Senior Python Developer

Overview

As a Senior Python Developer at Hippo, you lead the production of user-centred software within cross-functional squads, ensuring solutions align with business needs and best practices. You mentor engineers, drive robust web applications, and manage deployment pipelines, helping clients derive value from data and digital services. You collaborate across design, product, and delivery teams to solve complex problems and shape scalable, secure systems. This role combines hands-on coding with leadership in an agile, impact‑driven environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + UK Public Holidays
• Perkbox discounts
• Critical illness cover
• Life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead production of user-centred software aligned with business requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver solutions
• Manage development and deployment pipelines, addressing bottlenecks
• Communicate prototypes, solutions, and progress clearly to stakeholders
• Build strong relationships with team and stakeholders; resolve challenges
• Mentor engineers and support consultants in professional development

Key requirements

• Excellent experience in Python
• Proven track record delivering robust solutions within a delivery team
• Experience coaching others to achieve optimal solutions
• Strong verbal and written communication, technical and non-technical
• Extensive experience in full development lifecycle delivering user-centred digital solutions
• Advanced full stack skills: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Experience with JavaScript libraries/frameworks: Node, React, or Angular
• Strong containerisation and Microservices experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Expertise in RESTful API Services
• Experience with agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, TDD)
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and public clouds (AWS, Azure)
• Proficient in CI/CD tools (Jenkins or Azure DevOps)

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Mentoring and team leadership
• Collaborative and cross-functional collaboration
• Python
• HTML
• CSS