Sr Software Developer (Go & Kubernetes)

SAS•Cary, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Experience shipping packaged commercial software
Experience in DevOps / SRE
Familiarity with optimizing database access patterns

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

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) that’s 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.
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.