Lead Kotlin Developer - Hybrid Role + Relocation Support

Hippo Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

EV salary sacrifice

Season ticket loans

Wellbeing sessions

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead Full Stack Kotlin Developer in Manchester. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams in delivering secure, scalable Kotlin-based solutions across the full stack and cloud environments.

You will lead development, mentoring engineers and shaping architecture while collaborating with data, design, product, delivery, analysis and engineering teams to create impactful digital services for public and private sector clients.

Qualifications

• Proven Kotlin experience in backend services and a strong Java/JVM foundation.
• Experience leading a delivery team to deliver robust, scalable solutions.
• Expertise in building back-end services with Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices design, REST APIs, and Kotlin-based patterns.
• Cloud & DevOps experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation or Terraform.
• CI/CD tooling experience (Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Front-end familiarity with Angular/React/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical SME within the squad to deliver user-centred software based on business needs and best practices.
• Lead design, development, and deployment of solutions for complex client problems.
• Mentor and coach engineers; recruit and onboard new team members.
• Design and manage pipelines, resolve bottlenecks, and improve delivery speed.
• Present prototypes and progress to stakeholders clearly and concisely.

Skills

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Leadership

Microservices

Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Front-end basics

Tools

Spring Framework

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Angular/React/TypeScript

Job description

Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead Full Stack Kotlin Developer in Manchester. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams in delivering secure, scalable Kotlin-based solutions across the full stack and cloud environments.

You will lead development, mentoring engineers and shaping architecture while collaborating with data, design, product, delivery, analysis and engineering teams to create impactful digital services for public and private sector clients.