Senior .Net Developer

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About The Role

Hippo is recruiting Senior .NET Developers to join our Hippo Herd. Senior .NET Developers work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone. Senior .NET Developers are experts in their field, acting as senior consultants 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)

About The Candidate

• 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 (.NET6/.NET Core) skilled in programming using languages such as C#, F#, ASP.NET MVC, 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
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects would be highly desirable

About The Company

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.
• Candidates will 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 a client location for a number of days per week (client dependent).
• Relocation support up to £8k is available (terms apply).

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Consulting and Information Technology

Industries

• Professional Services