Senior Staff Software Engineer

Canaan Partners; United States; On-site; USD 156,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

SailPoint is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for a US-based remote role with in-person interview requirements. Due to FedRAMP, candidates must be US citizens residing in the United States.

You will design, build, and deploy scalable microservices in Java and Go, guiding architectural direction and leading high-impact backend work. The role emphasizes AI-assisted development with Claude and Cursor, on a cloud-native AWS stack with an emphasis on data pipelines and reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong Java experience.
• Experience in design/implementation of event-driven architectures and performant micro-services.
• Multi-tenant SaaS product development experience - server-side in Java & Go.
• Experience in designing, implementing RESTful APIs for an API-first architecture.
• Great communication skills.
• Advanced experience with object-oriented analysis and design.
• Proven experience using AI tools (Claude, Cursor) to build releasable, maintainable code.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines and data transformations at scale.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design, implementation, and deployment of efficient, maintainable, robust micro-services to deliver medium-to-high complexity features.
• Set a high bar for code/design reviews and fortify the team’s coding/quality standards.
• Collaborate with technical teams and product managers to implement features that meet the product vision.
• Work in an agile environment, participate in designs, code reviews, testing and issue resolution.
• Mentor junior members and guide them on technical solutions.
• Manage development and release processes of FedRAMP instances.

Skills

Java

Event-driven

Microservices

REST APIs

AI tools (Claude, Cursor)

OOP design

Communication

Go

Data pipelines

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Go

Java ecosystem tooling

Job description

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

Due to FedRAMP requirements, must be a US citizen residing in the US.

About SailPoint

SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise. Our identity security solutions secure and enable thousands of companies worldwide, giving our customers unmatched visibility into the entirety of their digital workforce, ensuring workers have the right access to do their job – no more, no less. Built on a foundation of AI and ML, our Identity Security Cloud Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and changing needs of today’s cloud-oriented, modern enterprise.

About the role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at SailPoint, you will dive into a highly technical, fast-paced role where you drive engineering excellence and architectural direction. Your days will be spent designing, building, and deploying highly scalable, reliable microservices. You will write clean, robust Java code, build advanced prototypes to gather user feedback, and manage high-throughput data transformations. Additionally, you will integrate advanced AI tools such as Claude and Cursor into your daily workflow to accelerate high-quality software delivery.

About the team

The SailPoint Engineering Organization is a results-driven environment where high-quality professional engineering meets individual impact. Our team builds and maintains products on a mature, cloud-native event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS. We are passionate about developer autonomy, technical innovation, and delivering state-of-the-art SaaS platform solutions.

Roadmap for success

• Day 30 (Onboarding & Integration): Successfully merge your first code to production. Map out the technical architecture of your primary domain and establish relationships with key engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

• Day 60 (Ownership & AI Impact): Take full end-to-end ownership of a critical backend feature design. Author your first major architectural design document and implement an AI-assisted development workflow for your immediate team.

• Day 90 (Delivery & Leadership): Successfully deploy your first major scalable system to production, meeting all observability and reliability metrics. Establish active mentorship with at least two mid/senior engineers and present a roadmap for technical simplification to leadership.

• By 1 Year: Demonstrate significant participation and contributions to cross-team initiatives. Drive green field initiatives from the ground up while participating and leading virtual teams and managing dependencies. Participate in technical interview panels for new engineering candidates.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design, implementation, and deployment of efficient, maintainable, robust micro-services to deliver medium-to-high complexity features.

• Set a high bar for code/design reviews and fortify the team’s coding/quality standards.

• Collaborate with the technical teams, and product managers to implement features that meets our product vision

• Work in an agile environment, collaborate with peers on designs, technical refinements, code reviews, testing and customer issues.

• Continue to maintain the “We built it, we maintain it” SailPoint culture: Participate in the product OnCall and TechOps process.

• Mentor junior members and guide them on technical solutions.

• Managing development and release process of FedRAMP instances

• Collaborate with peers on designs, code reviews, testing and UX/interactive designs

• Develop automated tests across the full stack, complete with code-coverage metrics

• Produce designs and rough estimates, and implement features based on product requirements.

• Produce unit and end-to-end tests to improve code quality and maximize code coverage for new and existing features.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience

• Strong Java experience

• Experience in design/implementation of event-driven architectures and performant micro-services

• Multi-tenant SaaS product development experience - server-side in Java & Go

• Experience in designing, implementing RESTful APIs for an API-first application architecture

• Great communication skills

• BS in Computer Science, or a related field

• Advanced experience with object-oriented analysis and design skills

• Proven experience using AI tools (Claude, Cursor) to build releasable, maintainable code

• Strong understanding of and experience with data pipelines and data transformations at scale

The Tech Stack

• Java

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)

• Big Data and Machine Learning technologies

• AI Tools (Claude, Cursor)

• Automated testing frameworks

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AWS

• Experience with Continuous Delivery

• Experience working on a Big Data/Machine Learning product

• Experience instrumenting code for gathering production performance metrics

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent practical experience in large-scale software development.

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):

$155,800 - $262,550.00

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 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.