Senior Software Engineer
This is a UK-based remote role. 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 Senior Software Engineer at SailPoint , you will be at the forefront of powering intelligent identity decisions across modern enterprise environments. In your day-to-day work, you will design, build, and deploy robust full-stack microservices for the Policy Engine—a mission-critical system delivering real-time and batch decision evaluations for cutting-edge initiatives like the SailPoint Agentic Fabric. You will rapidly prototype solutions, hone product requirements with cross-functional partners, and build performant, maintainable software using modern technologies including Golang and Angular. Embracing modern AI-assisted and agentic development workflows, you will actively apply the latest engineering techniques to deliver high-impact security capabilities at global scale.
About the team
You will join the UK Platform Engineering team, a highly collaborative group responsible for architecting, building, and running core platform services. The team consists of talented engineers passionate about crafting resilient distributed systems and end-to-end features. While we enjoy the flexibility of remote work, we stay closely connected through regular collaboration and gather in person once per quarter for an energizing one- to two-day team offsite.
Roadmap for success
30 days:
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Complete onboarding and environment configuration across all relevant SailPoint engineering platforms.
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Shadow team peers to understand the Policy Engine architecture, service dependencies, and deployment pipelines.
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Complete first bug fix or minor feature contribution and successfully submit a pull request following team standards.
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Actively participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and code review workflows.
60 days:
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Design and implement first end-to-end microservice feature in collaboration with the tech lead and product partners.
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Develop unit and integration test suites validating service resilience and external integration points.
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Shadow the engineering support rotation to learn on-call troubleshooting procedures and operational tooling.
6 months:
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Autonomously architect, build, and deliver complex, high-throughput Policy Engine features from concept through to production rollout.
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Participate actively in the 24x7 engineering on-call support rotation (approximately 1 week in 20).
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Lead design reviews, mentor team members on best practices, and introduce agentic coding workflows to accelerate team delivery.
1 year:
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Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the Policy Engine and Agentic Fabric decision systems.
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Drive technical roadmaps and architectural evolution for key microservices across the UK Platform team.
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Partner with global architecture and engineering leadership to set coding standards and lead major technical initiatives.
Requirements
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Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
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5+ years of professional software development experience building production-grade distributed systems
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Strong proficiency in backend microservices development, preferably with Golang
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Proven experience in modern frontend development, preferably with Angular
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Practical experience or strong familiarity with AI-assisted/agentic software development tools and workflows
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Solid backgr