Principal Front End Developer London, England
Job description
About The Role
Hippo Digital is recruiting for Principal Front End Developers develop user focused, national scale services that are critical and have a high-impact on people’s lives. We apply an agile, service design approach to solving our clients’ problems, using technology to enable change. As a Front End Developer operating as a Principal Consultant in our cutting edge technical team, you will be key to making that happen
Your role in a nutshell:
- Produce quality software for a wide range of public and private sector clients
- Create secure, accessible front ends in a variety frameworks and languages adhering to best practices.
- Build to best practices using techniques such as CI/CD.
- Provide input to guide user experience design and development
- Build reusable code for future use
- Optimize web pages for maximum speed, scalability and security
- Work in an agile, collaborative, multidisciplinary team
- Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders
- Work with the hippo community to share best practice to ensure high standards
- Line management of colleagues within your profession
Skills and experience that you need
To be successful you will understand key design principles and be proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Vue, Angular and jQuery. Experience of mobile app development using React Native and have a thorough understanding of web and application architectures. You will have experience of leading the development of services with a team of other developers and a good understanding of web performance, accessibility and web security best practices.
You will also have:
- experience of delivering public facing digital services for a wide range of end users
- be able to articulate complex technical problems and approaches to a wider audience
- understand user centred design principles and practices
- enjoy working collaboratively with your team and experts
- be comfortable working in rapid sprint cycles
- have a positive “can do” attitude
- have great consultancy skills, caring about your client’s needs and motivations
- enjoy sharing your skills and experience with your client to enable them to continue to iterate and improve their product or service after you leave
- embrace line management responsibilities and supporting colleagues
It would be great if you also have:
- Public sector experience, preferably working to the Government Service Standard
- Experience with a user centred design approach.
- Experience developing services for mobile and offline users
- Have an aspiration to share knowledge with junior developers and the wider consultancy.
- Be a keen technologist, with an eye for detail and opportunities to apply new technologies where applicable.
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
Hi, we’re Hippo Digital.At Hippo Digital, 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 located across the UK in Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide, so don't let location hold you back from applying. We welcome candidates from all over the UK who possess the flexibility to work from any of our locations. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k to help make your move a smooth one. It's worth noting that, given the dynamic nature of our business, you may be required to work on-site at client locations or from your own home.
Diversity and Inclusion at Hippo Digital: A commitment to lasting change
At Hippo Digital, we're wholeheartedly dedicated to promoting diversity, equality and inclusion. For us, it's not about checking off boxes but about making a true, lasting difference. Having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem-solving while fostering an inclusive environment that benefits everyone. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join us on this important journey.
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £79,800.00-£115,710.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
