Manager, Engineering

SailPoint • Austin, TX

9d • Remote

About The Position

This is a US-based remote role. You will be required to interview in person. SailPoint is defining the next era of identity security. Our unified, AI-powered platform seamlessly secures both the Human Fabric of your workforce and the Agentic Fabric of AI and non-human identities, completely eliminating organizational blind spots. Built on core principles like zero-standing privilege and contextualized risk, our platform transforms identity from a vulnerability into a strategic business advantage. Today, we are trusted by some of the largest, most complex organizations in the world to deliver intelligent, autonomous identity security at scale. SailPoint is seeking an experienced, motivational, and results-driven Engineering Manager to lead a team of high-performing software engineers responsible for the technical development, architecture, and reliability of core SailPoint products. In this role, you will lead all aspects of software design, code quality, and delivery while fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will partner closely with Product Management and architecture leads to translate product vision into actionable engineering roadmaps, allocate resources effectively, mitigate risks, and coach engineers to help them reach their full professional potential. You will be joining an innovative, collaborative engineering organization on a team that builds and scales enterprise-grade products on a mature, cloud-native, event-driven microservices architecture hosted in AWS. We solve complex distributed systems challenges and tackle tough technical problems where professional engineering rigor meets direct business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong track record of designing, building, and operating cloud-scale systems
• 3+ years of experience building, leading, and managing high-performing software engineering teams
• Strong technical background in modern software development (e.g., .Net distributed systems, event-driven microservices architecture, and AWS)
• Knowledge of front end frameworks such as Angular
• Proven track record of successful execution and delivery in an Agile/Scrum development environment
• Demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, and developing technical talent
• Exceptional organizational, project planning, risk management, and cross-functional communication skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive, adaptable mindset
• AI-assisted engineering: Use AI development tools as a core part of their daily workflow to accelerate delivery, expand scope, and raise the quality bar, while applying strong engineering judgment to review, validate, and own everything that ships.
• Comfort with prompting, agentic workflows, and human-in-the-loop review of AI-generated code is a baseline expectation for this role.
• AI related Technology: Cursor, Claude Code
• Python-based AI/ML frameworks and libraries such as scikit-learn, pandas, and numpy
• Deep Learning Frameworks such as PyTorch
• LLMs and Foundation Models in Bedrock, VertexAI, or similar

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of software design, code quality, and delivery.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Product Management and architecture leads to translate product vision into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Allocate resources effectively.
• Mitigate risks.
• Coach engineers to help them reach their full professional potential.
• Take over day-to-day leadership of sprint ceremonies and team execution.
• Establish regular 1:1s and career development frameworks with your engineers.
• Partner with Product Management to review upcoming quarterly deliverables.
• Fully own sprint planning, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and delivery metrics for your team.
• Drive architectural reviews and code quality initiatives.
• Begin identifying process optimizations across the team.
• Consistently deliver high-impact roadmap milestones on time and with high quality.
• Mentor engineers toward promotion readiness.
• Actively contribute to cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Streamline team workflows.
• Drive strategic technical vision and operational maturity for the team.
• Champion innovation in AI-assisted development and engineering practices.
• Sustain high team engagement, retention, and performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Flexible vacation policy
• 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission
• Potential eligibility for equity participation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree