Manager, Software Development

The Government & Fraud Division is looking for a Manager, Software Development to lead a team of 6-8 software developers and SDETs and collaborate with other managers and technical leads to manage software development work in a highly collaborative organization. This role will be responsible for managing the development of the Anti-Money Laundering and other compliance applications.

Do you want to help combat fraud and financial crimes? Create a positive change worldwide? Drive revenue for SAS. Year after year, a major part of SAS Applications revenue has been attributed to combatting Fraud & Financial Crimes. Be part of something bigger: join SAS Applications R&D today.

As a Manager, Software Development you will:

• Manage all aspects of the team, including development and testing, internal and external communication/collaboration, performance management and improvement, and professional growth.
• Understand the career objectives of your team members and support them on their journey to achieve them
• Work with product management, project management and development team to understand, refine, and scope planned work.
• Ensure that projects are completed and implemented in a timely manner while following established procedures and schedules.
• Regularly communicate development and testing status, project risks, resource requirements and allocation, and other relevant knowledge with upper management.
• Ensure R&D standards and guidelines are followed per established criteria, including adoption of the appropriate technology and architecture standards.
• Become actively involved in daily operations and duties as needed to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems or issues. Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals. Refer to GCF and include if security is listed.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 8+ years of related programming or testing experience, including one year of project lead, supervisory or management experience.
• Experience in leading projects to deliver high quality, scalable, performant and secure code.
• Experience in developing applications for the cloud including the use of one of more of the large cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Experience in CI/CD and DevOps using GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Experience with Agile practices and collaboration tools such as Jira or Confluence
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Familiarity with SAS products (nice to have)
• Familiarity with microservice architectures, container technologies.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and public cloud provider technologies.
• Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others' emotions and behavior; leveraging insights to effectively manage own responses so that one's behavior matches one's values and delivers intended results.
• Motivating individuals toward higher levels of performance that are aligned with the organization's vision and values.
• Driving organizational and cultural changes needed to achieve strategic objectives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services; helping others overcome resistance to change.

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.
• 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.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it's not about fitting into our culture - it's about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.

We're a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.