Senior Java Developer

About

The Role Hippo is recruiting Senior Java Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Senior Java 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 Java 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.

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 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 Java Script  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 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…