave
10. Parental support: Paid parental leave
11. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
12. Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
13. 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.

SailPoint is a leading provider of identity security for the modern enterprise. Enterprise security starts and ends with identities and their access, yet the ability to manage and secure identities today has moved well beyond human capacity. Using a foundation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, the SailPoint Identity Security Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and environmental needs of today’s cloud-oriented enterprise. Our intelligent, autonomous, and integrated solutions put identity security at the core of digital business operations, enabling even the most complex organizations across the globe to build a security foundation capable of defending against today’s most pressing threats.

The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. 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.