Senior Python Developer

Hippo Digital Limited; Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippo Digital Limited is seeking a Senior Python Developer to join their team in Leeds. This role involves providing technical expertise in software engineering, collaborating with teams to deliver user-centred solutions, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Python and AWS, along with excellent communication abilities. Hippo offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, emphasizing growth and development within the role.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday plus UK public holidays

Perkbox access for discounts

Critical illness cover

Life assurance and death in service cover

Volunteer days

Cycle-to-work scheme

Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme

Season ticket loans

Financial and general wellbeing sessions

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python and AWS Serverless technologies.
• Experience in full development lifecycle delivering user-centred solutions.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical SME to ensure user-centred software development.
• Collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver client solutions.
• Manage software development pipelines and resolve potential issues.

Skills

Python Development

AWS Serverless

Communication Skills

Full Stack Development

Microservices Design

Agile Methodologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD Tools

Job description

About The Role

Hippo is recruiting Senior Python Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Senior Python 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 Python 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.

Please note, we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at this level (senior), therefore the advertised salary band is the lower end of our full banding for this level of position, allowing for progression in the role.

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)

Skills and experience that you need

• Expertise in Python Development
• Expertise in AWS Serverless including tools & technologies such as Lambda, DynamoDB, Eventbridge, Cloudwatch and CloudFormation
• 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
• Full stack development experience using HTML, CSS & JavaScript
• JavaScript library and framework experience is preferable – Node, React, Angular
• Containerisation experience – Docker or Kubernetes or similar
• Experience of Microservices design and architecture
• Restful API Services experience
• 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
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps and Atlassian
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable

What makes us great

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%)
• 25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance and death in service cover
• Volunteer days
• 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
  • private dental cover
  • additional company pension contributions
  • additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
  • wellbeing contribution
  • 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.

Hippo locations

We are headquartered in Leeds and located across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don't let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one. It's worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.