Staff Software Engineer

About the job

This role is based in Pune. This location works on a hybrid model, 2-3 days in the office. You will be required to interview in person.

About SailPoint 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.

About the Role As a Staff Software Engineer on Human Agentic Fabric team you will act as a senior technical leader architecting, designing, and building highly scalable, resilient distributed systems. In this role, your typical day involves leading significant hands-on backend software development in Java and GoLang, designing event-driven microservices capable of handling massive daily transaction volumes, and collaborating cross-functionally with Product Management and architecture teams to translate complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions. You will champion engineering excellence, set architectural vision, advocate for best practices across teams, and mentor engineers to build high-performance cloud security systems at global scale.

About the Team You will join a high-velocity, collaborative engineering team based in Pune, India, working in close partnership with our US-based engineering teams. We are passionate about solving complex distributed systems challenges across a modern, multi-tenant SaaS platform built on cloud-native microservices hosted in AWS. Our team fosters a culture of technical rigor, continuous innovation, mutual trust, and ownership, empowering every engineer to make a lasting impact on our core product offerings.

Roadmap for Success

- 30 days: Complete SailPoint engineering onboarding, configure your development environment, and gain a thorough understanding of the IdentityNow multi-tenant microservices architecture and deployment pipelines. Shadow team members during sprint ceremonies, review architectural documentation, and deliver your first backend code contribution in Java or GoLang following SailPoint’s testing and CI/CD standards.

- 60 days: Partner with Product Management, technical leads, and engineering peers to define technical specifications and architectural designs for upcoming high-throughput service capabilities. Design, implement, and deploy end-to-end microservice enhancements, establishing robust unit and integration test coverage.

- 90 days: Independently drive the technical design and execution of complex service components across Java and GoLang codebases. Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries and event-streaming pipelines (Kafka, Redis), and lead constructive peer code reviews.

- 6 months: Define and drive forward-looking technical roadmaps for your service domain, reducing system latency and scaling services to support rapid customer growth. Participate in the engineering on-call rotation to support platform reliability, diagnose complex production escalations, and partner with services teams to review solution architecture.

- 1 year: Serve as a primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) on distributed systems design, asynchronous workflows, and microservice scalability across the organization. Establish design patterns and coding guardrails across teams, champion AI-assisted engineering practices, and actively mentor junior and mid-level engineers to elevate technical excellence across the Pune engineering hub.

Requirements

- Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience

- 8+ years of professional software development experience building enterprise-grade software products

- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing software in Java, with demonstrated experience leading engineering initiatives and setting technical direction

- Hands-on proficiency and professional experience developing scalable services in GoLang

- 2+ years of experience architecting and developing web applications and microservices in a high-scale, distributed cloud environment

- Solid hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL database technologies (such as MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, Aurora, and Hibernate or other ORM frameworks)

- Proven experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures utilizing messaging systems and queues (such as Apache Kafka and Redis)

- Strong background in automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS)

- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with a proven track record of mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional alignment

AI-assisted engineering: Our engineers are expected to use AI development tools as a core part of their daily workflow, not as a novelty. We expect you to use these tools to accelerate delivery, expand your scope, and raise the quality bar, while applying strong engineering judgment to review, validate, and own everything that ships under your name. 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

The Tech Stack

- Languages: Java, GoLang

- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes

- Event Streaming & Caching: Apache Kafka, Redis

- Databases: DynamoDB, Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL

- CI/CD & Build Tools: Jenkins, CloudBees, Git, Maven, Gradle

About SailPoint India and our Benefits: Nestled in the heart of Pune, a bustling hub of technology and culture, the office exemplifies SailPoint's commitment to excellence. Surrounded by a vibrant atmosphere, the Pune office serves as a strategic center for the company, where cutting-edge solutions are crafted and implemented to address the ever-evolving challenges in identity security. With a team of highly skilled professionals, the office embodies SailPoint's values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Individuals. Our Pune team works under a hybrid model enjoying the office 2-3 days a week (unless otherwise specified). We provide excellent office amenities, competitive salaries and strong benefits:

- Competitive Compensation

- Paid Leave: Competitive vacation policies alongside paid company holidays to help you recharge.

- Comprehensive Healthcare: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance options

- Career Growth Opportunities

- Plus so much more!

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 applicationassistance@sailpoint.com 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.