Senior Associate Software Developer

Emerging Career 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 Platform Services division is looking for an Emerging Career Software Developer to join a team of talented engineers working collaboratively to manage, enhance and evolve shared first-party and third-party Java libraries within our platform.  Our mission is to ensure that our Java libraries serve as a robust and secure foundation for our platform's development, empowering our teams to deliver exceptional solutions.

As an Emerging Career Software Developer, you will:

• Design and develop high-quality, testable, and scalable software solutions within established timelines while adhering to best practices and processes
• Participate in project scoping and scheduling; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of task.
• Ensure quality by creating and maintaining unit and integration tests.
• Maintain accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers.
• In collaboration with technical writers, authors appropriate level of design and technical documentation that satisfies both internal and external consumers
• Collaborate with team members to implement innovative approaches to our evolving software architecture as product requirements dictate

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of software development experience in Java
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• Familiarity with a CI/CD concepts with knowledge of GitHub, Git, Gradle, or similar technology
• Familiarity with Agile development practices
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Spring Boot
• Familiarity with using Docker
• Familiarity with Golang
• Experience with cloud technologies and providers - Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, OpenShift

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. 

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