Engineering Manager - AI Team (London) at Hyperexponential

ABOUT HYPEREXPONENTIAL (HX) At hyperexponential, we're building the AI-powered platform that enables the world's most critical decisions in a £7 trillion industry, which risks to take, and how to price them. These are the decisions that shape real-world outcomes: whether rockets successfully launch into space, autonomous vehicles make it to market, or communities recover after major storms. Until now, insurance has been making billion-pound decisions using outdated tools. We're changing that. Our platform brings together data, AI, and human expertise to give insurers the fastest path from submission to decision - helping them move faster, act smarter, and take on more risk with confidence. Backed by a16z, Highland Europe, and Battery Ventures, we're scaling globally - already trusted by nearly 50 of the world's largest insurers, with zero churn and billions in premiums flowing through hx. What began as a single product in one market has rapidly evolved into a multi-product, multi-territory platform powering every stage of pricing and underwriting. AI is at the core of what we do - from building the world's first domain-specific AI peer programmer for insurance (think GitHub Copilot with a PhD in actuarial science) to shaping agentic workflows that reinvent how this industry operates. What makes hx different is the people who build it. Here, impact isn't tied to title or tenure; it's defined by the challenges you take on and the discipline you bring. Surrounded by peers who stretch you, you'll do the best, hardest work of your life in a company engineered to endure. If that sounds like you, join us in building what comes next. ABOUT THE TEAM Our Agent teams are building and scaling cutting-edge AI agents that power real customer workflows, from autonomous analysis to interactive assistance and user-facing automation. You will sit at the heart of translating ambitious product ideas and performance targets into robust, production-ready agent capabilities that materially move the needle for our customers. This group operates like a highly aligned, elite squad: tight collaboration between Engineering, Product, Design, and Research Engineering; fast feedback loops; and a bias towards experimentation over theory. Everything we build is novel, so we treat uncertainty as a design constraint, using formal explore / exploit practices to discover what works, kill what does not, and double down on impact. As Engineering Manager, you will own the technical delivery of one of our Agent roadmaps (Actuarial Agent, Ingestion Agent, or Underwriting Agent), leading AI Engineers to ship features that meet real customer requirements and close gaps surfaced through our eval pipelines. Your impact will be visible in the capabilities customers rely on day to day, and in the compounding velocity of a team that can repeatedly solve problems no one has solved before. Check out our AI Candidate Hub [Upgrade to PRO to see link] for a behind the scenes look on the team you would be joining! WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING - Owning end-to-end technical delivery for one Agent team, turning customer requirements and eval-driven performance gaps into shipped capabilities that measurably improve agent success rates, latency, and reliability. - Designing and institutionalising an explore / exploit operating model for your team, using timeboxed spikes, clear kill criteria, and exploitation triggers to reduce feasibility risk and increase the hit-rate of successful agent solutions. - Partnering with Product, Design, and Research Engineering to co-design solutions, rapidly assessing feasibility for novel use cases, and steering the roadmap as you learn from real-world performance and customer feedback. - Building and maintaining a DevEx roadmap focused on engineering velocity, investing in tooling, CI/CD, testing infrastructure, and observability so the team can safely increase deployment frequency and reduce cycle times. - Coaching and mentoring AI Engineers to take on larger, more complex problems, growing technical leaders who can confidently drive designs, lead research spikes, and own critical areas of the agent stack. - Creating a culture of high trust and high accountability, where experimentation is encouraged, data and evals guide decisions, and the team takes collective responsibility for the quality and performance of agents in production. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO HAVE DONE - Led the technical delivery of complex, ambiguous products or systems in a domain without established playbooks, breaking down unknowns into testable hypotheses that led to meaningful shipped outcomes. - Built and iterated on a structured experimentation or discovery framework (for example, spikes, A/B tests, or eval-driven loops) that reduced feasibility risk and accelerated decision making. - Owned and delivered a DevEx or platform roadmap that materially improved engineering velocity, such as introducing CI/CD, improving testing and observability, or simplifying developer workflows. - Managed or technically led a high-performing engineering team, creating psychological safety while holding a high bar for quality, delivery, and ownership of outcomes. - Shipped AI / ML powered features or systems at production scale, working through challenges around reliability, observability, cost, and user trust, not just model performance in isolation. - Collaborated closely with cross functional partners (such as Product, Design, and Research / Data Science) to define strategy, shape roadmaps, and make trade-offs between delivery, debt, and foundational investment. YOU’RE UNLIKELY TO THRIVE HERE IF - You prefer working only with well-defined requirements and mature patterns, and feel uncomfortable leading in environments with high uncertainty and few precedents. - You see DevEx and engineering velocity as separate from product impact, rather than as core levers to ship better capabilities faster. - You avoid direct ownership of difficult decisions or trade offs, preferring to escalate or defer rather than making and communicating clear calls with imperfect information. If reading our Culture Document [Upgrade to PRO to see link] leaves you feeling neutral rather than energised, hx may not be the place where you'll do your best work. We're building something that asks for commitment and conviction, and we want you to feel excited by the opportunity to grow with us. COMPENSATION At hx, we're committed to salary transparency. You'll always have clarity on pay early in the process - our Talent Partner will share details with you during initial conversations - and we're working towards publishing salary information for all roles globally. Because we're building at the intersection of technology/SaaS and insurance, our roles don't always map neatly onto traditional benchmarks. Our approach is to design compensation that's competitive in the market, fair across teams, and aligned with the impact our people make. Equity: We offer equity across all roles at hx, making it a significant component of total compensation. Your Talent Partner will be able to share more details about this. BENEFITS £5,000 training and conference budget for individual and group development. 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays (33 days total). Company pension scheme via Penfold. Mental health support and therapy via Spectrum.life [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno. Private healthcare insurance through AXA. Income protection and Life Insurance. Cycle to Work Scheme. ADDITIONAL PERKS Top-spec equipment (laptop, screens, adjustable desks, etc.). Regular remote and in-person hackathons, lunch and learns, socials, and game nights. Team breakfasts and lunches, snacks, drinks fridge, and a fun office at The Ministry [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Exceptional opportunities for personal development and growth as we build something remarkable together. INTERVIEW PROCESS 1. Initial call with our Talent team (45 minutes). 2. Manager Interview (60 minutes). 3. Technical Interviews (120 minutes) 4. Values Interview with One of our Exec Team and and One of our Tech Leadership Team (90 minutes). 5. Meet our CEO and Co-Founder 6. We offer! We are happy to offer Reverse interviews for candidates at the later stages of our interview process. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY hxers are at the centre of everything we build. We know that progress depends on diverse perspectives, and we are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and make an impact. We recognise there is always more to do, and we take responsibility for shaping a workplace that is not only diverse but genuinely inclusive. Diversity is not just the right thing to do, it is key to solving the complex challenges we choose to take on. By welcoming people from all backgrounds and experiences, we strengthen our ability to question assumptions, push boundaries, and design solutions that endure. If you're energised by complexity and motivated to grow, we encourage you to apply and join our global team. NEXT STEPS If this opportunity resonates with you, we encourage you to apply or share it with your connections! Our dedicated talent team reviews all applications, and we promise to provide feedback regardless of the outcome. For more information about applying and to view other opportunities, you can visit our careers page. 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.