Engineering Manager, Data Platform (REMOTE)

Software Engineering Manager, Data Platform 

*This is a full-time remote role. We are open to candidates in US, Canada or Mexico. 

About SailPoint: 

SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise. Our identity security solutions secure and enable thousands of companies worldwide, giving our customers unmatched visibility into the entirety of their digital workforce, ensuring workers have the right access to do their job – no more, no less. 

Built on a foundation of AI and ML, our Identity Security Cloud Platform delivers the right level of access to the right identities and resources at the right time—matching the scale, velocity, and changing needs of today’s cloud-oriented, modern enterprise. 

About the team: 

The future of SailPoint is driven by its amazing Data Platform. Our Data Platform is expanding in size and scope and our teams are innovating in all areas of handling data at scale. We are looking for a manager to lead that innovation in Data Governance. 

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager who has a proven track record of leading an engineering team and who has a passion for integrating a data platform into the fabric of the Software Development Life Cycle. This is a high impact role. The team, the complexity of our data models, the size of the data, and the scope of our mandate are increasing quickly and the time to develop and stream data aggregations is decreasing. We’re looking for someone eager to be a core part in growing our team and building the Data Platform culture at SailPoint. 

What success looks like in the role: 

Within the first 30 days you will: 

• Onboard into your new role, get familiar with our product offering and technology, get to know your team and proactively meet peers and stakeholders 

• Seek to deeply understand business problems or common engineering challenges and propose software architecture designs to solve them elegantly by abstracting useful common patterns. 

• Prioritize the team’s work to align with our broader roadmap to maximize impact. 

By 90 days: 

• Establish processes to improve the efficiency of development, data quality and operational cost. 

• Coach and develop direct reports to scale our Data Platform organization. 

• Lead change and technology initiatives with Data Platform peers and teams outside the organization 

By 6 months: 

• You are fully comfortable in your role and with the day-to-day management of your team of data engineers and analysts tasked with mastering all aspects of Data streaming for an enterprise Data Platform 

• You are closely collaborating with stakeholders to identify and clarify business needs to answer. 

• You translate business needs into requirements, roadmaps, and operational metrics. 

• You are providing technical mentorship to members of the team and lead maturity of technology and team function. 

By 1 year: 

• You have delivered on 30-day proposals 

• You own a 12-month roadmap for the team 

• Your team size and skills are aligned to your roadmap and is operating efficiently 

• You are engaged with architects and leaders to continue integration and value of Data Governance in SDLC and for non-engineering Data Platform customers 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, preferred not required 

• 3 - 5 years of people management experience with data engineers or analysts 

• Proven experience integrating Data Governance practices for an enterprise data platform 

• 5+ years of industry experience with enterprise data platforms used for data processing 

• 5+ years of industry experience with data catalog applications 

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying data governance practices and solutions 

• Excellent communication skills and comfort communicating with diverse technical stakeholders, including Product Manager, Data Science, Engineering, and DevOps. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to execute on ambiguous research tasks, distilling the essence of complex problems and translating to incremental goals. 

• Preferred, experience with Snowflake Data Platform and Alation Data Catalog 

• Candidates from Mexico, C1 or better English fluency