SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.

Senior Staff Data Engineer

United States, USA · Staff+

No sponsorship$156k-$263kDetected 21 days ago

GitSQLCassandraSnowflakeAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDatadogSparkAirflowdbtData EngineeringCommunication

About the role

You will help power a graph with billions of nodes and edges, where backend architecture directly determines UX speed, clarity, and trust.
Set and enforce standards for data quality, governance, lineage, observability, and operational readiness.
Use AI-assisted development practices to accelerate delivery while upholding architecture, security, data governance, and code-review standards.

Lead architecture and implementation of scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data services for Observability & Insights.
Own technical strategy for core data domains
align roadmap and design decisions across partner teams.
Act as primary technical lead for cross-team initiatives with clear delivery outcomes.
Drive performance and cost improvements across Spark/Flink/SQL/CQL workloads and storage patterns.
Optimize graph-serving data models and access patterns so complex relationship visualizations remain responsive at extreme scale.
Partner closely with product and UI engineering to deliver low-latency experiences for graph exploration, filtering, and risk investigation.
Lead design reviews and provide high-signal code and architecture feedback.
Partner with product, infrastructure, security, and analytics teams to define practical solutions.
Participate in on-call for critical systems and lead incident follow-throughs that improve system resilience.

6+ years owning architecture for commercial data platforms or major data subsystems.
US Citizenship is required for this position due to FedRAMP support responsibilities.
Expert experience with Snowflake data modeling and query optimization.
Strong hands-on experience with dbt, Airflow, and distributed processing patterns (batch + streaming).
Strong experience with Cassandra and familiarity with graph-oriented data systems.
Proven record of leading high-complexity projects across team/org boundaries.
Proven ability to improve team-level delivery quality (planning, dependencies, execution, reliability).

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience running data platforms with SLOs and modern observability (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog).
Experience instrumenting data jobs and services for performance, quality, and cost visibility.
Familiarity with IAM/IGA, compliance, security, or privacy-sensitive product domains.
Experience with Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous delivery for data systems.
Familiarity with AI.
Familiarity with data lake patterns and Spark/Flink operational tuning.
Ramp quickly on Observability & Insights architecture, operations, and roadmap.
Contribute meaningful improvements (reliability, performance, or design quality).
Build strong working relationships with key partner teams.
Own a major data-layer initiative end to end.

$155,800 - $262,550.00 Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee's home location.
We estimate the base salary, for
Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Flexible vacation policy
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
Parental support: Paid parental leave

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