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About the job

The SAS Visual Machine Learning team is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test to enable the continuous delivery of high-quality software to our customers by building confidence into the release pipeline. Our team is committed to developing and supporting robust and scalable end-to-end automation solutions for every step of the product development and operations life cycle.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will:

• Create and maintain the highest quality of test automation that fails fast, uses modern development techniques, and provide key data points to support metrics-based decision making.
• Apply automated tests at every layer of the application stack, both inside and outside of the continuous delivery pipeline.
• Capitalize upon your creativity by developing innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Work with your 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.
• Utilize observability and monitoring tools to proactively detect and remediate failures

Required qualifications

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 5 years of hands on experience with two of the following programming languages: Python, Golang, Java, Groovy, C, C or Java Script.
• Exposure to test automation tooling such as Pytest, Playwright, Spock
• Comfortable working with and testing service-oriented architecture. 
• Hands on experience with cloud technology
• Familiarity with at least one public cloud interface: Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as: Jenkins, Gradle, Argo.
• Firm understanding of REST API Interfaces
• Proficient with source control management techniques (Git) including branching, code review, and merging.
• You are adaptable, a continuous learner who seeks out opportunities to leverage emerging technologies and enjoys the challenges of solving problems on the cutting edge.
• You are flexible and excited by the possibility of working on new problems and new products as additional requirements arise.
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Preferred qualifications

• Responds constructively to criticism, striving to become better every day
• Adds value to teams independently with minimal guidance.
• Strong interpersonal skills that meets or exceeds the needs of the team.
• Ability to pivot quickly and seamlessly toward areas of need.
• Firm understanding of CI/CD pipelines infrastructure
• Experience testing microservice and event driven architectures
• Demonstrated ability to adopt programming languages without formal training or support
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry
• Experience with SAS Visual Machine Learning and/or SAS Visual Text Analytics

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

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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