Senior Associate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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We’re the leader in analytics. 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 Industrials team is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test to improve the quality of the next generation application for Planning Management of Our customers. Our team works on the cutting-edge technology stack which processes Big Data to help our customers in making analytical and business decisions. The volume of data, flexible architecture and configurability are the interesting challenges that the Team works upon while delivering features through CI/CD.

As a Senior Associate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), we are looking for someone who:

• Creates and maintains high quality of test automation using modern development techniques and provides key data points to support metrics-based decision making.
• Applies automated tests at every layer of the application stack, both inside and outside of the continuous delivery pipeline.
• Produces and analyzes metrics that illustrate the quality of applications and develop insight that contribute to quality engineering decisions.
• Works with team to promptly triage test failures with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline.
• Works collaboratively with development, product, operations, and support peers to encourage quality, as a key design element in all work efforts.
• Engages in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.
• Protects users from escaped defects, participates in support escalations, and value Customer Experience (CX) above all.
• 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 or related quantitative field
• 2-5 years of professional experience in software development or automated testing in Python, or similar languages
• Experience with integration, regression, and unit testing.
• Working experience with RDBMS – Oracle, PostgreSQL
• Experience using Agile development practices
• Familiarity with various cloud environments and concepts
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline and associated tools like Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, GitHub, etc.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test scripts using Python
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Golang)
• Programming and debugging skills with a working understanding of software architecture and testing principles.
• Exposure to BDD and I18N testing will be preferred.
• Experience with performance and resiliency testing.
• Experience with Linux.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container-based application development.

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.

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