GenAI SDET & QA Engineer – Hybrid (NC)

SAS; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Winter Wellness Break

Volunteer time off

Childcare benefits

Job summary

SAS is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test to advance Generative AI capabilities within the Viya platform. You will design, implement, and maintain test automation across the stack, triage failures, and contribute to reliable, scalable software.

You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to improve quality, performance, and security while engaging with open‑source projects on behalf of SAS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience writing software applications, testing software, and/or general programming
• Fluent with REST Interfaces, OpenAPI specs
• Fluent in state‑of‑the‑art techniques, standards, and procedures for software test development
• Demonstrated ability to distinguish between testing layers, match the correct approach to each situation, and design effective quality gates based on these layers.
• Expert in one test automation framework demonstrating the ability to create shareable code.
• Proficient with source control management techniques including branching, code review, and merging.
• Proficiency building and maintaining CI/CD solutions
• Familiarity with CI/CD infrastructure, platform configuration, integration, and secret management.
• Ability to pivot quickly and seamlessly toward areas of need
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a high quality of test automation using modern development techniques and provides key data points to support metrics-based decision making.
• Apply automated tests at every layer of the application stack, both inside and outside of the continuous delivery pipeline.
• Produce and analyze metrics that illustrate the quality of applications and develop insight that drives the direction of quality engineering.
• Work with the team to promptly triage test failures with precision and accuracy, maintaining the health of the build pipeline.
• Work collaboratively with development, product, operations, and support peers to encourage quality, as a key design element in all work efforts.
• Engage in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.
• Understand the role of deployment, migration, security, and performance in the continuous delivery lifecycle.
• Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Skills

REST Interfaces

OpenAPI specs

Test automation

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Cloud platforms

Generative AI

Security practices

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

SAS is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test to advance Generative AI capabilities within the Viya platform. You will design, implement, and maintain test automation across the stack, triage failures, and contribute to reliable, scalable software.

You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to improve quality, performance, and security while engaging with open‑source projects on behalf of SAS.