Senior .NET Lead & Delivery Architect

Hippo Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

25 Holidays + UK Public Holidays

Perkbox access

Private health may be available

Relocation support up to £8000

Job summary

Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead .Net Developer to join our multi‑disciplinary team. You will act as a technical SME, drive delivery of user‑centred software, and design/maintain pipelines while mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders.

You will lead in architecture, DevOps, and modern cloud practices, promoting excellence in microservices, RESTful APIs, and agile delivery across UK client engagements.

Qualifications

• Excellent experience in the .Net ecosystem, particularly with C# and ASP.NET MVC.
• Proven track record of leading a delivery team to deliver high‑quality, robust solutions.
• Expertise in coaching and guiding others on the best way to achieve an optimal solution.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, able to articulate in both technical/non‑technical terms depending on audience.
• Expertise in the full development lifecycle delivering user‑centred digital solutions.
• Node, React, Angular.
• Docker or Kubernetes or similar.
• Expert knowledge of Microservices design and architecture, including RESTful API Services.
• Expertise 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.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Cloudformation, Terraform, or ARM).
• Expertise in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and DevOps.
• Mastery of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps, and Atlassian.
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Continuously review and prioritise the delivery team's workload and anticipate the need for realignment with evolving priorities.
• Be a strong communicator and presenter, presenting prototypes, solutions and progress to 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, on‑boarding and line management of other engineers, and support consultants in their professional development.
• Promote Hippo’s Engineering Herd externally (for example through writing Blogs, Workshops, Seminars or Conferences).

Skills

C# & ASP.NET MVC

Technical leadership

Agile / Scrum / Kanban

Effective communicator

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead .Net Developer to join our multi‑disciplinary team. You will act as a technical SME, drive delivery of user‑centred software, and design/maintain pipelines while mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders.

You will lead in architecture, DevOps, and modern cloud practices, promoting excellence in microservices, RESTful APIs, and agile delivery across UK client engagements.