Job Title: Principal Engineer – Workflows Architecture
Company: SailPoint
Date: 2024-07-27
Salary interval:
Salary (min-max): –
Job level: mid-senior level
Company industry: Software Development
Description:
**\*Ideally you are in Austin, TX or open to
relocating
here.
We’d
like you to be able to come into the office 1-3 days per week.**
**About SailPoint:**
SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise. Our identity security solutions secure and enable thousands of
enterprise
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
you and the
role:**
As a Software Principal Engineer at SailPoint, you will be a key member of our engineering
leadership
team, driving the overall design and development of our Identity Security Platform, Atlas. You will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business
objectives
and technical execution. You will need to
possess
a deep understanding of our business landscape, including market dynamics, customer needs, and strategic goals. Your primary responsibility will be to translate this business insight into actionable technical requirements and innovative design solutions.
You have extensive experience in designing and implementing
**workflows platform**
and complex workflows using Temporal technology and enabling automation and optimization of business processes. In this role, you will
be responsible for
leading the architecture,
development
and deployment of scalable and reliable workflow solutions.
You are immensely passionate about
platform architecture, and
delivering reliable, scalable microservices and infrastructure for SaaS products.
You will interact with technical teams across SailPoint to architect systems that scale to process billions of events and support millions of users.
You enjoy technical leadership, technical design and solving complex challenges as much as you enjoy getting your hands into the code.
Future thinker
–
* You constantly think
about the security,
reliability
and resiliency of our platform and how to
maintain
it. You believe that
it’s
not a matter of if we will be attacked, but when. Every decision you make is based on that premise.
* Technology choices that scale
– you understand our technology landscape, the direction that technology is
evolving, when something will be obsolete, and can make sound decisions or assumptions based on those factors
.
* Business minded –
You understand our total addressable market
and you know who our competitors are and what they are building
. You understand where SailPoint is headed.
You can balance
immediate needs (escalations, customer satisfaction) and understand the
long-term
impacts of your
decisions.
Urgency to scale (pace),
you
don’t
get distracted by analysis paralysis.
Thought leader
–
* Be the evangelist of our SaaS Platform architecture and influence Product Management, Engineering leaders & entire SaaS Engineering to the reference architecture.
* You keep up with technology and the direction
it
’
s
going.
You have a firm grasp on how to assess new
tools
and make informed decisions on whether or not change is in order.
* You have high communication standards for yourself and others
**Roadmap & Timeline for Success:**
**Within the first
30 days
you will:**
* Onboard into your new role, get familiar with our product offering and technology
stack
* Come up to speed on
our Identity Security Workflows functionality and technology stack
* Get to know your peers, lead
ers
and other engineers to understand current state,
challenges
and motivation
s
* Seek to deeply understand
current state of identity security industry,
our
business problems or common engineering challenges
,
and
as it relates to SailPoint
propose software architecture designs to solve them
* Learn about our
Top Project Initiative
s
* Interview stakeholders to understand our business goals, product roadmap and challenges ahead of you
**By
90 days
:**
* Responsible for the technical architecture of our SaaS Platform, providing architectural leadership across business application domains, data architecture, data integration,
security
and cloud technologies.
* Set the standard for excellence in engineering by advocating design and coding best practices
* You have a full grasp of our product and are developing a
technology strategy
* You are prioritizing projects and defining
scopes of work
and developing solutions, all the while asking yourself “how quickly will my
solution
be outdated?”
**By 6 months:**
* You are regularly mentoring and coaching members of your team
* You own multiple significant projects
* You provide technical leadership to your team while also delivering high quality code on your own
* Lead significant and thoughtful critiques of others’ design documents
* Consistently achieve
targets and meet deadlines
; you ensure the quality of deliverables exceeds expectations
* Look beyond the immediate backlog to create and share a forward-thinking technical vision for your eam
* You are flexing your lifelong learning muscles, staying abreast of emerging external technologies to understand when to introduce them to your team.
* You are defining and executing on new components
Engineering
Technology Strategy.
* You are leading the implementation (Arch/design/Development) of new services and product offerings
with talents and world class Engineers
.
* You are presenting and communicating the technological leaps
to
executives as well as high level stakeholders
* Translating overarching business strategies into actionable technical roadmaps will be your key responsibility, ensuring synergy
between vision and execution.
* You are recognized as a subject matter expert of SailPoint Services and offerings both internally and externally and giving training sessions, webinars, or speak at conferences
* With a focus on talent development, you’ll
hire, mentor, and coach new team members, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
**Requirements:**
* 10+ years of experience in a Software Platform Architect role, designing and driving the technical design of large-scale commercial, enterprise-class
, multi-tenant
distributed SaaS software in domains such as Security, CRM, ERP,
etc.
* Proven expertise
in designing and implementing workflows using Temporal
* Experience with
implementing rate limiting strategies
in
workflows to
manage system load and
ensure
resource efficiency
.
* Experience with observability tools and practices
(monitoring,
logging
and tracing).
* Deep understanding of modern technologies and paradigms and are excited to learn new ones (e.g.
Golang, Docker, Redis, Postgres,
GraphQl
, Python, Kafka, Terraform, Timescale, AWS)
* Extensive experience in modern SaaS architecture & platforms, REST & other API concepts, design patterns, messaging, security, availability, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
* Experience decomposing monoliths and moving to distributed systems
* Product minded: You can turn complex business requirements into working software that our customers love to use.
* A positive and collaborative demeanor, combined with the ability to coach, mentor and delegate
* Superior communication skills
* Life-long learner- you stay up to date with technology trends, spend time learning new technologies
, and share your leanings with your team.
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-mid-max, USD):
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 everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
