Senior Machine Learning Engineer (REMOTE)

SailPoint•Austin, TX

3d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer , you will play a critical role in shaping, building, and scaling SailPoint’s AI-powered capabilities. You’ll work at the intersection of AI innovation, software engineering, and platform architecture—designing robust, production-grade ML systems that deliver customer insights and intelligent automation across our identity platform. You will lead complex, end -to- end ML initiatives—from model design and experimentation to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement—while advancing the evolution of SailPoint’s AI platform, data pipelines, and model governance standards. About the team: The AI team at SailPoint applies AI and domain expertise to create AI solutions that solve real problems in identity security. We believe the path to success is through meaningful customer outcomes, and we leverage classical ML as well as recent innovations in Generative AI and Graph ML to bring our solutions to SailPoint’s core product lines.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in machine learning engineering, software development, or a related technical field.
Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow , or scikit-learn.
Proven track record of building and deploying ML models at production scale (cloud-native environments preferred).
Solid understanding of data modeling , feature engineering, and statistical analysis.
Hands-on experience with data pipelines and ETL frameworks such as Spark, Airflow, or dbt.
Working knowledge of MLOps practices—model monitoring, retraining, CI/CD, and experiment tracking.
Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals: testing, modularization, code review, and observability.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; proven ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to LLM-based solutions, embeddings, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
Understanding of identity, security, or enterprise SaaS systems.
Experience contributing to or extending shared ML infrastructure or platform components.

Responsibilities

Design , implement, and optimize ML models (supervised, unsupervised, and LLM-based) that power both customer-facing and internal product capabilities.
Translate AI research and experimental prototypes into scalable, maintainable production systems.
Drive technical execution to improve model accuracy, precision/recall balance, and generalization across customer datasets and regions.
Contribute to defining technical best practices for ML engineering across the AI team and participate in architecture and design discussions.
Partner with product and engineering teams to scope, prioritize, and deliver impactful AI features aligned with SailPoint’s business goals.
Work cross-functionally with architecture , platform, and analytics teams to integrate ML systems seamlessly into SailPoint’s ecosystem.
Champion responsible AI principles and support ongoing improvements in model governance, explainability, and fairness.
Communicate technical insights clearly, enabling shared understanding across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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