About The Role
Hippo Digital is recruiting Intermediate Python Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Intermediate Python Developers work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone.
Our solutions empower our customers to build and support secure, scalable, and well-engineered systems beyond traditional boundaries. We leverage deep data insights and continuous innovation to deliver awesome platforms that allow our customers to understand and get the most from their data and digital services. The Intermediate Python Developer will play a role in this mission.
Hippo's Intermediate Python Developers have great experience, are keen learners and wanting to grow and develop their technical skillset. You will act as an intermediate consultant providing technical expertise in software engineering practices both internally and to our clients.
Your Role In Nutshell
Produce quality software for a wide range of public and private sector clients
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
Help with 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
Work within Hippo's Engineering Herd to share best practices
About The Candidate
Strong Python skills
Excellent verbal/written communication skills
The full development lifecycle delivering user-centred digital solutions
Full-stack development experience including HTML & CSS
JavaScript library and framework experience is preferable – Node, React, Angular
Containerisation experience – Docker or Kubernetes or similar
Restful API Services experience
Working within agile methods and using techniques such as Scrum, Kanban and TDD
Experience in designing and building native and web applications, across a variety of scales and platform environments
Experience in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and DevOps
Previous experience of using Infrastructure As Code and CI/CD tools would be highly
Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable
About The Company
Benefits
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 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.