Digital service design and engineering consultancy for UK public sector
Hippo is a Leeds-based digital services consultancy combining service design, research, data and engineering, running a JVM-centric stack (Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot) across AWS, Azure and GCP with Terraform and Kubernetes. Accelerating, senior-weighted hiring across engineering, data, design and research, plus repeated identity-focused projects, points to a growing digital identity practice built for policy-heavy, regulated clients.
Hippo is a privately held digital services partner headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire, founded in 2016 and employing 501–1,000 people. It designs and delivers AI-enabled digital services, bringing strategy, user research, design, data and engineering together in agile delivery teams. Its client base spans UK public sector bodies such as the NHS, DWP and Ministry of Justice, alongside private sector organisations including the BBC and Virgin. Core specialisms include digital service design, user-centred design, digital identity, cyber security, continuous delivery and artificial intelligence.
Hippo builds on Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Node.js, React, Angular and TypeScript, deployed with Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, Azure and GCP, using Terraform, Jenkins, Azure DevOps and Kafka.
Yes, hiring is accelerating in the United Kingdom, focused on senior and principal roles across engineering, data, design, product and user research.
Current work includes identity discovery and assessment, product direction for identity services, CI/CD for data workflows, data pipeline monitoring, and data and AI strategy for clients.
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