Sr Software Developer (Go & Kubernetes)

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About the job 

The Platform Data Interfaces team in the Platform Services division is looking for a Senior Software Developer.  This team is responsible for building and maintaining the access layer for the application storage solutions in the SAS Viya Platform using Golang and other technologies as required. As a member of this team, you will help to maintain and improve the use of these technologies in our platform, adhere to SLAs and security compliance needs, and develop new solutions for data storage and access within the system. 

As a Senior Software Developer, we are looking for someone who: 

• Designs and develops high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.

• Actively involves 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.

• Participates in project scoping and scheduling; tracks progress of individual tasks and alerts stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of task.

• Ensures quality through functional, unit and performance testing; works closely with testing by providing thorough reviews of the test plan and communicates when updates to the plan should be made to cover code changes related to enhancements, redesigns and/or bug fixes.

• Maintains 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.

• Participates in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.

• Ensures all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.

• Embraces curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do. 

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field

• 8+ years of experience as a developer on large software projects

• Experience developing applications in Kubernetes

• Experience developing Kubernetes CRDs and Operators

• Experience writing Golang and/or Java

• Experience with Relational Databases

• Experience using GitHub for source management

• Experience with integration, regression, and unit testing

• Experience using Agile development practices

• Experience operating in a CI/CD environment

• Experience with Liquibase and/or other database schema management and migration tools

• Familiarity with data-persistence in cloud environments

• Familiarity with various cloud environments and concepts

• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications. 

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills 

• Collaboration - Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals.

• Communication - Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.

• Technological Savy - Leveraging one’s practical knowledge and understanding of recent technology tools, solutions, and trends to improve work results, solve work problems, and take advantage of new business opportunities.

• Quality Orientation - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how detailed; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

• Experience shipping packaged commercial software

• Experience in DevOps / SRE

• Familiarity with optimizing database access patterns