Software Engineer (Rust)
hyperexponentialLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted January 21, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Hyperexponential is transforming the insurance industry by leveraging decision intelligence to streamline processes and enhance productivity. With a blend of actuarial expertise and cutting-edge engineering, they develop agile software solutions that empower insurers to make quicker, smarter decisions. Their focus on seamless integration, continuous support, and close client collaboration ensures clients can fully embrace digital transformation and achieve organizational excellence.
Job Description
At hyperexponential (hx), we’re building the AI-powered platform that enables the world’s most critical decisions in a $7 trillion industry. As a Software Engineer in the Kernel team, you will own meaningful parts of the critical system end to end, contributing production code, improving architecture, and partnering closely with adjacent teams to ensure the engine meets real product and customer needs.
Requirements
- Built and shipped backend systems in a polyglot production environment
- Delivered backend features where correctness, performance, and resource efficiency were critical
- Designed and implemented effective testing and observability that made complex backend behaviour understandable, debuggable, and safe to evolve
- Owned work end-to-end from design through rollout, monitoring, and iteration, collaborating closely with peers and raising risks early
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
- Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno
- Private healthcare insurance through AXA
- Income protection and Life Insurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme