Senior Software Developer (React, Java, Go)

Senior Software Developer - Hybrid, Cary, NC

Nice to meet you!

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

The Intelligent Decisioning team is looking for a Senior Software Developer to help us build our industry leading analytics driven decisioning solution. Our team of full stack developers works with a cutting edge React UI application along side both Java and Go based microservices.  You will have the opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team with high standards for engineering excellence. Our technology plays a critical role in the daily operations of our customers, so we invest as much time in the security, performance, and quality of our deliverables as we do in feature development.

As a Senior Software Developer, you will:

• Develop software with a React UI and Go/Java REST services using cloud native services and SAS’s internal API’s
• Design and develop high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines.
• Actively involve 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.
• Participate in project scoping and scheduling; track progress of individual tasks and alerts stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of task
• Ensure the quality of the code you write through the development of automated tests (unit, performance, user interface).
• Perform testing of software; verifies, tracks, and fixes "bugs"; modifies software design, as necessary.
• Profile software to discover performance bottlenecks and develop solutions to mitigate them.

Work Location:

• 8 years of experience in _ contributing across the full Software Development Life Cycle in any combination of areas of the software development stack.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field. 
• You have 2+ years experience in developing React, or similar front-end-framework, based applications with Typescript
• You have 2+ years experience contributing at multiple levels of the software stack throughout your career with languages like Java or GO.
• You have written automated tests at various levels (unit, integration, etc.) for your software.
• You have experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery tools such as Git/Jenkins, GitHub, Gitlab, or similar

Preferred qualifications

• You have experience with writing SQL and one or more major RDBMS such as Postgres or Oracle
• You have experience with building and orchestrating containers using technologies such as docker and Kubernetes
• You have experience with web styling CSS, SCSS, less
• You have experience with unit testing in React using Jest
• You have experience with automated testing frameworks like Pytest or Playwright
• You have experience with cloud architectures and at least one major public cloud provider. Preferably Azure.

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 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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