Software Development Manager

Summary of Duties:

Organize, develop, prioritize, and assign resources to deliver high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines, while adhering to R&D best practices and processes. Lead development project designs and enforces technical standards to ensure solutions execute correctly across various supported environments (i.e. browsers, devices, operating systems). Proactively lead and solicit the involvement of 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. Manage and lead project scoping and scheduling. Track progress of individual tasks and alert executive management and stakeholders of concerns meeting schedules, while following established R&D standards. Manage product quality standards by ensuring functional, unit and performance testing is comprehensive and thorough. Work closely with development and testing teams to verify test plans. Organize, prioritize and assign resources to implement and resolve code changes related to enhancements, redesigns and/or bug fixes. Maintain accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers. Ensure the veracity of design and technical documentation to satisfy both internal and external consumers. Contribute to product or project direction through collaboration with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Customers, and others within SAS. Provide technical leadership as appropriate for projects and to the team through mentoring, training and managing the activities of the team. Manage all other aspects of the department including teamwork, performance management, feedback, and professional growth through collaboration with SAS human resources, SAS education and executive leadership. May work remotely pursuant to SAS Flexible Work Policy.

Qualifications:

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Math, Statistics, or a related quantitative field of study plus seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or seven (7) years of experience as a Programmer, Tester, or a related occupation.

Requires a minimum of seven (7) years of related programming or testing experience, including one (1) year of project lead, supervisory or management experience. Requires extensive experience developing and supporting analytic-driven investigation and decision-support software. Requires extensive professional experience with one of the following programming languages: Java, Javascript/Typescript, or Go. Requires thorough professional experience programming with SAS or a SAS solution; working with Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes; and delivering software using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Requires five (5) years of professional experience developing software using Scrum or some other agile software development process.

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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