Senior Staff Performance Engineer

SailPoint, a leader in Identity Security for cloud enterprises, is seeking a Senior Staff Performance Engineer to join their team. This role is crucial for ensuring the performance and scalability of their Identity Security Cloud platform, which provides comprehensive identity governance as a SaaS solution.

The position requires a deep understanding of backend services, with expertise in Java, Go, or Python, and a strong foundation in cloud-native technologies (AWS or GCP). The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and executing performance tests, analyzing results, and making recommendations for improvement across their microservices architecture.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced performance engineer who wants to work on enterprise-grade, multi-tenant SaaS products. The role offers a competitive salary range of $151,100 - $280,500 USD, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, and flexible vacation policy.

The company culture at SailPoint emphasizes a fun-loving work environment where smart people collaborate on intriguing problems. They've assembled what they consider the best identity team in the world, passionate about securing and enabling thousands of companies worldwide through identity security solutions.

Key success metrics include quickly ramping up on the product architecture, understanding identity governance concepts, and becoming autonomous in managing performance testing responsibilities within the first six months. The role requires US citizenship due to FedRAMP requirements and offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies while solving complex enterprise security challenges.