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hyperexponentialStaff Platform Engineer
hyperexponential is scaling its global platform to support a multi-territory software ecosystem used by major insurers worldwide. The company builds AI-powered pricing and underwriting tools designed…
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hyperexponential is scaling its global platform to support a multi-territory software ecosystem used by major insurers worldwide. The company builds AI-powered pricing and underwriting tools designed to replace legacy methods in a multi-trillion-pound industry. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will lead the technical vision for the platform team, driving an AI-first approach to infrastructure and developer productivity. This role suits an experienced engineer who thrives on solving ambiguous technical…
Job Description
hyperexponential is scaling its global platform to support a multi-territory software ecosystem used by major insurers worldwide. The company builds AI-powered pricing and underwriting tools designed to replace legacy methods in a multi-trillion-pound industry. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will lead the technical vision for the platform team, driving an AI-first approach to infrastructure and developer productivity.
This role suits an experienced engineer who thrives on solving ambiguous technical challenges and shaping long-term architectural direction rather than executing predefined tasks. You will be responsible for creating self-service infrastructure patterns that empower engineering teams across the organization to ship secure, scalable applications autonomously. Rather than relying on manual gatekeeping, you will embed operational excellence, reliability, and security standards directly into the platform architecture.
Successful candidates will mentor senior engineers, navigate complex technical trade-offs, and translate intricate engineering constraints into commercial business outcomes. You will establish a clear 12 to 18-month roadmap, ensuring that platform capabilities are widely adopted because they effectively reduce friction and accelerate delivery. Background checks are conducted during the hiring process to ensure compliance with company governance policies.
Responsibilities
- Formulate a coherent 12 to 18-month technical direction for the platform with defined milestones and alignment across engineering leadership
- Design architectural patterns and standards to enable autonomous and AI-augmented workflows throughout the organization
- Drive broad adoption of platform capabilities by ensuring they are well-designed, documented, and reduce friction for internal users
- Embed security, reliability, and operational excellence standards natively into the platform architecture
- Mentor and develop senior engineers through technical challenges, feedback, and exposure to complex problems
- Connect platform decisions directly to commercial outcomes and represent the technical strategy to senior leadership
Requirements
- Experience defining architecture, standards, and patterns for a platform domain over a multi-quarter horizon
- Demonstrated ability to make high-judgment foundational trade-offs and guide organizations through complex technical decisions
- Experience navigating disagreements among senior stakeholders to reach durable technical resolutions
- Track record of taking accountability for multi-team outcomes without being the primary hands-on contributor to every initiative
- Background embedding AI and automation at an architectural level to establish default AI-augmented workflows
- Proven ability to identify architectural, security, and operational risks proactively before they materialize as incidents
Core Skills
Benefits
- £5,000 training and conference budget for individual and group development
- 25 days of annual holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- Company pension scheme via Penfold
- Mental health support and therapy via Spectrum.life
- Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno
- Private healthcare insurance through AXA
- Income protection and life insurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Top-spec equipment including a laptop, screens, and adjustable desks
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What is the salary for the Staff Platform Engineer role?
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What benefits and perks are included?
Benefits include a £5,000 training and conference budget, 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, a company pension scheme via Penfold, private healthcare through AXA, mental health support, an individual wellbeing allowance, income protection, life insurance, and top-spec equipment.
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