Senior Data Engineer in Birmingham

Hippo 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 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 Senior Data Engineer, you will play an important role in making Hippo the best Consultancy out there. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team combining data, design, product, delivery, analysis and engineering to deliver bespoke digital services that make a positive and meaningful impact on organisations and society. You will act as a Senior Consultant to deliver Data Engineering services to our clients.

Senior Data Engineers at Hippo are experienced practitioners who lead the delivery of complex data systems, ensuring technical excellence and mentoring others to maintain high standards. 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.

Your Role in a Nutshell:

• Lead the production of user-centred data software based on business requirements and best practice.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to explore, design and deliver innovative solutions to complex client problems.
• Maintain and grow client relationships, troubleshooting complex issues through collaboration.
• Design and manage software development and deployment pipelines, resolving potential bottlenecks before they occur.
• Communicate and present prototypes, solutions, and progress to internal and external stakeholders in a clear, concise manner.
• Build great relationships with your team and stakeholders, ensuring that systemic challenges are overcome.
• Mentoring and coaching other engineers to support their professional development.
• Promote Hippo’s Data Herd internally and externally through blogs, case studies, and workshops.

Skills and experience that you need:

• Essential Experience:
• Excellent experience delivering in Python and experience with at least one other core language.
• Strong expertise in SQL and relational databases.
• Solid experience with Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Solid experience working with Snowflake and dbt.
• Strong experience working with different data formats, e.g., CSV, JSON and XML.
• Expert knowledge in building reliable and scalable Data Pipelines.
• Deep experience working in an Agile Environment.
• Proficiency in Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• Strong experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Experience mentoring and coaching others on technical best practices.
• Desirable Experience:
• Previous experience of working on GOV/NHS projects or in a consultancy environment.
• Experience in Data Modelling.
• Broader knowledge of IT — e.g., Security and Networking.

What makes us great:

• Alongside working with some of the most talented people out there and on-top of a competitive salary, you can also expect a range of benefits:
• Contributory Pension Scheme (Hippo 6% & Employee 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 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.

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. 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 and working on one of those sites at least 2 days per week.