Director of Engineering - Enterprise Platform

SailPoint•Austin, TX

About The Position

Director of Engineering , Enterprise Platform About SailPoint SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security . Our solutions secure and enable thousands of companies worldwide, providing unmatched visibility and control over digital identities—human, machine, and AI. Our next-generation Atlas Platform is redefining identity governance with advanced AI-powered capabilities. We are a Gartner leader, high-growth Identity Security SaaS organization: the only company with a multi-tenant, micro services-built SaaS IGA solution and AI and machine learning Identity Security platform. Organizations don’t know what data they have; let alone where it resides and crucially, and we help them answer those key questions. Identity security is the central control point for risk management for the enterprise: the easiest way to implement your digital transformation faster and reduce risk. We are proud of our team and the culture we have built which has led to our employees voting us “best places to work” – 15 years in a row. About the Role As the Director of Engineering, Enterprise Platform, reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Platform, you will lead a team of approximately 40 engineers responsible for the core services and innovation driving the Atlas Platform. You will define and execute the technical strategy and architecture for scalable, externally facing platform components, directly impacting SailPoint's ability to deliver real-time access intelligence, policy automation, and extensibility at scale.

Requirements

10+ years in software engineering leadership roles, including managing backend/platform teams.
5+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, SaaS platforms, and large-scale data systems.
Experience with microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS), and containerized CI/CD (Docker, Kubernetes).
Technical fluency at the architectural level; able to guide and challenge engineering decisions.
Proven ability to scale distributed systems for reliability and performance.
Strong background in API design, developer experience, and integration tooling.
Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j), AI/ML pipelines, and AWS cloud environments.
BS in Computer Science or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor engineering teams building core platform components: identity services, knowledge graphs, workflow engines, and data pipelines.
Define and evolve platform architecture for scalability, reliability, and extensibility.
Champion API-first and developer platform strategies, empowering our developer and partner ecosystem.
Drive execution across microservices, GraphQL APIs, event-driven pipelines, and AI/ML-integrated services.
Collaborate with Product, Design, Security, and Field teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Manage stakeholder relationships, aligning technical vision with business goals.

Benefits

Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
Sick leave
Parental support: Paid parental leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution