Analytics Software Tester

Summary of Duties: Plan, document, and perform functional, validation, and systematic testing for new and existing software. Numerical validation includes independent coding, cross-validation with existing SAS products or third-party products, equivalence, simulation, or predictive performance. Report defects, evaluate fix requests, and verify fixes. Automate regression testing on all applicable platforms and maintain benchmarks. Review software design during development stage and provide feedback to developers. Stay current with analytical methodologies by researching literature, and participating in courses or conferences. Communicate with developers, product marketing managers, and industry experts to define testing strategies and coverage. Review software documentation and provide feedback. Assist Tech Support and consultants in resolving customer issues. Write technical documents and guidelines for, and provide training to, key stakeholders for features and functionality tested. May work remotely pursuant to SAS' Flexible Work Program. Qualifications: Position requires a Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, or related field plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered or five (5) years of experience as a Developer, Engineer, a related analytics research position, or related occupation. Alternatively, the employer will accept a PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, or related field plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or two (2) years of experience as a Developer, Engineer, a related analytics research position, or related occupation.Requires expert programming skills in data management and analysis. Requires experience in an analytical discipline such as statistics, analytics, data science, operations research, or a similar area of study. Requires advanced modular programming skills in SAS Macro. Requires advanced modular programming skills in functions and modules in Python or Lua. Requires basic scripting skills for test automation. Requires advanced validation skills in matrix programming or other complex software programming. Experience and skills may be gained during attainment of graduate degree. May work remotely pursuant to SAS’ Flexible Work Program.Additional InformationTo 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 . Also view the Pay Transparency notice.Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.SAS only sends emails from verified “sas.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, or on behalf of SAS, please contact Recruitingsupport@sas.com.#LC