Delivery Engineer — Build Production Python Models for Insurance

hyperexponential; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5,000 training and conference budget

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare insurance

Company pension scheme

Mental health support

Wellbeing allowance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Remote and in-person hackathons

Job summary

hyperexponential is seeking a Delivery Engineer to own end-to-end model delivery on hx. You will build production-grade Python models and work with customer actuarial teams to solve complex modelling problems.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, actuaries and data scientists, mentor junior developers, and help raise the team’s quality through best-practice guidance. Equity is part of total compensation.

Qualifications

• Shipped and maintained production-grade Python code in complex or data-heavy environments.
• Applied predictive modelling or advanced analytics in real-world settings (insurance or reinsurance exposure is a bonus).
• Took ownership of ambiguous problems, creating structure and driving them through to high-quality outcomes.
• Worked directly with non-technical stakeholders or customers, translating requirements into robust technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end model delivery on hx, from scoping and build through to testing, iteration, and customer delivery.
• Build and maintain production-grade Python models, applying modern engineering and modelling practices.
• Work directly with customer actuarial teams and internal stakeholders to solve complex, ambiguous modelling and coding problems.
• Raise quality across the team through code review, testing, and contributions to best-practice model development guidance.
• Support and mentor junior model developers through pairing, feedback, and day-to-day delivery support.
• Continuously look for ways to improve our model development standards, tooling, and ways of working.

Skills

Python programming

Production-grade modelling

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Machine learning

Tools

Jupyter

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

hyperexponential is seeking a Delivery Engineer to own end-to-end model delivery on hx. You will build production-grade Python models and work with customer actuarial teams to solve complex modelling problems.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, actuaries and data scientists, mentor junior developers, and help raise the team’s quality through best-practice guidance. Equity is part of total compensation.