Director of Engineering

at  hyperexponential

ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AT HYPEREXPONENTIAL

Our engineering department combines technical depth with a culture of kindness and innovation. Our platform, hx Renew, drives unique challenges that demand a forward-thinking and technically astute engineering approach. With regular hackathons and a focus on pushing boundaries, hyperexponential is committed to fostering an engineering environment that is both innovative and sustainable.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated experience as a Director/Head of Engineering, with a track record of leading large engineering teams and influencing organisational culture.
• Proven expertise in managing cloud-native, distributed applications, and services, with deep knowledge of scalable architecture and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong grounding in core computer science principles and software engineering practices, including complexity, algorithms, data structures, testing, and system design.
• Significant experience with modern software delivery methodologies, such as agile, lean, and DevOps, with a history of driving organisational design that promotes efficiency, collaboration, and innovation.
• Demonstrable ability to develop and execute a technical strategy aligned with business goals and customer needs.
• A track record of attracting, inspiring, and retaining top engineering talent, with a knack for creating high-performing, motivated, and collaborative teams.
• Experience in establishing engineering standards and workflows that eliminate friction, enabling teams to achieve outcomes that exceed traditional expectations.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As Director of Engineering, you’ll be joining an already impactful and agile engineering organisation and play a vital role in helping us scale to even greater heights. You will work closely with the VP of Engineering and the Technology leadership team to build on our current successes, sharpening our focus on high performance, innovation, and resilience. You’ll provide leadership across our autonomous Technology teams, each led by Engineering and Product Managers, and will bring the strategic insight and operational depth to help drive the next phase of our journey as we continue to innovate and deliver value at scale.
You will be responsible for advancing technical strategy, delivery excellence, and people development across the Technology function.
This role is pivotal to hyperexponential’s next phase of growth, requiring a balance of strategic foresight, technical insight, and empathetic leadership to build on a foundation of excellence and drive our engineering organisation to the next level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strengthen and evolve our engineering strategy and roadmap, in close collaboration with Technology leadership.
• Foster an even stronger partnership with the Product function to sustain alignment in priorities, resourcing, and delivery goals.
• Serve as a leader of leaders, ensuring pastoral care, technical coaching, and career development are in place and evolving across all engineering teams.
• Drive continuous improvement by reinforcing best practices, setting the bar for engineering quality, and actively managing delivery risks.
• Champion a customer-first mindset, ensuring that all engineering efforts directly support a superior user experience, product reliability and timely delivery.