Senior Java Developer

About The Role

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

• 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)

• 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
• A full stack developer using core Java, CXF, Spring Boot, Jetty, Mustache, HTML, CSS & Java Script
• 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 – Cloud formation, Terraform or ARM or similar
• Expertise in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and Dev Ops
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS Code Build, Azure Dev Ops and Atlassian
• Experience with Kotlin is highly desirable
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable

• 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

At Hippo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. 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.

We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. Candidates need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices or be open to flexible travel to client sites.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Consulting
• Industries:
  Professional Services