Software Development Engineer in Test
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Software Development Engineer in Test Hybrid Cary NC
Nice to meet you!
Were 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.
Were also a debtfree multibilliondollar organization on our path to youre looking for a dynamic fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and worldclass employee experience youll find it here.
About the job
The SAS9 Visual Platform Products team is looking for a Career Software Development Engineer in Test to help elevate our quality engineering practices across legacy and modern platforms. Youll play a key role in testing the full stack of SAS applications while also helping modernize our automated test infrastructure and supporting testing for desktop applications. This is a great opportunity if you enjoy variety and problemsolving across multiple tech stacksfrom data validation to UI automation.
Were a hybrid team of developers and testers who thrive on variety and collaboration. Our team supports a unique mix of technologiesfrom core components of the SAS programming language to desktop applications and modern web apps.
Youll join a team who value collaboration open communication thoughtful automation and continuous improvement. We work closely with global colleagues bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex problems and deliver highimpact software.
Our environment is big enough to offer interesting technical challengesbut small enough that every voice matters and every contribution is seen.
As a Career Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) you will:
- Design and execute test strategies and complex environment configurations for a broad range of SAS 9 products within the Visual Platform Products area.
- Communicate effectively within a technical team environment contributing to discussions with developers product managers and support teams.
- Identify opportunities for test process automation and lead efforts to implement scalable maintainable solutions.
- Develop and interpret quality metrics to assess application health and guide ongoing quality engineering improvements.
- Collaborate closely with development product operations and support teams to embed quality as a fundamental part of the software design and delivery process.
- Participate in code reviews across product test and infrastructure codebases to ensure quality and maintainability.
- Adhere to and promote secure software development practices ensuring all applicable security policies and procedures are followed throughout the development lifecycle.
Required qualifications
- Five years of experience writing software applications testing software and/or general programming.
- Bachelors degree in computer science or related quantitative field.
- Proficiency in programming languages especially Python.
- Comfort working in a Linux environment (commandline scripting file systems).
- General understanding of software development practices (source control branching code reviews).
- Experience developing and maintaining automated test scripts or frameworks.
- Familiarity with at least one test automation framework (e.g. PyTest unittest or similar).
- Understanding of test types (unit integration system regression).
- Strong attention to detail and a natural focus on quality.
- Demonstrated adaptability in learning and working across multiple tech stacks (e.g. data systems desktop web).
- Effective communication and collaboration skills across technical and nontechnical teams
Preferred qualifications
- Experience testing desktop applications using tools like WinAppDriver FlaUI Pywinauto or TestComplete.
- Familiarity with web testing tools (e.g. Selenium or Playwright).
- Exposure to data testing or SAS validation (e.g. verifying calculations data pipelines or report accuracy).
- Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins Azure DevOps).
- Familiarity with Git for version control and collaborative workflows.
- Comfort using logs and system tools to debug test failures or flaky tests.
- Exposure to API testing or using tools like Postman or pytest requests.
WorldClass 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 onsite health care center).
- Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) thats free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. Theres a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
- An industryleading 401k plan.
- Generous time away including vacation time a variety of paid holidays and our muchloved 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 fulltime employees.
Diverse and Inclusive
At SAS its not about fitting into our culture its 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 its 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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