Hippo Digital Limited

About The Role Hippo is recruiting for Senior Delivery Managers to join our growing consultancy. Delivery Managers work with our clients to embed agile ways of working and support multi disciplined teams to focus on the priorities to deliver the associated product or services. You'll also run ceremonies including stand ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives and show and tells. As a Senior Consultant specialising in Delivery, you'll already be an expert in your field. You'll also be a leader of people and teams and advocate for user centred design approaches. Hippo will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members, and to continue to develop as a leader. Your role in a nutshell Help to build and maintain the team on site, making sure that they are motivated, happy, and working well together Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them Facilitate and track team risks and dependencies Help the team to focus on the priorities to deliver the product or service Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement of the delivery team Coach and mentor team members and others to apply the most appropriate agile and lean tools and techniques Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders Line management of colleagues within your profession Skills and experience that you need People are at the centre of everything we do. We're a diverse and close knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a common sense approach to getting things done. We get things wrong, we learn from experience and we adapt. We stay curious and never stop learning. We don't need you to have any certificates or qualifications, but we do need to be confident that you can demonstrate experience in: Delivering complex digital projects Agile project management and working practices (SCRUM/Lean/DSDM/APMG) Leading teams of various configurations and sizes, from a fully resourced consultancy team to running hybrid consultancy/client teams Collaboration and project management tools Understanding of user centred design principles and practices 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 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. 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. Hippo locations We are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We are looking for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices. 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 you will need to be open/flexible to travel. We offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one.

About The Role Hippo is recruiting a Senior Python Developer 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 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 Expert experience with Python Excellent experience with Python tools and technologies Django, Flask & FastAPI Excellent experience with AWS Serverless 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 with 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 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.

A leading digital services firm based in Leeds is looking for a Lead Python Developer to join their team. The role involves acting as a technical lead, managing projects, and ensuring the delivery of user-centred digital solutions. Candidates should have expertise in Python and full stack development, along with leadership skills to guide a delivery team. A competitive salary and a variety of benefits, including a contributory pension scheme and flexible benefits, are offered.

About The Role Hippo is recruiting for a Senior Data Architect to join our Hippo Herd. Our Senior Data Architect will work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone. As a Senior Data Architect, you will be working as part of teams to build solutions that make data accessible to enable solutions to be optimised by using an evidence-based approach. Engaging with our clients you will design and implement data solutions ensuring solutions are integrated with internal systems and business processes. Your role in a nutshell: Define a data architecture that satisfies the data requirements of all stakeholders in an organisation and adheres to the enterprise wide data and technical strategy Build and maintain appropriate Enterprise Architecture artefacts including Entity Relationship Models, Data Dictionary, ETL/ELT definitions and Data Pipeline/Lineage Models Be accountable to the client for the rationale of the architecture and detailed solution Define the methods of governance to ensure ongoing integrity of the architecture design artefacts Be an advocate of data security principles and ensure appropriate security practices are embedded in any data strategy Define standards for data modelling to ensure consistency within the solution and across the enterprise Evaluate APIs by analysing documentation and sample responses Analyse candidate data sources for content, timeliness and integrity Reverse-engineer data models from a live system Create Agile stories for the implementation of the solution and support the engineering team throughout development Support third party suppliers in developing specifications that ensure compatibility between client and supplier systems Support integration and reconciliation testing Visualise insights using industry standard reporting tools Skills and experience that you need Proven experience in defining data architectures to satisfy multiple stakeholders with varying data proficiency Thorough understanding of data lake and data warehousing principles and full project involvement in one or more major technology platforms, e.g. Snowflake, Databricks Proven experience with one or more Cloud Services provider, e.g. AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform. Good understanding of role-based access control, its importance in data security and methods of implementation Excellent data modelling skills in designing data warehouses and datamarts Experience of migrating data from legacy on-prem systems to cloud architectures Knowledge of OLTP and OLAP principles and evidence of building such solutions Evidence of building and managing the evolution of entity relationship models, data dictionaries and ELT/ETL models Ability to visualise outputs using leading reporting tools such as Power BI (with custom DAX) and/or Tableau High proficiency in SQL. Knowledge of SQL Server, SSMS, SSIS and SSRS a bonus Ability to make test calls to API endpoints using a tool such as Postman 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 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.

