Senior SailPoint Software Engineer - Scalable Backend

First American; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

First American is seeking a Senior SailPoint Software Engineer in California to lead projects within small engineering delivery teams, building fast, clean, reliable code that drives business value for customers. You will code across complex areas, shape a long-term SailPoint strategy, collaborate with product management, and ensure high-quality, observable solutions while driving continuous improvement.

The role requires strong backend experience, REST/SOAP API knowledge, and cloud-native

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems.
• Experience driving engineering best practices via automation.
• Strong backend and API development experience.
• Cloud-native deployment and observability knowledge.
• Mentors engineering teams and shares best practices.

Responsibilities

• Code: contribute to the codebase, design, develop, test, and deploy code across complex domains.
• Shape Technical Strategy: develop long-term SailPoint platform strategy and architecture decisions.
• Collaborate/Partner: work with product management and engineering on roadmaps and designs.
• Operational Excellence: build high-quality, secure, observable solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: drive improvements and evaluate emerging technologies.

Skills

Distributed systems

Engineering leadership

Automation tooling

Back-end services

APIs design

Software testing

Communication skills

Cloud-native deployments

Mentoring

Metrics/data-driven

Tools

Java

Beanshell

JavaScript

PowerShell

AngularJS

HTML

CSS

MySQL

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

SailPoint

Job description

First American is seeking a Senior SailPoint Software Engineer in California to lead projects within small engineering delivery teams, building fast, clean, reliable code that drives business value for customers. You will code across complex areas, shape a long-term SailPoint strategy, collaborate with product management, and ensure high-quality, observable solutions while driving continuous improvement.

The role requires strong backend experience, REST/SOAP API knowledge, and cloud-native