Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - SAS

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About the job

The Midtier Platform team in the SAS9 division is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test. The Midtier team is large in both size and scope.This team will contribute to all midtier Java efforts and support all partner engineer teams in both the current SAS9 team and LOBs. Their primary functions will be to secure the platform, improve the quality and performance and respond to field issues. This team will also need to modernize frameworks, update delivery configurations and deployments, and automate testing to all extents possible. The work by this team is fast-paced and the impact spans across multiple SAS9 releases, ship events, solution teams, and divisions.  In this role, you will update our current large test suite as the technology and the runtime code changes. You may also design and develop new code or use new technology to modernize the existing code. You will lead and provide guidance to junior developers. You may also help troubleshoot and triage issues and interact with SAS Technical Support to assist customers.

As a Sr Software Developer, you will:

• Create and maintain high quality of test automation using modern development techniques and provides key data points to support metrics-based decision making.
• Apply automated tests at every layer of the application stack
• Produce and analyze metrics that illustrate the quality of applications and develop insight that drives the direction of quality engineering.
• Work with team to promptly triage test failures with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline.
• Work collaboratively with development, product, operations, and support peers to encourage quality, as a key design element in all work efforts.
• Engage in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.
• Drive enhancements to observability that elevates the resiliency and robustness of your applications under test
• Customize deployment, migration, security, and performance in the continuous delivery lifecycle
• Improve mean time to resolution by leading triage with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline
• Provide mentorship through code reviews for both product, test, and infrastructure code
• Collaborate across teams to evolve quality engineering at SAS
• Serve as a mentor to quality engineers and developers
• Forge partnerships with Development to design and execute effective testing strategies

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 8+ years of software development/programming/testing experience. 
• Knowledge of Java and Spring  in both Windows and Linux environment
• Good understanding of the middle tier architecture and deployment topology
• Strong knowledge of test framework and junit test
• Knowledge of building and maintaining automations in Jenkins
• Strong understanding of software development tools, methodologies, and principles.
• Experience using CVS, Gerrit, Git, or GitHub for source code management and code review.
• Effective communication and strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong learning agility - able and willing to learn more on a continuous basis.
• 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.

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.

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