Senior Java Developer

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance and death in service

Cycle-to-work scheme

Salary sacrifice electric vehicles

Season ticket loans

Wellbeing sessions

Flexible benefits scheme

Job summary

Hippo is recruiting Senior Java Developers to join our Hippo Herd. You will act as a senior consultant, delivering user-centred digital solutions and driving technical delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

You will design and manage software development and deployment pipelines, work with clients, and mentor other engineers. Travel to client sites is expected as part of consultancy work within the UK.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal/written communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering the full development lifecycle of user-centred digital solutions.
• Containerisation experience with Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience with Microservices design and architecture.
• Experience working in agile environments (Scrum/Kanban/TDD).
• Infrastructure as Code—CloudFormation, Terraform or similar.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical SME to develop user-centred software following best practices.
• Collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver client solutions.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Present prototypes, solutions and progress to stakeholders clearly.
• Build strong relationships with team and stakeholders to overcome challenges.
• Support recruitment and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Full development lifecycle

Communication

Agile methodologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Jenkins

Job description

Hippo is recruiting Senior Java Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Senior Java Developers work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone.

Hippo’s Senior Java Developers are experts in their field. You will act as a senior consultant providing technical expertise in software engineering practices both internally and to our clients. You will drive the team's technical deliverables, maintain client relationships and be passionate about developing and upskilling others.

Your role in nutshell:

• Act as a technical SME within the squad to produce and ensure user-centred software is developed based on business requirements and following best practice
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to explore, design and deliver solutions to client problems
• Design and manage software development and deployment pipelines resolving issues and potential bottlenecks before they occur
• Be a strong communicator and presenter, presenting prototypes, solutions and progress to internal/external stakeholders in a clear concise manner
• Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders, identifying and ensuring that challenges are overcome
• Involved in the recruitment of other engineers, and support other consultants in their professional development
• Promote Hippo’s Engineering Herd externally (for example through writing Blogs, Workshops, Seminars or Conferences)

About the Candidate:

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, able to articulate in both technical/non-technical terms depending on audience
• The full development lifecycle delivering user-centred digital solutions
• Containerisation experience – Docker or Kubernetes or similar
• Experience of Microservices design and architecture
• Working within agile methods and using techniques such as Scrum, Kanban and TDD
• Skilled in designing and building native and web applications, across a variety of scales and platform environments
• Infrastructure As Code – Cloudformation, Terraform or ARM or similar
• Expertise in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and DevOps
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps and Atlassian
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable

About The Company

As well as a competitive salary which we’re transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:

• Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Financial and general wellbeing sessions
• Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
  • private health cover
  • additional company pension contributions
  • additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
  • charity contributions
  • tree planting

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Hippo

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.

We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.

Hi, we’re Hippo.

At Hippo, we design with empathy and build for impact. We do this by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design and software engineering. We're a digital services partner who is genuinely invested in helping our clients thrive as modern organisations. Our delivery methodology is truly agile, from concept to reality, supporting innovation and continuous improvement to achieve your desired outcomes.

We firmly believe that technology should serve humanity, not the other way around. We take a human-centred approach to everything we do because we understand that complex problems require a service design approach. This means understanding how users behave and ensuring our solutions work for them in the real world.

Our combination of data, design, and engineering delivers bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. We're confident in our abilities, authentic in our approach, and passionate about what we do. If you're looking for a digital services partner that can deliver real results, let us help you build for the future and make a lasting impact.

We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices which will be your contracted office location. Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on-site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.