About The Role As our Bid Administrator (Frameworks), you'll be the friendly, organized hub for all things related to our framework agreements! You'll play a key role in connecting our services to exciting new opportunities. Your day-to-day will involve managing and overseeing all submissions and communications coming in through our online platforms and customer contacts. This means you'll be the first to read, assess, and prioritize potential opportunities that match the great work we deliver, communicating with the right people across the business to help us decide whether to pursue them. Once a decision is made, you'll be responsible for responding in line with framework protocols. We're looking for someone who is a natural collaborator and comfortable striking up conversations! You'll regularly engage with a variety of important stakeholders, including our Sales and Delivery Leads, helping you get the inside track on upcoming opportunities being released through government tendering processes and specific frameworks. If you love keeping things organized and accurate, this is for you! You'll need a sharp eye for detail to spot and communicate changes or clarifications as they appear, briefing our bid teams right away. Understanding the unique timeline and urgency of each bid will be vital. Your ability to quickly evaluate communications and clearly explain their impact to our busy bid teams will make you an indispensable part of our success. Key Responsibilities Opportunity Administration: Manages the email inbox, initial triage, prompt distribution of opportunities, and secure setup of the bid workspace (e.g., folder structure) according to the standard template; creates and updates opportunities in Hubspot (CRM) and accurately archives all formal client communications and Q&A responses. Bid Process, Governance, and Management: Conducts final compliance checks against the RFx checklist and accurately archives all formal governance approvals; manages document version control and follows up on simple, scheduled actions (e.g., status updates). Developing the Strategy (Qualification & Support): Collects, compiles, and files market/client data (e.g., pricing sheets, win/loss notes) to establish a data foundation for strategic review; and assists in basic competitor review by summarising provided data points. Writing to Win (Review & Editorial): Formats documents according to established guidelines and templates; and proofreads for simple grammatical errors, typographical issues, and formatting consistency. Bidding Efficiently (Tools, Content, & Library): Uses content and tools by strictly adhering to established templates and guidelines; and accurately files final documents and solution information into the knowledge library. Learning and Development: Organises and files bid content updates into the established knowledge repository; and participates actively in post-bid reviews, taking accurate notes. Skills and experience that you need Skills & Knowledge Administration: Exceptional organisational and administrative skills with strong attention to detail and ability to manage time effectively. Compliance: Basic understanding of compliance requirements and the importance of accurate version and document control. Proofreading: Excellent English language skills with the ability to spot basic grammatical and formatting errors. Resilience: Team player, ability to work well under pressure and to demanding deadlines with confidence to engage with a broad range of internal stakeholders. Documentation: Proficiency in filing, archiving, and retrieving information efficiently. Technology Proficiency: High proficiency in Google Workspace (Mail, Drive, Docs, etc) and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel). Ideally experienced with Hubspot and public procurement tools and systems (e.g. Find a Tender, Bravo, Atamis etc). Experience Required: Significant experience in a high-volume administrative, documentation, or office support role. Required: Proven ability to follow complex instructions and adhere strictly to defined procedures and guidelines. Preferred: Prior exposure to a corporate or professional services environment. Preferred: Relevant qualification in Business Administration or Office Management. 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 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.

About The Role Hippo Digital is a rapidly growing digital consultancy passionate about building and delivering transformative digital solutions for a diverse range of Public and Private sector clients. We are recruiting for a Lead Technical Architect to support in our mission. We work at the intersection of strategy, design, and technology to solve complex problems and create lasting value. Our collaborative and agile culture empowers our teams to make a genuine impact. As a Lead Technical Architect, you will be a leader and trusted advisor, responsible for shaping the architectural vision and technical strategy for both our clients and our internal practice. Your scope extends beyond individual projects; you will mentor and guide other architects, help to lead our technical thought leadership, and act as a key contributor to growth. You will influence C suite level stakeholders, define architectural standards, and help to drive our technical direction in a high impact, influential capacity. 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 Lead Technical Architect will be a key player and implementer in this mission. Your role in a nutshell: Help define and evangelise the architectural vision, standards, and best practices across the entire Hippo Digital delivery practice. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including C level executives, to guide their long term technical strategy and digital transformation initiatives. Lead complex and strategic technical engagements, providing architectural oversight and quality assurance. Mentor and coach our team of technical architects and senior engineers, helping them grow their skills and impact. Drive pre sales and business development activities, leading the technical response to bids, conducting technical due diligence, and shaping new opportunities. Contribute to Hippo Digital's thought leadership through public speaking, writing, and community engagement. Act as a technical authority, making and communicating key architectural decisions that impact multiple projects or clients. Skills and experience that you need Extensive, senior level experience as a Technical Architect, with a proven track record of leading large scale digital transformations. Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing complex architectures across one or more major public cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP), including proven experience with multi cloud strategies. A deep, strategic understanding of cloud native technology stacks, with hands on experience in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) or serverless deployments and advanced CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI/CD). Exceptional skills in Infrastructure as Code, with extensive experience using Terraform for complex, repeatable deployments. A history of providing technical leadership and mentoring to other architects and engineering teams. Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively with C suite and executive level stakeholders. Experience in a consultancy environment, including contributing to pre sales, proposals, and business growth. Expert level knowledge of security, networking, and governance principles in a cloud context. 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 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.

