Sr Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

  • SAS Institute
  • Cary, North Carolina
  • Full Time

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)- Remote or Hybrid

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 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

SAS Risk, Fraud & Compliance R&D division produces leading-edge solutions used to detect and prevent financial crime, implement sanctions screening, aide criminal investigations, etc. we are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to design, build, and support scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and test suites to ensure quality within expected timelines during the development cycle.

As a Senior Software Developer in Test, you will:

  • Create and maintain high quality of test automation using modern development techniques, both inside and outside of the CDP and provide key data points to support metrics-based decision making.
  • Produce and analyze metrics that illustrate the quality of applications and develop insight that drives the direction of quality engineering.
  • Work collaboratively with development, product and devops teams to promptly triage test failures with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline.
  • Engages in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.
  • Understands the role of deployment, migration, security, and performance in the continuous delivery lifecycle.
  • Improve mean time to resolution by leading triage with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline
  • Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organizations secure software development goals.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience developing automated tests
  • 8+ years of experience using Python or Java
  • Bachelors degree in computer science or related quantitative field
  • Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
  • Experience working in an agile software development environment, including sprint planning and delivery of sprint commitments, Jira
  • Test design and implementation experience with web-based microservices, REST interfaces, and the OpenAPI specification
  • Has developed innovative best practice solutions that improve quality engineering across team or divisional boundaries
  • Demonstrated ability to distinguish between testing layers, match the correct approach to each situation, and design effective quality gates based on these layers.
  • Experience working with container platforms and technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes and cloud deployments
  • Proficient with source control management techniques (including branching, code review, and merging).
  • Customizing deployment, migration, security, and performance in the continuous delivery lifecycle
  • Youre curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with test frameworks used for testing software in a CI/CD pipeline
  • Experience with Kubernetes and service-oriented architecture
  • Experience with Jira
  • Experience with Ubuntu
  • Experience with VSCode or IntelliJ
  • Experience with cloud deployments on AWS, Azure, GCP

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. 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, 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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Job ID: 485161882
Originally Posted on: 7/14/2025

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