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hx | Solutions Architects | Hybrid (London, UK) | Full time

We're hx, a London-based insurtech that’s disrupting the archaic insurance industry with our awesome SaaS data modelling platform, Renew. We were founded in 2017, raised an $18m Series A in 2021, and hit c100 employees at the end of 2022. We’re proud to be listed on the Sonr Insurtech 100, FinTech Global Insurtech 100, the InsurTech Insights Future 50, the Oxbow Partners Insurtech Impact 25, and the Otta Rocket List.

I'm looking for smart and kind Solutions Architects to join our nascent Field Engineering team.

The role:

- Works across our Sales and Customer journeys, using technical credibility to instil confidence in our prospects, helping them to become customers – and the SA their trusted advisor

- Helps us on our mission to disrupt the insurance industry, unlocking its massive $16bn Total Addressable Market

- Will be be an early member of the team (reporting directly me) with lots of scope to influence the team as we grow – as well as an unrivalled opportunity to progress their career

- Drives innovation by building cool integrations with services like Snowflake, Databricks and more

The job:

- Salary: to £100,000 + equity

- Location: London (hybrid)

- Benefits: £5k L+D budget, comprehensive health insurance, on-site gym/classes, usual socials/hackathons/games nights/food/etc, Udemy, Juno, Spectrum.Life

More info: https://apply.workable.com/hyperexponential/j/36078597F9/ or via email (in my profile)


hyperexponential (hx) | Head of Backend Engineering + Head of Frontend Engineering | London/Remote, UK | Full-time

Hurricanes. Advanced mathematics. Satellite launches. Hard tech. Concert tours. Smart people. …Telegraph poles.

What do these have in common? hyperexponential! The most interesting insurtech you haven't yet heard of. Our platform helps our customers make smarter decisions faster by making it easy for them to build, iterate and distribute complex mathematical models that analyse small, sparse and fragmented datasets in the cloud.

We're looking for two experienced Heads of Engineering to lead our frontend and backend capabilities respectively. These are two of the most influential roles we'll ever hire onto the team, and you'll have significant freedom over the people, tech and methods you apply to solve some truly Hard engineering challenges.

- Head of Frontend Engineering (React/TypeScript): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093444-head-of...

- Head of Backend Engineering (Kotlin [or Java/Rust/Scala/etc]): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093438-head-of...

More info: https://hx.careers/ or email me directly: tom.clark at hyperexponential dot com

Tom (CTO @ hx)


hyperexponential (hx) | Head of Backend Engineering + Head of Frontend Engineering | London/Remote, UK | Full-time

Hurricanes. Advanced mathematics. Satellite launches. Hard tech. Concert tours. Smart people. …Telegraph poles.

What do these have in common? hyperexponential! The most interesting insurtech you haven't yet heard of. Our platform helps our customers make smarter decisions faster by making it easy for them to build, iterate and distribute complex mathematical models that analyse small, sparse and fragmented datasets in the cloud.

We're looking for two experienced Heads of Engineering to lead our frontend and backend capabilities respectively. These are two of the most influential roles we'll ever hire onto the team, and you'll have significant freedom over the people, tech and methods you apply to solve some truly Hard engineering challenges.

- Head of Frontend Engineering (React/TypeScript): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093444-head-of...

- Head of Backend Engineering (Kotlin [or Java/Rust/Scala/etc]): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093438-head-of...

More info: https://hx.careers/ or email me directly: tom.clark at hyperexponential dot com

Tom (CTO @ hx)


hyperexponential (hx) | Head of (Back|Front)end Engineering | London/Remote (UK) | Full-time

Hurricanes. Advanced mathematics. Satellite launches. Hard tech. Concert tours. Smart people. …Telegraph poles.

What do these have in common? Hyperexponential! The most interesting tech company you haven't yet heard of. Our platform helps our customers make smarter decisions faster by making it easy for them to build, iterate and distribute complex mathematical models that analyse small, sparse and fragmented datasets in the cloud.

We're looking for two experienced Heads of Engineering to lead our frontend and backend capabilities respectively. These are two of the most influential roles we'll ever hire onto the team, and you'll have significant freedom over the people, tech and methods you apply to solve some truly Hard engineering challenges.

- Head of Frontend Engineering (React/TypeScript): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093444-head-of...

- Head of Backend Engineering (Kotlin [or Java/Rust/Scala/etc]): https://hyperexponential.teamtailor.com/jobs/1093438-head-of...

More info: https://hx.careers/ or email me directly: tom.clark at hyperexponential dot com

Tom (CTO @ hx)


SRS light is for the Supplementary Restraint System (airbags and seatbelt pretensioners) so unlikely to be related to the filter. Might trip the MIL/Check engine light though!


Typo... Service engine soon (SES)


The Omega Tau podcast often does similarly detailed examinations of planes (as well as almost anything and everything else): https://pca.st/episode/05c91470-2f6f-0135-52f9-452518e2d253)


That podcast is absolutely amazing. I love getting engrossed in it on long car drives.


This article describes the scale of the operations behind some of the superhosts on Airbnb - almost unbelievable, but the market will provide I guess! https://www.wired.co.uk/article/airbnb-scam-london


I'm curious - do you target the small percentage of businesses that truly grok the benefits of a platform that advanced already, or do you try to convince laggards to catch up?


The early adopters have a lot of options, of which we believe to be the best for a certain segment and have been for nearly a decade now.

SaaS Accounting in 2010 was a tough pitch in Germany and for some segments still is.

The laggards have a large industry catering to them so that's where the most revenue is still concentrated.

From the top of my head our last analysis showed that less than 5% of the TAM of SaaS Accounting Solutions in Germany is captured at the moment by any of the active players.

So the strategy is to provide a meaningfully better replacement for existing solutions while not relying on the advantages of the SaaS model.


Location: London, UK

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: devops, cloud, aws, culture, delivery, alignment, recruitment, retention, ways of working, development, strategy, communication, evangelism, oversight, sourcing, operations, architecture, planning, budgeting

Résumé/CV: http://bit.ly/2utNSRb

Email: (see profile)

Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a smart and kind engineering leader who enjoys operating at the intersection of tech, product and delivery. My speciality is building happy, high performing teams that deliver quality work.

I was previously at ITV where I created the platform which hosts their most important products and services, from the ITV Hub (30M+ users) to airtime and content sales (£3bn+ revenue). I also recruited the best team in the universe to develop it.

Prior to that I've held platform engineering and software development roles with the BBC, Global Radio and multiple startups.

I'm currently looking for a CTO, VP Engineering or Director of Engineering position at a series A+ startup/scaleup/SME


Location: London, UK

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: devops, cloud, aws, culture, delivery, alignment, recruitment, retention, ways of working, development, strategy, communication, evangelism, oversight, sourcing, operations, architecture, planning, budgeting

Résumé/CV: http://bit.ly/2utNSRb

Email: (see profile)

Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a smart and kind engineering leader who enjoys operating at the intersection of tech, product and delivery. My speciality is building happy, high performing teams that deliver quality work.

I was previously at ITV where I created the platform which hosts their most important products and services, from the ITV Hub (30M+ users) to airtime and content sales (£3bn+ revenue). I also recruited the best team in the universe to develop it.

Prior to that I've held platform engineering and software development roles with the BBC, Global Radio and multiple startups.

I'm currently looking for a CTO, VP Engineering or Director of Engineering position at a series A+ startup or SME.


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