Software Developer; C

Software Developer - Hybrid, Cary NC

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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 SAS9 ACCESS team is looking to hire a Software Developer. The ACCESS team provides data access to different data sources so our customers can make better decisions faster. These interfaces are out-of-the-box solutions that provide enterprise data access and integration between SAS and third-party databases. SAS/ACCESS interfaces enable SAS solutions to read, write, and update data no matter what native databases or platforms are being used.

As a Software Developer, you will:

• Work with top industry software developers in a highly collaborative environment and will interact with many different teams across different areas.
• Be responsible for designing and developing high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines while adhering to R&D best practices and processes, and actively involving other project stakeholders (e.g., managers, developers, product managers) to ensure implementation satisfies functional requirements and is consistent with established R&D standards.
• Participate in project scoping and scheduling; track progress of individual tasks and alert stakeholders of issues blocking or preventing completion of task, as well as mentoring and supporting more junior team members to impulse the team forward and foster a learning environment for everyone.
• Be expected to ensure quality through functional, unit and performance testing; work closely with testing team members by providing thorough reviews of the test plan and communicate when updates to the plan should be made to cover code changes related to enhancements, redesigns, and/or bug fixes.
• Maintain accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers.
• In collaboration with technical writers, create the appropriate level of design and technical documentation that satisfies both internal and external consumers.
• Embrace a culture of curiosity and collaboration; keeping an eye out for improvements and sharing ideas.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience as a developer on large software projects.
• Strong programming skills and experience in C
• Strong knowledge and experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with No
  
  SQL databases.
• Knowledge of different target third party databases (e.g., MSSQL, Hadoop, Teradata).
• Strong understanding of modern software development tools, methodologies, and principles.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience using Git for source code management and code review.
• Experience with integration, regression, and unit testing.

Preferred qualifications

• Query tuning and optimization including specific experience troubleshooting performance issues within databases.
• Strong programming skills and experience in multiple programming languages preferred.
• Understanding of SAS products, data structures and programming technologies.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems.
• Knowledge of general SAS architecture and language.
• Experience with Golang.
• SAS Certified professional.

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) 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.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our…