A leading digital consultancy is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager in Leeds, England. In this role, you will lead teams to deliver complex digital projects, implement Agile methodologies, and foster collaborative working environments. Ideal candidates will have experience in project management, user-centered design, and demonstrate strong leadership skills. The position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits, supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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-Centred 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 be passionate about developing and upskilling others. 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 Lead Python Developer will be a key player and implementer in this mission. 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 Continuously reviews and prioritises the delivery teams workload and can anticipate the need for realignment with evolving operational prioritise and complex work-streams and assignments 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, on-boarding and line management 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 Leading a delivery team to deliver high quality, robust solutions Coaching and guiding others on the best way to achieve an optimal solution 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 Python, HTML, CSS & JavaScript JavaScript library and framework experience is preferable - Node, React, Angular r 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 Expertise in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and DevOps 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 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.

About The Role Hippo is recruiting for a Lead Delivery Manager to join our growing consultancy. Delivery Managers ensure that our client's goals are delivered. This means managing the team's productivity and effectiveness, and working with the team and clients to ensure the project stays on track and delivers quality outcomes to our clients. As a Lead Consultant, specialising in Delivery, you'll already be an expert in your field, an expert agile practitioner, and a confident line manager of other Delivery Managers. You'll also be a leader of people and teams and an advocate for user-centred design approaches. Hippo will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members and to continue to develop you as a leader. Your role in a nutshell Engage with stakeholders, building delivery plans across multiple teams that align with the product vision. Track and understand the progress your team/s are making and communicate this effectively with stakeholders. Proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies across multiple teams, unblocking impediments so teams have the best environment to deliver. Put in place measurable objectives and results for teams ensuring they understand what they are working towards and can measure their performance. Manage people and projects. Work closely with the Head of Delivery to provide leadership and direction within the Hippo Delivery Community of Practice. Provide delivery leadership in your projects and coaching for less experienced members of your client team. Lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams delivering work on behalf of one of our clients, likely to be one of the most significant and high-profile organisations in the UK. Identify and Lead in solving operational client challenges as well as technical or digital ones. Skills and experience that you need People are at the centre of everything we do. We're a diverse and close-knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a common sense approach to getting things done. We get things wrong, we learn from experience and we adapt. We stay curious and never stop learning. We don't need you to have any certificates or qualifications, but we do need to be confident that you have the ability to: Lead teams to work effectively in an agile delivery environment, coaching less experienced team members and stakeholders where needed. Lead complex deliveries across multiple teams, focussing on delivering quality and value to our clients. Lead groups of people that are specialists in their field with confidence, knowing how to guide their short-term and well as long-term priorities. Lead, coach and train less experienced delivery managers and be responsible for their career development. Take a strategic role in planning and executing a product delivery over the short and long term across multiple development teams. Identify and measure value and use evidence of value to drive decision-making to ensure the user is at the heart of the project and the project teams. Build consensus amongst people with different perspectives, with the confidence to make decisive decisions when consensus is not possible. Find pragmatic and creative ways to balance constraints to meet user & business needs across complex multi-team environments. Communicate confidently and credibly on behalf of the company and the client. Experience in setting measurable objectives using tools such as OKRs. Be a senior point of escalation for your project and teams. Experience in working on all stages of a product's lifecycle including live product support and product operations, e.g. escalations and incident management. 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. 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. 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.

A leading digital consultancy located in Leeds seeks a Lead Delivery Manager to oversee project goals and manage effective delivery teams. This role requires strong leadership in an agile environment, coaching less experienced team members, and building delivery plans. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in problem solving and decision-making across complex team dynamics. Attractive benefits, including a competitive salary and flexible options, are offered along with opportunities for career development.

