Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Careers) - Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

About the job

TheData Accelerationteam ensures SAS analytics run faster and more securely by harnessing DBMS pushdown, parallelism, open file formats, and inor neardatabase execution. We build the underlying engines that power Viyasperformance and scalability including support forParquet,cloud object storage, and high
throughput data movement. We collaborate deeply with Advanced Analytics, Visual Analytics, and platform teams to keep Viya competitive, fast, and reliable for our customers.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Career), you will help engineer quality at every layer of the software development lifecycle.You4llbuild reliable test automation, protect customers from escaped defects, and helpmaintaina healthy continuous delivery pipeline. You will also collaborate across development, product, operations, and support teams to make quality a core design principle
especially as we deliver performance
critical features for Data Acceleration.

This role combines hands
on test development with engineering judgment, metrics-driven decision making, and a deep understanding of CI/CD, cloud environments, and modern quality engineering practices.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (Emerging Careers), you will:

• Partner with developerstovalidatetechnical designs, uncover edge cases, and ensure quality up
  front.
• Design, implement, andmaintainhigh
  quality automated tests across all layers of the stack, ensuring robust coverage for complex distributed data
  processing features both inside and outside the CI/CD pipeline.
• Expand and sustain test coverage for performance
  critical Data Acceleration components, including DBMS pushdown and in
  database execution, parallel and concurrent compute paths, Parquet/Iceberg and cloud
  object
  store integrations, and data loading, ingestion, and transformation correctness.
• Produce and analyze quality metricsthat highlightapplicationhealth and guide engineering decisions.
• Promptly triage test failureswith precision and accuracy,maintainingthe health of our build pipeline and reducing noise for developers.
• Engage in code reviewsfor product code, test code, and infrastructure-as-code related to testing and automation.
• Protect customers from escaped defects,participatein escalations when needed, and keep Customer Experience (CX) at the forefront of decisions.
• Understand deployment, migration, security, and performanceconsiderations within a modern continuous delivery lifecycle.
• Practice effective techniques for deploying and operating SAS software in multi
  cloud environments.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor4s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 0-2 years of professional software development or test automation experience
• Proficiencyin at least one major programming language (Python).
• Previous SAS software development or testing experience
• Demonstrated experience building automated tests or extending test frameworks.
• Solid analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
  especially in distributed systems.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and communicate technical reasoning clearly.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Communication: Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Technology Savvy: Stay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, applying this knowledge to strengthen our platforms
• Collaboration: Ability to work independently as part of a team while mentoring younger team members
• Experience with SQL and/or database systems; comfortable validating pushdown behavior or query execution.
• Experience with Parquet/Arrow/Iceberg or cloud object stores (Azure Data Lake, S3, GCS).
• Background in performance, concurrency, or load testing.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, or cloud-native test environments.
• Familiarity with SAS or Viya platforms is a plus.

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) 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 industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
• 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.