SDET (Emerging Careers)
SAS · Cary HQ, NC
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Jul 21, 2026
Cary HQ, NC
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level quality engineering role on a data performance team, focused on building and maintaining automated test suites for distributed data-processing features such as database pushdown execution, parallel compute paths, and cloud storage integrations. The work spans the full CI/CD pipeline, including triage of test failures, quality metrics analysis, and code review. It suits early-career engineers with Python skills and some background in test automation or software development.
Junior level · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 50 people in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 30–80
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $125,684 (middle half $87,206–$140,575).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is titled 'Emerging Careers' and explicitly scopes experience to 0–2 years, placing this firmly at the Junior level.
Python is listed as a required proficiency under Required Qualifications; test automation framework experience is also a hard gate in that section.
Previous SAS software development or testing experience is listed as a required qualification, but the posting also states that an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered — treated as a hard gate but with a practical equivalency escape hatch.
SQL/database systems, Parquet/Arrow/Iceberg, cloud object stores, Kubernetes/containers, performance/concurrency/load testing, and SAS/Viya familiarity all appear under 'Additional competencies, knowledge and skills' — a secondary, non-gating section — and are marked preferred accordingly.
Cary, NC is within the Raleigh-Cary, NC CBSA (39580); however, SAS's headquarters is in Cary and is closely associated with the Durham-Chapel Hill metro as well. The Raleigh-Cary CBSA (39580) is the more precise match for Cary, NC.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The role is hybrid (not fully remote), as explicitly stated in the title.
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