Software Developer (Emerging Career) - 0-2 years of experience

Job Title:  Software Developer (Emerging Career)

Start Dates:  December 2025/January 2026

Location:  Cary HQ/Hybrid preferred

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

In this role, you’ll contribute to the core compute build stack that enables customers to access, prepare, analyze, and operationalize data at scale. You’ll primarily code in Python or Golang across Linux and Windows, collaborate with experienced developers and SDETs, participate in design/code reviews, and ship production‑quality software that powers SAS Viya. 

As a Software Developer (Emerging Career), you will:

• Develop and maintain tooling associated with our build process.  This will include automation tasks associated with our pipeline and code compilation 
• Follow R&D best practices for secure, testable, maintainable code; contribute to unit/performance test automation in partnership with Developers and SDETs 
• Collaborate with Software Delivery Engineering to develop pipeline tools specific to composite container build 
• Leverage container-based technologies such as Docker and Rancher 
• Develop and modify YAML files to help resolve and troubleshoot pipeline issues 
• Use Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines as part of daily development workflow.  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field
• 0-2 years of relevant experience 
• Proficiency with Golang and Python
• Familiarity with Linux and/or Windows development and basic shell tooling 
• Familiarity with Kubernetes 
• Working knowledge of Git and eagerness to learn CI/CD fundamentals 
• Collaborative mindset, curiosity, and strong problem‑solving/communication skills reflected in coursework, projects, internships, or open‑source contributions. 
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to C/C++ 
• Interest in systems/runtime development (workload/job scheduling, resource management, analytics runtimes). 
• Basics of containers/Kubernetes and public cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) or observability tooling. 
• Experience writing automated tests or partnering with SDETs on frameworks/containers. 

Location

• Cary, NC (HQ) preferred

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. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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