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About The Role
Hippo is recruiting Lead Python Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Lead Python Developers work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain user-centered digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone.
Hippo’s Lead Python Developers are experts in their field. You will act as a lead consultant providing technical expertise in software engineering practices both internally and to our clients. You will be a leader of people and teams, managing projects, driving the team's technical deliverables, maintaining client relationships, and developing and upskilling others.
Your Role In Nutshell
* Act as a technical SME within the squad to produce and ensure user-centered software is developed based on business requirements and following best practices.
* 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 prioritize the delivery team's workload, adapting to evolving operational priorities and complex work-streams.
* Communicate effectively by presenting prototypes, solutions, and progress to internal/external stakeholders clearly and concisely.
* Build strong relationships with your team and stakeholders, identifying and overcoming challenges.
* Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and line management of engineers, supporting their professional development.
* Promote Hippo’s Engineering Herd externally through blogs, workshops, seminars, or conferences.
About The Candidate
* Expertise in Python Engineering.
* Expertise in AWS Serverless technologies such as Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Eventbridge, Cloudwatch, and CloudFormation.
* Experience leading a delivery team to produce high-quality, robust solutions.
* Ability to coach and guide others towards optimal solutions.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of articulating in both technical and non-technical terms.
* Experience with the full development lifecycle of user-centered digital solutions.
* Full stack experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
* Framework experience such as Node, React, Angular is preferable.
* Containerization experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or similar.
* Experience designing microservices architecture.
* Experience with RESTful API services.
* Familiarity with agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, and TDD.
* Proficiency in designing and building applications across platforms and scales.
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or ARM.
* Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps, Atlassian.
* Experience working on GOV/NHS projects is highly desirable.
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