Quality Engineer 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 Until now, insurance has been making billion-dollar decisions using outdated tools.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 Quality Engineering at hx is undergoing a strategic shift. We're moving from an embedded model, where QEs sit in product teams and deliver hands-on testing, to an enablement model, where a small central team builds the tools, standards, and coaching that help every engineer own quality. It's one of hx's boldest engineering experiments: making quality genuinely self-service without sacrificing the rigour our customers rely on.   The team sits at the intersection of test automation, AI tooling, release readiness, and organisational change. We're building AI-powered systems that make end-to-end test creation accessible to all engineers, automate failure classification and routing, and provide the standards, guidance, and feedback loops teams need to make better quality decisions independently. That means shaping quality strategy, improving release risk assessment, and establishing lightweight, scalable processes for staging, deployment, and learning from failure. This is strategic work with company-wide impact, requiring technical depth, strong technical judgement, coaching capability, and comfort with ambiguity.   As the third member of this newly formed team, you'll join at a pivotal moment. You'll contribute to the managed transition away from embedded QE support, take ownership of AI-powered automation tools still being defined, and build the foundations that allow hx to scale quality across dozens of engineering teams. Your work will shape whether teams can ship independently, whether release processes stay fast and trusted as we grow, and whether hx can maintain velocity without compromising reliability. Check out our Engineering Candidate Hub [Upgrade to PRO to see link] for a behind the scenes look at the team you would be joining! WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING - Accelerate the development and adoption of hx's AI-powered end-to-end test writing agent, improving its accuracy and framework coverage to the point where at least 15 engineers across 5+ teams are independently writing E2E tests within six months of widespread release. - Design and deploy an AI-powered nightly build analyser that automatically classifies test failures and routes them to owning teams, reducing daily manual review effort by 80% and proving reliable enough to extend to the release pipeline. - Establish quality self-service foundations for product teams by delivering test design guidance, executable E2E framework documentation (as AI agent specifications), quality standards references, and release risk assessment templates that enable at least three teams to complete release assessments without direct QE involvement. - Support the managed withdrawal of QE support from embedded product teams by contributing to fixed-scope deliverables that ensure no critical gaps in E2E coverage or delivery confidence, enabling both current QEs to transition on schedule with no unplanned regressions. - Grow E2E test coverage across the organisation through coaching, pairing, and AI tooling support, increasing the number of product teams writing their own E2E tests to at least 50% within the first 12 months. - Build credibility and influence across engineering teams by working alongside engineers to solve real quality challenges, demonstrating the value of team-owned quality through concrete examples rather than process mandates, and making quality ownership feel like teams' own goal rather than an external requirement. WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE DONE - Built AI-powered tools or automations in production environments (e.g., prompt engineering, agent design, RAG pipelines, or CI-integrated analysis), demonstrating the ability to design solutions others rely on rather than just using AI assistants as coding aids. - Designed and implemented automated test strategies across multiple test levels (unit, integration, E2E) for complex systems, making sound judgements about what to test at which level and communicating those trade-offs clearly to non-specialist engineers. - Owned end-to-end test automation using Python and Playwright (or equivalent frameworks), writing clean, maintainable tests with clear patterns that other engineers can extend, including experience managing flaky test suites and establishing conventions for new automation from scratch. - Coached or enabled engineering teams to improve their testing practices through hands-on pairing and mentoring, demonstrating measurable improvements in team capability such as increased test coverage, reduced manual testing dependencies, or improved release confidence. - Influenced quality improvements across teams you didn't directly manage, building credibility through practical demonstration and making benefits concrete rather than relying on process mandates or formal authority. - Operated effectively in environments characterised by ambiguity and rapid change, taking ownership of problems from identification through to iterative solution, and adapting approach based on feedback without losing momentum. YOU'RE UNLIKELY TO THRIVE HERE IF - You prefer clearly defined processes and established playbooks over building the systems and standards from first principles in a rapidly evolving environment. - You're more comfortable being the person who delivers quality work directly rather than enabling others to build that capability themselves, or you measure success primarily by your own output rather than what teams can achieve independently. - You view AI tools with scepticism or aren't genuinely curious about how to apply them practically to solve real engineering problems, or you're unwilling to learn new languages and frameworks as the problem demands. 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 Depending on how you choose to join hx (B2B or UoP), your benefits can look like: B2B - Share Options at a highly successful Series B company. - 25 days of non-working + 14 Polish bank holidays. - £5,000 budget for Learning & Development. - Mental Health Support and Therapy via Spectrum Life. - Optional for you: access to Healthcare package provided by Luxmed + Multisport (fully funded by yourself as B2B Contractor). - Top-spec laptop (MacOS or Windows). Contract of employment (UoP) - Share Options at a highly successful Series B company. - £5,000 budget for learning & development. - 26 days of holiday + 14 Polish bank holidays. - Company pension. - 10 days company sick pay at 100% salary, thereafter in line with labour law. - Mental health support and therapy via Spectrum Life. - Monthly wellbeing allowance via Juno. - Healthcare package provided by Luxmed. - Multisport card at Classic level. - Top-spec work equipment (MacOS / Windows + additional monitors, mechanical keyboards etc). 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 Brain Embassy [Upgrade to PRO to see link] - Exceptional opportunities for personal development and growth as we build something remarkable together. INTERVIEW PROCESS 1. Talent Partner Screen 2. Hiring Manager Interview 3. Technical Assessment (e.g., code review, system design) 4. Values Interview with Tech Leadership (60 minutes). 5. We Offer! 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.