Software Engineer III

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

This role is located in Israel. 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

SailPoint is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to help build a new cloud-based SaaS identity analytics product. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, event-driven microservices hosted in AWS. You will have the unique opportunity to build new capabilities from the ground up while leveraging the resources, scale, and established customer base of an industry leader.

About the Team

Our Engineering team is full of results-driven individuals who are constantly seeking to innovate and make a measurable impact. At SailPoint, engineering is where high-quality technical craftsmanship meets individual ownership. The team collaborates closely in an agile environment, building high-throughput, cloud-native services that secure millions of identities worldwide.

Roadmap for Success

• 30 Days: Complete SailPoint onboarding, set up your local development environment, familiarize yourself with our cloud architecture and coding standards, and successfully deliver your first minor code change or bug fix to production.
• 60 Days: Gain a deeper understanding of the identity analytics product architecture, participate actively in design and architecture discussions, conduct peer code reviews, and deliver your first feature-level contribution.
• 90 Days: Independently design, implement, test, and deploy Java-based microservices, taking full ownership of feature deliverables from requirement analysis through production monitoring.
• 6 Months: Drive end-to-end technical initiatives, enhance system performance and reliability, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and mentor newer team members on best practices.
• 1 Year: Act as a subject matter expert for key components of the identity analytics SaaS platform, contribute to long-term architectural strategy, and partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact roadmap milestones.
  

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Proficient experience with object-oriented analysis, design principles, and design patterns
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs and microservices
• Demonstrated ability to produce unit and end-to-end tests to ensure high code quality and test coverage
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  

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
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience building cloud-native applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience instrumenting applications with observability tools and metrics to monitor production performance
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems

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.