About The Role Hippo is recruiting for a Senior Data Science Engineer you join our growing consultancy. This role sits within our wider Data Team - you'll be a part of a like minded, talented and passionate group of Science Engineers, Engineers, Analysts & Architects who are delivering awesome things for our clients. We are looking for someone who is inquisitive, excels in solving complex data centric problems, ready to explore and visualise data and bring their experience and knowledge on the importance on utilising data to aid in commercial decision making. 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. Our Senior Data Science Engineers play a key role in this. We are looking for someone to bring their experience from a commercial environment to this role - you will be working as part of the wider Data Engineering Team and will be involved in elements of Engineering that sit outside of traditional Data Science. 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 our full banding for this level of position, allowing for progression in the role. Requirements of the Role Experience in developing and expanding Data Science capabilities Deliver business impact across all areas Solid experience working with concepts relevant to data ethics and privacy Understand product delivery from requirements to desirable business outcomes Develop complex solutions using a range of data science techniques, whilst understanding any ethical considerations Understand the role and benefits of data science within the organisation Support capability building within the organisation Collaborate with others to develop data science solutions and outputs supporting the organisation Prepare and manipulate data, and perform complex analytics Present and communicate effectively> Skills and experience that you need We need people who are open to new technologies, quick to adapt, and quick to learn. If you don't have one of the following, please apply and we can discuss in more detail. Strong experience in Machine Learning Experience is at least one core coding language (Python, R, Java, etc.) Experience in relevant Data Manipulation, Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis coding packages (eg. in python: NumPy, Scikit Learn, Pandas, Matplotlib etc.) Strong skills in data exploration, cleansing, modelling and presentation Strong experience in testing data models and Machine Learning Models Strong experience in data presentation and visualisation Desirable Technical Experience At least one Cloud Provider (AWS, Azure or GCP) Databases such as SQL / NoSQL End to end data pipelines Source Control and Version Control (e.g. Git) 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 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.

A leading digital services partner in the UK seeks a Senior Product Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality solutions. The successful candidate will inspire colleagues, engage stakeholders, and develop a compelling product vision that translates into actionable plans. This role emphasizes user-centered design and agile methodologies, aiming to deliver impactful results in collaboration with clients. The position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits, including a contributory pension scheme and 25 days holiday.

About The Role Hippo is recruiting for Senior Product Managers to join our growing team. Product Managers ensure that our client's goals turn into actions. This means creating a compelling vision for your product, developing the product roadmap, writing user stories and actively managing them in a prioritised backlog. As a Senior Consultant, specialising in Product, you'll already be an expert in your field, in agile and a confident coach. You'll also be a leader of people and teams and an advocate for user-centred design approaches. Hippo will provide exciting opportunities to share your expertise with, and influence, clients and team members and to continue to develop you as a leader. Your role in a nutshell: Inspiring and guiding your colleagues by supporting them in understanding the client's needs, explaining the broader context and getting buy-in. Provide team leadership and protect your team from unwanted distraction where possible, allowing them to focus solely on delivery. Engage with stakeholders to create a project vision and translate into a roadmap & prioritised backlog. Communicating with an extremely diverse group of people, including experts in their field. Lead diverse a multidisciplinary team delivering work on behalf of one of our high profile clients Skills and experience that you need People are at the centre of everything we do. We're a diverse and close-knit community united by a love for solving complex problems for our clients and their users. We take a common sense approach to getting things done. We get things wrong, we learn from experience and we adapt. We stay curious and never stop learning. We don't need you to have any certificates or qualifications, but we do need to be confident that you have the ability to: Lead a team of people that are specialists in their field Identify and use evidence of value to drive decision-making to ensure the user is at the heart of the team Build consensus amongst people with different perspectives, with the confidence to make decisive decisions when consensus is not possible Bridge the gap between stakeholders and the team so the team can remain focused on delivery Find pragmatic and creative ways to balance constraints such as policy and security in order to prioritise work and meet user needs. Perform well in a wide variety of delivery disciplines (Scrum, Kanban) Communicate confidently and credibly on behalf of the company and the client. Lead workshops and group exercises, remotely and in-person. Build product and user centric capabilities in others, helping colleagues and clients know what to do when you are not around 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 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.

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. 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 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 & 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 Expertise in public cloud (AWS or Azure) and DevOps CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild, Azure DevOps and Atlassian Experience with Kotlin is highly desirable 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 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.