Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

SailPoint; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SailPoint is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join the Data Access Security team in Austin, TX. You will own QA for DAS features, coordinating with a US-based team within SailPoint’s international DAS Engineering organization, and drive test coverage across UI, APIs, and data pipelines.

You will operate in a Scrum environment, develop and execute test plans, reproduce issues with engineering, and ensure high-quality software in a cloud-native, AWS-based microservices architecture.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience testing enterprise software (SaaS/cloud)
• Experience testing distributed systems (APIs, microservices, event-driven workflows)
• Proven ability to develop and maintain test cases and test plans
• Ability to work with software engineers to reproduce issues and verify resolutions
• Experience designing end-to-end tests across UI, APIs and data outcomes (crawl, permissions, classification, events)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own development, maintenance, and execution of test cases for DAS control plane and connectors
• Work with the Scrum team to plan, estimate, and execute QA deliverables
• Design and execute comprehensive test plans for new feature enhancements
• Collaborate with development engineers to isolate, document, and verify resolutions for defects

Skills

Test planning

Distributed systems testing

End-to-end testing

UI/API testing

Collaboration with engineers

Excellent communication

Education

BA/BS or equivalent experience

Tools

Postman

SQL Server

Snowflake

Databricks

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

• 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.