Senior Golang Software Engineer, Austin TX

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Austin, TX, USA
Hybrid
109K-203K Annually
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Sales • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Data Privacy
The Role

Due to FedRAMP requirements, applicants must be a current US Citizen residing on US soil.

This is a flexible, hybrid role located in Austin, TX.

Want to be on a team that full of results-driven individuals who are constantly seeking to innovate? Want to make an impact? At SailPoint, our Engineering team does just that. Our engineering is where high-quality professional engineering meets individual impact. Our team creates products are built on a mature, cloud-native event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS. 

SailPoint is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to help build and maintain our cloud-based SaaS identity analytics product.  We are looking for well-rounded backend or full stack engineers who are passionate about building and delivering reliable, scalable microservices and infrastructure for SaaS products. 

Responsibilities

  • Deliver efficient, maintainable, robust GoLang based microservices.
  • Produce designs and rough estimates, and implement features based on product requirements.
  • Collaborate with peers on designs, code reviews, and testing.
  • Produce unit and end-to-end tests to improve code quality and maximize code coverage for new and existing features.

Requirements

  • Experience working in a FedRAMP environment

  • 4+ years of professional software development experience 

  • Strong Go experience 

  • Knowledge of security protocols

  • Experience leading design for a team 

  • Great communication skills 

  • Comprehensive experience with analysis and design skills 

  • Experience with container orchestration services such as Docker and Kubernetes 

  • Comprehensive understanding of Go standard library 

Preferred

  • Experience with AWS infrastructure and services, such as EC2, EKS, VPC configuration, DynamoDB, Lambdas

  • Experience with Continuous Delivery using CloudBees

  • Experience instrumenting code for gathering production metrics 

  • BS in Computer Science, or a related field 

Compensation and benefits

  • Experience a Small-company Atmosphere with Big-company Benefits
  • Competitive pay, 401(k) and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • Recharge your batteries with a flexible vacation policy and paid holidays
  • Grow with us with both technical and career growth opportunities
  • Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with flexible hours, family-friendly company events and charitable work

What success looks like in the role  

  

Within the first 30 days you will:   

  • Complete onboarding with HR  

  • Get their environment set up  

  • Take on some tickets, bugs. Resolving some tech debt or bugs form backlog to start; something that doesn’t require a lot of subject matter expertise.    

  • All work committed has tests  

  • Complete the ISC-specific courses  

  • Review the body of documentation on CIEM 

  • New hire maintains availability during core business hours and effectively communicates issues ahead of time.  

  

60 days:   

  • Taking on more tickets and bugs. Ticket resolution.  

  • Performing code reviews and providing feedback on code reviews 

  • Comfortable raising question to the team  

  • Making sure they truly understand the requirements and the bugs  

  • Participating in technical design and grooming sessions with the team 

  • Shadow an on-call rotation 

  

By 90 days:   

  • Participate in the on-call rotation  

  • Do a technical design if the opportunity is available  

  • Give a presentation on something they don’t like about the system or an area that has room for improvement  

  • Presenting their work at feature demos 

  • Contribute in a significant way to team documentation 

  

By 6 months:  

  • Mentoring if the opportunity is available  

  • Know how system works and be able to do cross-service changes confidently 

  • Able to work independently on any task 

  • Has the knowledge base expected of active CIEM team member 

  • Contribute significantly to sprint goals 

  • Regularly defines and upholds PR code review quality for the team 

  

By 1 year:  

  • Trust them to be part of the interview panel for new roles  

  • Participate in owning tech design document if the opportunity is available  

  • Leading cross-team involvement if the opportunity is available 

  • Participating in customer and professional services calls 

  • Attends relevant learning opportunities and presents to the 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):

$109,200 - $156,000 - $202,800

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 apply 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.  

Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact [email protected] or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations.  NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to this email will not be considered for current openings at SailPoint.

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At SailPoint, we believe enterprise security must start with identity at the foundation. Today’s enterprise runs on a diverse workforce of not just human but also digital identities—and securing them all is critical. Through the lens of identity, SailPoint empowers organizations to seamlessly manage and secure access to applications and data at speed and scale. Our unified, intelligent, and extensible platform delivers identity-first security, helping enterprises defend against dynamic threats while driving productivity and transformation. Trusted by many of the world’s most complex organizations, SailPoint secures the modern enterprise.

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