Staff Engineer, hyperexponential
Technical Leadership
£115-130k
2 days a week in office
Insurance pricing software
Be an early applicant
Insurance pricing software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£115-130k
2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform the insurance industry through the power of decision intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- See beyond your code - you think in systems, products, and long-term sustainability
- Thrive in fast-moving environments and bring clarity to ambiguity
- Get energy from working across multiple teams and projects
- Know when to experiment and when to design for the long haul
- Lead with influence and empathy - not just title
- A builder at heart. You care about delivering real impact - not just elegant code - and you bring a sharp eye for balancing long-term sustainability with immediate business needs
- Depth in cloud and distributed systems. You’ve designed and built scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-based architectures - and you know what it takes to evolve them under real-world pressure
- Architectural thinking. You can evaluate and design complex systems, zooming out to see the big picture while sweating the critical details
- Self-directed and proactive. You don’t wait for direction - you spot high-value opportunities, take ownership, and follow through with focus and clarity
- A technical leader and influencer. You’ve led initiatives that span teams and functions, aligning people on tools, technologies, and engineering practices that move the business forward
- Versatile and curious. You bring deep experience across multiple languages, frameworks, and technologies - and you love picking up new ones when the problem calls for it
- Our stack cover multiple technologies like Python, Kotlin, Rust, Typescript, React, AWS and more
- An excellent communicator. You translate complex technical ideas into clear, accessible language for a range of audiences - whether in a doc, a whiteboard session, or an exec update
- Skilled at stakeholder alignment. You build trust, manage expectations, and connect technical strategy with business goals - all while keeping momentum
- Strategic contributor. You’ve helped define and evolve long-term technical vision, and you're energized by shaping what comes next
- Documentation advocate. You know great systems are supported by great docs - and you’re thoughtful about writing for both present and future engineers
What the job involves
- As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping our technical future - you will plan a pivotal role in leading architectural evolution, amplifying engineering excellence, and solving complex challenges that come with scale and expansion
- This is a high-impact role, where you won’t be tied to a single team. Instead, you’ll work across domains, systems, and initiatives - from tackling platform-wide scalability challenges and setting patterns for AI integration, to unlocking new capabilities for emerging markets and customer segments
- You’ll collaborate closely with Principal Engineers, EMs, PMs, and cross-functional Tiger Teams - short-term, high-leverage groups focused on accelerating progress where it matters most
- Your work will directly influence our technical strategy, enhance engineering practices, and ensure we build resilient, scalable systems that support our next phases of growth
- You’ll take ideas from napkin sketch to production-grade systems that redefine what’s possible in specialty insurance
- Drive high-impact initiatives. Lead cross-cutting engineering efforts - especially in early-stage or ambiguous projects - by setting direction, fostering alignment, and helping teams move fast with confidence
- Shape our technical future. Contribute to the evolution of our Engineering Vision, identifying opportunities to raise the bar on quality, sustainability, and long-term impact
- Partner deeply across teams. Work closely with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to support, motivate, and empower teams building secure, scalable, high-performing software
- Guide architectural decisions. Consult on system designs, offer technical leadership, and help teams anticipate and navigate future technical challenges
- Elevate engineering practices. Champion what works - scaling local wins into org-wide standards that improve velocity, reliability, and developer experience
- Build trust and alignment. Develop strong relationships across the business, clearly communicating technical concepts and helping stakeholders align on priorities and outcomes
- Lead in moments that matter. Be a calm, decisive voice during high-stakes incidents, helping teams stay unblocked and keeping critical initiatives on track
- Grow the culture. Mentor engineers, contribute to talent development, and help shape a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning across hx
Application process
- Initial chat with our Talent team to kick things off - if you have any questions before applying happy to connect over Linkedin
- Manager Interview
- Skills Interviews:
- Technical Assessment (Python & React)
- Roleplay Interview
- Values Interview
- We offer!
- Please note that background checks will be conducted as part of the hiring process to ensure compliance with our governance policies. We handle all background checks sensitively and in full compliance with relevant regulations. All applicant data will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and our privacy policy
Salary benchmarks
Our take
hyperexponential was created to provide modelling software to help people and businesses build, deploy and manage analytical models that work with small, sparse and fragmented datasets. Its goal is to make teams more agile, collaborate more deeply, and work more productively.
hyperexponential's pricing and data-driven decision-making software is built for the speciality and commercial insurance markets. The product has broad applications, but the company's initial focus is on speciality insurance, a sector the founders know well, having worked there for more than a decade.
The company's making a name for itself too, working with some of Europe's biggest insurers to transform how pricing decisions are made. And its newest launch, hx AI, blends powerful AI with its core platform to help insurers build smarter models, faster. It's a strong signal that hyperexponential is not just growing, but ready to lead the way.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2024
$73m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$18m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91m
Company benefits
- £5,000 for individual and group training and conference budget
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holiday days (33 in total)
- Company pension scheme via Penfold
- Mental health and therapy provision via Spectrum.life
- Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno
- Private healthcare insurance through AXA
- Top-spec equipment (laptop, screens, adjustable desks, etc)
- Regular remote & in-person hackathons, lunch & learns, socials and games nights
- Team breakfasts and lunches, snacks, drinks fridge, fun office @ The Ministry
Company values
- We are owners - We help move hyperexponential forward without being told
- We push boundaries - We keep going for ourselves and our customers when most would stop
- We grow - We learn deeply, by making things. We improve through data and insights
- We go deeper - We apply a thoughtful and customer centric mindset to all we do
- We do the right thing - We are usually nice, never disrespectful, and always kind
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Amrit Santhirasenan
(Co-Founder & CEO)CompSci at the University of York, qualified Actuary and previous Head of Pricing and Analytics of Tokio Marine Kiln, one of the largest managing agents at Lloyd’s.
People progressing
They joined hyperexponential in 2020 when the company still had a fairly small Engineering team. They were given the opportunity to step in as a Team Lead and ended up being one of the first Team Leaders within ProdEng.
Charlotte joined hx in 2022 and progressed from Project Manager to Delivery Lead, now driving strategic programmes and helping scale how we deliver cross-functional work.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at hyperexponential
Rotem Ben-David (Head of People Operations & Performance)
- We are committed to diversity and equal opportunity. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work and culture is. We are not yet where we want to be in terms of balance, but it is our mission to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds and perspectives and we are working hard towards that goal.
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