Senior Software Engineer - FedRamp

About the role

SailPoint, a provider of identity security for the cloud enterprise, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a US-based remote role. The position sits in a FedRAMP-regulated environment and requires US citizenship and an in-person interview. You will design low-to-medium complexity features, write high-performance Golang services and deploy secure cloud resources, while mentoring a small pod of 2-3 engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Design clean APIs, optimize data structures across Snowflake, DynamoDB and Cassandra, and use Temporal for stateful workflow orchestration
• Ensure microservices meet strict security, compliance and observability standards under FedRAMP, applying SRE principles
• Act as a senior IC and module lead, mentoring a small pod of engineers
• Onboard: set up the local dev environment, map the microservices architecture and AWS CI/CD pipelines, ship a small bug fix or minor feature early on
• Deliver medium-complexity features in Golang, take part in code reviews, and identify technical debt or monitoring gaps
• Lead a large technical epic or complex feature, propose architectural improvements via RFCs, mentor juniors and join the on-call rotation
• Over the long term: own several core microservices, guide the pod on product deliverables, improve the continuous delivery pipeline and refine SDLC processes

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• US citizenship (required for FedRAMP compliance)
• Strong communication skills

Required skills

• Hands-on Golang for backend development
• Microservices, distributed systems, clean API design and event-driven patterns
• Snowflake, DynamoDB and Cassandra
• SRE principles, telemetry and observability, and SLOs
• Java frameworks; preferred: AWS, Temporal, continuous delivery, big data / machine learning instrumentation

What we offer

• Flexible, remote-first work culture
• Vacation policy, paid holidays and paid parental leave
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, mental health support and an annual performance bonus
• 401(k) with company match, RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan
• Paid volunteer time off and Austin campus perks