Director, Data Platform Engineering

Director Data Platform Engineering

*This is a Pune India based role. Working in the office 2-3 days per week is.

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 timematching the scale velocity and changing needs of todays cloud-oriented modern enterprise.

About the team and role:

The SailPoint Data Platform powers our core Identity Security Cloud the Identity Graph and variousanalytics and machinelearning drivenproducts and services across SailPoint.

Our mission is to delivercutting-edge reliable and user-friendly infrastructure for data ingestion storage processing andinteraction enabling teams to build data-intensive applications with ease and success. This role overseestheData Engineering and Data Presentation groups as part of the SailPoint Data Platform. The teamData Catalog and various custom-built services to manage data atmassivescale. Our platform supportsboth product and machine learning workloads across SailPoint serving key products and organizationsincluding Identity Security Cloud Non-Employee Risk Management Machine Identity Security AgentIdentity Security Data AccessSecurity andCloud Infrastructure and Entitlement Management.

Additionally the groupis responsible forData Presentation powering full-text search capabilities in ouruser-facing products as well as Data Governance for ensuring data quality and lineage and is thecustodian of SailPoints Enterprise Data Model.

We continuously innovate to meet evolving customer needs and market trends. We seek engineeringleaders passionate about building world-class data infrastructure this role you will lead theSailPoint Data Platform guiding team members in both technical and professional growth.

You willcollaborate closely with cross-functional teams to lead the planning execution and success of technicalprojects with a focus on enhancing the experience forSailPointʼsinternal customers. This role requires adeep understanding of scalable data systems high-performance data pipelines event streaming andengineering instincts to turn conceptual data processing ideas into robust reusable frameworks.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership:

• Build mentor and manage a high-performing team of software engineers specializing in FlinkSpark Snowflake IcebergAirflowand related technologies

• Foster a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvementinlinewith SailPoints4-Is cultural framework

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members promoting their professionalgrowth

• Conduct performance reviews provide feedback andidentifyopportunities for training anddevelopment

• - Manage team workload prioritize projects and ensuretimelydelivery of high-quality solutions

Technical Strategy and Execution:

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for our data platform aligning with SailPoints overalldata strategy

• Drive innovation in data processing techniques exploringnew technologiesand approaches toimprove performance scalability and efficiency

• Lead the design development and deployment of robust and scalable data pipelines using Flink /Sparkdbt Airflow and Snowflake / Iceberg

• Ensure the reliability availability and security of our data processing infrastructure

• Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate our data processing technologies with otherSailPoint systems and services

Stakeholder Management:

• Partner with data scientists data engineers product managers and other stakeholders tounderstand their data processing needs and requirements

• Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technicalaudiences

• Advocate for best practices in data processing and engineering;Manage expectations andensure alignment across different teams

Engineering Thought Leadership:

• Know and evangelize what excellence looks like when it comes to high volume data processing

• Represent SailPoint data platform innovations at external conferences

• Deliver presentations and write blog posts highlighting SailPoints leadership in big dataprocessing

Minimum Qualifications

• 12 years of software development experience with a focus on data processing at scale

• 8 years ofengineering peoplemanagement experienceleading mentoring and growingteams. 3 years of experience managing engineering managers

• Deepexpertisein open-source data technologies like Apache Flink Spark Airflow Iceberg andOpenSearch

• Hands-on experience with data processing languages such as Java /Scalaand Python

• Deep understanding of data pipeline performance including partitioning parallelism serializationclustering scaling and storage formats

• Strong knowledge of modern data infrastructure including containers orchestration cloudcomputing (AWS / GCP / Azure) information retrieval and distributed systems

• Experience supporting high-volume low-latency systems in highly regulated environments

• Excellent communication interpersonal and leadership skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• BS MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field of study

About SailPoint India and our Benefits:

Nestled in the heart of Pune a bustling hub of technology and culture the office exemplifies SailPoints commitment to excellence. Surrounded by a vibrant atmosphere the Pune office serves as a strategic center for the company wherecutting-edgesolutions are crafted and implemented to address the ever-evolving challenges in identity security. With a team of highly skilled professionals the office embodies SailPoints values of Integrity InnovationImpactand Individuals.

Our Pune team works under a hybridmodelenjoying the office 2-3 days a week (unless otherwise specified). We provide excellent office amenities competitivesalariesand strong benefits:

• Our benefits program offers medical insurance for employees and their dependents accidentinsuranceand term life insurance for all employees. All premiums are paid by SailPoint.

• Company sponsored health-checkups for employees and discounted rates for dependents

• Annual performance bonus

• Private equity at certain levels

• 24 Leaves every year in addition 10 holidays

• Flexible Work hours