Hover helps people design, improve, and protect the properties they love. They are seeking a Software Engineer to work on design features that assist homeowners and construction professionals in creating optimal home renovations.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents
- Unlimited and flexible vacation policy
- We support work/life balance and offer generous paid parental and new child bonding leave
- A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge
- We provide recurring fitness classes, meditation/ mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance
- We encourage continued education and will help cover the cost of management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications
Company Overview
Hover is a 3D data and technology company for home improvement and property insurance professionals. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.hover.to.Company H1B Sponsorship
Hover has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 16 in 2022, 9 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.