Sr. Manager, Engineering

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 158,900 - 267,860; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Flexible vacation

Job summary

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering for the Enterprise Platform (US Remote). Lead senior teams delivering core backend services, APIs, and distributed systems powering the Atlas Platform.

You will partner with Product to align roadmaps, drive scalable designs, mentor engineers, and manage delivery cadence. The role demands deep backend expertise, SaaS scale, and strong architectural judgment across AWS, microservices, CI/CD, and data stores.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering management focused on backend services exposing APIs.
• 5+ years hands-on as a software engineer.
• Deep knowledge of scaling SaaS products and agile processes.
• Architectural fluency to discuss trade-offs with senior engineers.
• Experience with microservice architecture, distributed systems, and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operating cadence of teams: planning, prioritization, stand-ups, retrospectives.
• Partner with Product Management to set direction and align roadmaps.
• Engage in technical decisions and guide towards scalable, reliable solutions.
• Coach and develop engineers, handle hiring and performance management.
• Drive scalability, reliability, and debt reduction; set investment priorities.
• Manage risk, dependencies, and cross-team commitments; resolve issues.
• Allocate resources and make trade-off decisions under load.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Backend architectures

AWS

Docker & Kubernetes

Microservices

SaaS scaling

Architectural judgment

BS in Computer Science

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

SQS

Temporal

MySQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Sr. Manager, Engineering, Enterprise Platform – US Remote

Lead one or more senior engineering teams that build the core backend services, APIs, and distributed systems powering SailPoint’s Atlas Platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the day‑to‑day operating cadence of your team(s): planning, prioritization, stand‑ups, and retrospectives.
• Partner with Product Management to set strategic direction, translate into sequenced, well‑scoped execution, and manage roadmap alignment.
• Engage substantively in technical decisions, challenge design choices, and guide the team toward scalable, reliable solutions.
• Coach, grow, and develop engineers along their career paths, hiring and performance management.
• Drive scalability, reliability, and technical‑debt reduction, and determine engineering investment priorities.
• Manage risk, dependencies, and cross‑team commitments, resolving issues proactively.
• Allocate resources across competing priorities and make defensible trade‑off decisions under load.

Requirements

• 8+ years in a Software Engineering Management role focused on backend services exposing APIs.
• 5+ years hands‑on experience as a Software Engineer.
• Deep knowledge of complex, scaling SaaS products and agile processes.
• Technical fluency at the architectural level; ability to discuss trade‑offs with senior engineers.
• Experience with microservice architecture, distributed systems, load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability.
• Worked with modern backend stacks (Java, Go, Rust, Kafka, SQS, Temporal, MySQL, DynamoDB).
• Extensive experience architecting, designing, and operating applications in AWS.
• Experience supporting and developing containerized CI/CD deployments, Docker and Kubernetes.
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Roadmap and Timeline to Success

• First 30 days: onboard, familiarize with product and technology, take ownership of operating cadence, understand team motivations, interview stakeholders.
• By 90 days: motivate and challenge teams, engage in technical decision‑making, understand key‑path work without needing external updates, sync with stakeholders, iterate delivery and quality.
• By 6 months: make measurable progress on technical debt while delivering new features and defects, achieve consistent commitment delivery, build trust and become a respected stakeholder partner, attract high‑quality engineers.
• By 1 year: align team size and skills to roadmap, consistently achieve business results, culture of continuous learning, optimize processes using data, maintain delivery cadence.

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive base salary: $158,900 - $267,860 (US employees).
• Eligibility for SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan, role‑specific commission, and equity participation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
• Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment protection.
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care.
• 401(k) savings plan with company matching.
• Flexible vacation and 8 paid holidays.
• Sick leave, paid parental leave, and employee assistance program.
• Legal assistance and voluntary benefits (critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, pet insurance options).
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified candidates to apply. 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 under applicable law.