Software Engineer

Hover • San Francisco, CA

56d • $119,000 - $172,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Hover, we’re transforming how construction professionals design, document, scope, and estimate properties—delivering modern tools for industries long underserved by software. We’re looking for a Software Engineer who’s excited to work on real-world problems and ship software that helps thousands of pros design, scope jobs, plan projects, and deliver better outcomes for homeowners. You’ll bring strong technical fundamentals, product thinking, and a collaborative mindset. You’ll take ownership of features, grow quickly with mentorship and build strong full-stack fundamentals. You will contribute by As a Software Engineer on the team, you’ll work on design features to help homeowners and construction pros create the perfect home for home renovations. Your work will span the full stack and ship to customers, from the systems that power AI-driven design to the polished workflows that make editing and sharing designs feel effortless. Check out some of our work here . Or just watch this sizzle reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3TJsp3BrY You’ll work across the stack, primarily in Ruby on Rails, React, and GraphQL, with opportunities to contribute to our React Native mobile applications. You’ll help deliver scoped features from technical discovery and design through launch and iteration, with work spanning customer-facing workflows like onboarding, interactive design tools, inspections, and platform improvements that keep the product consistent. You’ll partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to build an interaction-heavy UX and learn how to translate customer needs into well-scoped technical work. You’ll implement frontend and API changes, test and debug your work, and contribute to design docs. You’ll ask clarifying questions early, document assumptions, and share progress and risks proactively. You’ll request and respond to code reviews, and as you ramp, you’ll start reviewing teammates’ changes with guidance. You’ll stay eager to learn and improve as you grow. On our team, you may work on: Prompt and material management that powers image generation and specific material application (siding, roofing, windows, and more), using Ruby on Rails and ComfyUI. 2D and 3D model experiences for applying materials and making detailed edits to a home, using React and Ruby on Rails Engagement features like saving, organizing, and sharing designs Embedded design capabilities that bring Hover’s experiences onto manufacturer and construction pro sites

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Strong programming fundamentals (data structures, debugging, writing maintainable code)
• Experience building software in at least one modern language and comfort learning new stacks (particularly Javascript or Typescript)
• Familiarity with web development concepts (APIs, databases, client/server architecture, testing)
• Clear communicator who follows through and surfaces blockers early. You ask good questions, raise risks early, and help drive toward shared understanding.

Nice To Haves

• Experience from previous internships or working collaboratively on multi-person coding projects (in a university or professional setting)
• Mentored or supported other engineers through TA/tutoring, student org leadership (e.g., ACM/IEEE/WIC), hackathons, or other community-building experiences.
• Experience in React, Javascript/Typescript, Ruby on Rails
• Shipped intuitive, high-quality UX with strong attention to fit and finish
• Comfort using modern developer tools, including LLM-assisted coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude), and the curiosity to understand and validate their suggestions.
• Spoken at meetups, contributed to open source, or otherwise shared your technical knowledge publicly

Responsibilities

• deliver scoped features from technical discovery and design through launch and iteration, with work spanning customer-facing workflows like onboarding, interactive design tools, inspections, and platform improvements that keep the product consistent
• partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to build an interaction-heavy UX and learn how to translate customer needs into well-scoped technical work
• implement frontend and API changes, test and debug your work, and contribute to design docs
• ask clarifying questions early, document assumptions, and share progress and risks proactively
• request and respond to code reviews, and as you ramp, you’ll start reviewing teammates’ changes with guidance
• stay eager to learn and improve as you grow

Benefits

• Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
• Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents
• Paid Time Off - Unlimited and flexible vacation policy
• Paid Family Leave - We support work/life balance and offer generous paid parental and new child bonding leave
• Mandatory Self-Care Days - A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge
• Remote Wellbeing Resources - We provide recurring fitness classes, meditation/ mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance
• Learning - We encourage continued education and will help cover the cost of management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level