Senior Software Developer

Job Description

Summary of Duties: SAS Institute, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Developer to design, develop, and debug software of diverse scope for new and existing products in accordance with designated development practices, timelines and quality expectations. Designs and develops high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines while adhering to R&D best practices and processes. Actively involves other project stakeholders (e.g. managers, developers, user interface and visual designers, product managers) to ensure implementation satisfies functional requirements and is consistent with established R&D standards. Participates in project scoping and scheduling. Tracks progress of individual tasks and alerts stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of task. Ensures quality through functional, unit and performance testing. Works closely with testing by providing thorough reviews of the test plan and communicates when updates to the plan should be made to cover code changes related to enhancements, redesigns and/or bug fixes. Maintains accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers. In collaboration with technical writers, authors appropriate level of design and technical documentation that satisfies both internal and external consumers. May work remotely pursuant to SAS’ Flexible Work Program.

Qualifications:  Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field plus eight (8) years of experience in the job offered or as a Software Engineer, Application Developer, or related occupation. Alternatively, employer will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field and six (6) years of experience in the job offered, or as a Software Engineer, Application Developer, or related occupation.

Requires programming skills in Go and Java. Requires knowledge of current software development tools, methodologies, and principles VSCode, Eclipse, Jira, Kubernetes, and Agile development.

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 employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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.

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