Sr. Associate Software Developer

As part of the Platform Services team within R&D Engineering, your role as a Software Developer entail crafting mid-tier microservices, fostering collaboration across teams to tackle intricate feature development, and addressing complex challenges within SAS Viya.

This position requires proficiency in developing microservices using popular programming languages. Understanding server-side programming, cloud deployments, DevOps and CI/CD processes is required.

What we do

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation – pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, and changing the way we live.

What you’ll do

Designs, develops, and debugs software of diverse scope for new and existing products in accordance with designated development practices, timelines, and quality expectations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Experience in developing cloud-based applications.
• Experience in server-side development, including the use of either GO or Java, Spring Boot, micro-service architectures, REST and MVC patterns.
• Must be familiar with software engineering concepts, Agile and DevOps software development methodologies.
• 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.
• Experience using IDEs and third-party tools for debugging, unit testing and CI/CD automation using Jenkins.
• Experience with Cloud architectures and at least one major public Cloud provider
• Candidate should have a thorough understanding of non-functional requirements and be able to work on those viz. performance, scalability, security, etc. and have experience in one or more of these areas.

Skills:

Proven experience in design and development of software projects for the cloud environments using following technologies.

• Languages: Golang/Java, knowledge of more than one programming languages will be preferred
• Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenShift
• Interfaces: RESTful web services and command line interfaces
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis
• Tools: GIT, Gerrit, Gradle, Jenkins, Black Duck Hub, SNYK
• Operating systems: Unix, Windows, z/OS

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to think analytically and work on highly complex projects
• Superior problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Energetic, hard-working, motivated, able to take initiative and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working in a geographically distributed, team-based environment
• Detail-oriented, well-organized, and able to multi-task under pressure
• Demonstrated experience with disciplined unit, regression, and integration testing.
• Participate in peer code reviews and embrace constructive criticism of your code.
• Expert knowledge of current and emerging software development tools, methodologies, and principles

Experience

Should have at least 2-5 years of experience with relevant technology.

Education Preference

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent related work experience

Why SAS

We love living the #SASlife and believe that happy, healthy people have a passion for life, and bring that energy to work. No matter what your specialty or where you are in the world, your unique contributions will make a difference. Our multi-dimensional culture blends our different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Here, it isn’t about fitting into our culture, it’s about adding to it - and we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring.

SAS looks not only for the right skills, but also a fit for our core values. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique values that makes SAS such a great place to work. We look for the total candidate: technical skills, values fit, relationship skills, problem solvers, good communicators and, of course, innovators. Candidates must be ready to make an impact.