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SAS to Python / R Migration Developer

Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Hands-on conversion, testing, and validation of SAS analytical code into Python and/or R, focusing on execution quality, code accuracy, and reproducibility.

Role type

Senior IC migration developer (SAS to Python/R)

Builds

Production analytics workflows and migrated codebases

Domain

Data engineering / Statistical analytics

Deliverable

Production ML models | product features

Required skills

SAS programming (DATA steps, PROC SQL, Statistical PROCs, Macros), Python, R, SQL, data transformation, unit testing, performance optimization

Preferred skills

Git, CI/CD, cloud-based analytics environments, statistical output validation

Technologies

Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, tidyverse, data.table

Responsibilities

Convert SAS programs into Python/R code, translate SAS DATA steps and PROC SQL, implement data ingestion and transformation workflows, perform side-by-side validation of outputs, debug calculation discrepancies, write clean and documented code, develop unit tests, optimize performance for large datasets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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