IT Developer in Leeds

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Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. HMRC is one of the UK's largest government departments and one of the country's biggest organisations. Almost every individual and business in the country is a direct customer of HMRC. We collect more than £900 billion a year in revenue from over 50 million customers across the UK.

This is an exciting time to join HMRC as we continue our journey to become one of the most digitally advanced tax authorities in the world. To achieve our ambition, we are investing in ground-breaking initiatives and programmes to transform our tax systems, building a dynamic organisation with a culture that focuses on, and significantly invests in, the continual development of our people.

Data Engineering and Analytics (DEA) is made up of 23 people, who are primarily SAS, SQL or Oracle programmers working in system development roles. We form part of HMRC's wider Debt Management (DM) team. DEA maintains and improves DM's large-scale data warehouses, which are 'big data' analytics and debt management systems, based upon SAS and ORACLE. This system combines data from a range of sources, captures changes, and builds a single source of business intelligence for DM. This is used to place customers on the most appropriate debt-recovery journey in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and customer experience.

Using SAS, we evaluate customer responses to HMRC interventions and create behaviour models and risk profiles. We continually enrich the data to meet the requirements of current and future campaigns, and work to identify and resolve system issues and inefficiencies to improve campaign deployment. This is an exciting time to join the team as we transition our systems to the Cloud, and work to understand and exploit the powerful and dynamic analytical environment it brings. We are also heavily involved in the transformation programme which will see DM's large-scale data warehouse replaced by a new capability during 2026-2029. Additionally, we are starting to take advantage of artificial intelligence to help with coding, communications and analysis.

This opportunity to join the Debt Management Logistics Team (Data Engineering and Analytics - DEA) requires a 2:1 or higher in a highly numerate degree (or 2:2 with a postgraduate degree), with at least 60% of your course in subjects like maths, physics or engineering. Prior SAS experience is advantageous but not required as we will develop your knowledge of SAS Software leading to certification.

As a SAS Developer, you will deliver the system components necessary to integrate our debt management system with the operational transactional systems, which enable front-line teams to effectively perform debt collection activities. Working with a Senior Developer on solution designs for your projects, you will develop architecture and systems designs, including designs for development, testing and delivery. This will be achieved using SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Viya and / or SAS Data Integration Studio and GIT lab - skills you will either bring to the role or develop during your tenure.

You will be comfortable engaging with a wide range of people, translating complex technical data into more accessible language, and vice versa. Working collaboratively with the business and technical leads, you will review business requirements, contribute to technical requirements, produce documentation and provide assurances on delivery. You will be able to readily translate this into a comprehensive work plan, complete with timelines and risks to delivery.

Working with the business, you will develop quality controls to assure the accuracy of your work, and ensure customers are being engaged in the most appropriate manner. You will develop data-driven products for analysis and visualisation to inform and drive business performance. You will have academic or commercial experience of writing code using programming languages and analytical tools; such as SAS, SQL, R, Python etc. You will have academic or commercial experience of producing reports, graphics and data visualisations using languages and tools such as SAS, Power BI, Python, Tableau etc.

You will be able to readily communicate your work to a non-technical audience in a clear and logical manner to facilitate productive relationships with stakeholders and inform the team's work schedule. Experience of undertaking development work on 'big data' would be an advantage. Experience of using version control systems, such as GIT Lab. SAS Certification.

Please note in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application.

From 1 April 2026, applicants will be required to meet updated nationality and residency requirements so that National Security Vetting (NSV) checks can be conducted. If this affects you, we will give you more information at the appropriate time.

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.