Senior Software Developer - Midtier Team - SAS

Senior Software Developer - Remote or Hybrid

Nice to meet you!  

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you’ll find it here.

About the job

As a member of the Midtier team, you will be playing a big part in the effort to secure SAS9 and keeping our customers happy. You will be working alongside a team of developers and testers to triage customer issues, fix customer and security related issues, and upgrade third party software. You will also bring improvements to current processes where possible to enable us to work faster and more efficiently.

As a Senior Software Developer, you will:

• Analyze, implement, and assess third-party components.
• Code per specifications and standards.
• Work collaboratively with development, testing, product, operations, and support peers across the SAS9 Division to triage and resolve customer related issues.
• Ensure quality by creating and supporting automated tests with extensive code coverage.
• Scope requirements and estimate effort.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies and use them appropriately.
• Support internal and external customers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 8+ years of experience as a developer on large software projects.
• Excellent Java programming experience.
• Experience with Jenkins and Python (or other scripting languages).
• Strong understanding of REST APIs.
• Ability to write and maintain unit tests (JUnit).
• Strong experience with Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat.
• PowerShell and Bash Shell experience.
• Experience with Windows and proficient in Linux commands, configuration and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of software development tools, methodologies, and principles.
• Experience with cyber security principles (FIPS, TLS, Certificate and Private Key infrastructure, ciphers).
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience using CVS, Gerrit, Git, or GitHub for source code management and code review.
• Experience with integration and regression testing.
• Strong documentation skills.
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Eclipse IDE
• Experience with Apache Geode and ActiveMQ
• Experience with Groovy.
• Understanding of the SAS 9 product line and middle tier architecture.
• Experience in development or testing of SAS 9 products.
• Experience working with Agile Methodology.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong decision-making abilities.
• Strong ability to take initiative and actively contribute your ideas.

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include…
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive  

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact Recruitingsupport@sas.com.