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Senior Manager, Engineering

Sallie Mae
Indianapolis, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2025

About the role

When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students.

We’re on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey. To help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. To help them Start smart. Learn big.

Students need guidance navigating this important time in their life. They need someone who acknowledges that their education path is unique. They need a partner willing to evolve and not only meet but surpass their expectations. We’re changing. Because students need a better way.

We’re looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation. To break barriers and think of new ways to adapt, help, and create better experiences for students—and for each other.

This is where diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives matter. It’s where you’re empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

Feeling your best allows you to do your best. Our benefits take care of the whole you—from physical and mental to financial and professional. You’ll get opportunities to further your education and career, support for you and your family (including your pets!), paid time off to volunteer for the things that matter to you, and more.

We’re obsessed with impact and making a real difference. For us, that means putting relationships first, asking “why not?” when tackling challenges, and continuously learning new skills.

Come do more than join something, change something. For students, for future generations, for the future of education.

TITLE:                      Senior Manager, Engineering

Duties:                    Lead software application development teams and work in iterative sprints to drive the design, development and testing of software solutions. Build automation and tests to streamline software code to cash pipeline. Refactor new and legacy software code and work towards eliminating technical debt. Collaborate with agile teams to identify approach, dependencies, tasks and seek opportunities for automation. Lead training and Communities of Practice and stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends. Design, develop and consume RESTful, SOAP,

                                   and GraphQL based web services for mission critical, high volume software systems. Develop and leverage latest software design patterns, principles and technology. Apply proficient understanding of code versioning tools, including Git, to write clean, readable and easily maintainable code. Build scalable and highly available software applications, understanding fundamental software design principles. Support and develop automated software testing platforms. Support full software development life cycle, applying knowledge of Agile methodologies. Develop reusable software platforms and libraries. Hybrid work permitted up to 3 days per week within reasonable commuting distance of the Indianapolis, Indiana Office.

SCHEDULE:              40 hours per week, Monday through Friday

LOCATION:              SMB IT, Inc., 8425 Woodfield Crossing Blvd. Floor 5th East, Indianapolis, IN 46240

REQUIREMENTS:   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems or related field of study and five (5) years of experience as a Software Developer, Information Technology Consultant, Information Technology Associate, Software Engineer, Software Programmer, or closely related occupation. Also requires experience in the following:

  • 5 years overall development experience with a good foundation in OOP;
  • 5 years experience with HTML, CSS, and/or Javascript (JS);
  • 5 years with C#/.NET Application design and development;
  • 5 years building/consuming Web Services (SOAP or REST);
  • 5 years working with Relational Databases, Data Modeling and SQL; and
  • 2 years working in Cloud Native Development (i.e AWS, GCP, Azure).

CONTACT:               Send resume to HR_TA@salliemae.com and reference job title and location.

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Feeling your best helps you do your best:

Our benefits take care of the whole you—so you can build your work around your life (not the other way around!).

  • Competitive base salaries 

  • Bonus incentives 

  • Generous PTO, Floating Holidays and 12 Federal Holidays observed

  • Support for financial-well-being and retirement 401k with employer match

  • Comprehensive medic

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