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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’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

The SAS Data Management Data Acceleration team is looking for a Software Developer to join us in speeding up the connection between data and analytics. Our team enables SAS capabilities to run faster and more securely by using parallelism, DBMS capabilities, running in- or near- database, and owning file access. The connection between SAS analytics and open file formats, like Parquet and Iceberg, has never been more important. Customers expect SAS software to read and write the most common file formats stored locally and in cloud object stores. You will use and contribute to open-source software to enable this to happen.

We foster close communication between team members. This supports us in creating innovative solutions to problems. Our use of Agile practices means we’re on a predictable delivery cadence and are constantly tailoring our process to meet the needs of our team. There will be chances for you to collaborate with our peers in the Advanced Analytics and Visual Analytics divisions as we enhance our platform to better their products.

As a Software Developer, you will:

• Develop code to support open file format integration with SAS Viya
• Design and develop high-quality, testable, scalable software solutions within established timelines while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.
• Actively involve other project stakeholders (e.g., managers, developers, product managers) to ensure implementation satisfies functional requirements.
• Participate in project scoping and scheduling; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of tasks.
• Ensure quality through functional, unit and performance testing.
• Make use of pytest contributing to product test suites.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• 5+ years of software development experience developing system-level software
• 5+ years of C or C++ software development
• 2 years of developing software for use in Kubernetes
• 3 years of developing tools with scripting languages like bash and python

Preferred qualifications

• 3 years of experience with multi-threaded programming
• 2 years of experience with reading and writing data with cloud object stores, like ADLS and S3.
• 1 year of DuckDB experience
• Familiarity with using Docker
• Familiarity with Apache Spark
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks
• Ability to work with tech support on customer issues
• Developing software using sprints and other Agile practices
• Experience contributing to open source projects

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. 

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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