Hiring: SAS Programmer - Banking Domain

Role: SAS Programmer

Experience: 5+ Years

Location: Open (Preferred as per Business Requirement)

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled SAS Programmer with 5+ years of experience in SAS Programming and SQL, preferably within the Banking or Financial Services domain. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data extraction, transformation, reporting, statistical programming, and data analysis using SAS, along with hands-on experience in SQL and Python.

Additionally, candidates with exposure to Generative AI (GenAI) and Agentic AI concepts will have a significant advantage. This role requires working with large datasets, automating data processing workflows, developing analytical solutions, and supporting business-critical banking applications.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, maintain, and optimize SAS programs for banking and financial data processing.

Develop complex SAS programs using Base SAS, SAS Macro, SAS SQL, and advanced SAS functionalities.

Write efficient SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, validation, and reporting.

Perform data manipulation, cleansing, reconciliation, and quality checks across multiple data sources.

Develop reusable SAS macros and automation scripts to improve productivity.

Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

Support regulatory reporting, risk analytics, customer analytics, and financial reporting initiatives.

Work closely with business analysts, data engineers, and stakeholders to understand reporting requirements.

Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with banking standards.

Optimize existing SAS jobs for better performance and maintainability.

Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.

Prepare technical documentation, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.

Required Technical Skills

SAS Programming

Strong expertise in Base SAS

SAS Macro Programming

PROC SQL

SAS Data Step Programming

SAS Reporting

Data Manipulation

Data Validation

Performance Optimization

Batch Processing

SQL

Strong hands-on experience in SQL

Complex joins

Stored procedures (preferred)

Query optimization

Data modelling concepts

Database performance tuning

Python

Strong programming skills in Python

Data processing and automation

Scripting for analytics workflows

API integration (preferred)

Python Libraries

Hands-on experience with:

NumPy

Pandas

Matplotlib (Preferred)

Scikit-learn (Preferred)

GenAI & Agentic AI Skills

Candidates with exposure to the following technologies will be preferred:

Generative AI (GenAI)

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Prompt Engineering

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

AI-assisted data analytics