Senior Software Engineer, Inspections

Hover helps people design improve and protect the properties they love. With proprietary AI built on over a decade of real property data Hover answers age-old questions like What will it look like and What will it cost Homeowners contractors and insurance professionals rely on Hover to get fully measured accurate and interactive 3D models of any property all from a smartphone scan in minutes.

At Hover were driven by curiosity purpose and a shared commitment to serving our customers communities and each other. We believe the best ideas come from diverse perspectives and are proud to cultivate an inclusive high-performance culture that inspires growth accountability and excellence. Backed by leading investors like Google Ventures and Menlo Ventures and trusted by industry leaders including Travelers State Farm and Nationwide were redefining how people understand and interact with their spaces.

Why Hover wants you

The Inspections team is responsible for one of Hovers fastest-growing products and plays a critical role in helping some of the largest insurers in the world make better decisions about properties. Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can help us scale that product while shaping its future architecture. Youll begin by building customer-facing features that improve the inspection experience and quickly grow into helping lead a strategic evolution of the platform as we transition portions of our React Native application into native SDK capabilities.

This is a role for someone who enjoys balancing product thinking with technical depth. Youll work closely with Product Design QA and Engineering partners to solve real customer problems improve platform reliability and influence decisions that will impact both Hovers applications and future external SDK consumers. If youre excited about product ownership working with ambiguity and the opportunity to help define the next generation of a rapidly growing product wed love to meet you.

You will contribute by

Building and scaling customer-facing experiences that help contractors adjusters and insurance professionals make faster more informed decisions. Youll partner closely with Product Design and Engineering teams to shape solutions from initial concept through launch ensuring were solving meaningful customer problems while delivering intuitive high-quality experiences.

Youll play a key role in the evolution of Hover Inspections leading initiatives that improve platform reliability scalability and developer experience while helping define the future architecture of the product. As we continue investing in our mobile platform and SDK strategy youll evaluate technical tradeoffs influence architectural decisions and help establish a foundation that supports long-term growth.

Beyond delivering features youll contribute to engineering excellence across the team through thoughtful system design strong testing practices code reviews and operational improvements. Youll help raise the bar for quality while enabling the team to move quickly and confidently in service of our customers.

Most importantly youll operate with a high degree of ownership. Taking projects from idea to implementation launch and ongoing support while helping build products that are reliable scalable and valuable in the real-world environments where our customers work every day.

Your background includes

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production software at scale
• A track record of owning customer-facing features from concept through launch working closely with Product Design and Engineering partners
• Experience building and shipping mobile applications using React Native Swift Kotlin or similar technologies
• Strong product instincts and the ability to navigate ambiguity prioritize customer needs and deliver business impact
• Experience leading technical projects and making thoughtful architectural and implementation tradeoff decisions
• Experience contributing across multiple layers of the stack with the ability to independently drive features end-to-end
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to solving complex problems

Bonus points:

• Experience building mobile-first products used by customers in real-world environments
• Experience building SDKs platform capabilities or reusable developer tooling
• Experience migrating applications between frameworks or leading architectural modernization efforts
• Experience building offline-first mobile experiences
• Experience with GraphQL and API design including performance optimizations
• Experience leveraging modern developer tooling including AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality
• Experience serving as a technical lead for large cross-functional initiatives
• Experience working in high-growth product organizations where ambiguity changing requirements and rapid iteration are common
• Experience in insurance construction mapping field-service computer vision or camera-based applications

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

Hybrid roles at Hover

Hover has Hubs in San Francisco and New York City where we expect that all employees living within a 50-mile radius of our offices will come into their local Hover office at least three times a week to build rapport and foster organic connection. At this time Hover is not considering fully remote roles.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $194000 - $239000 annually. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all applicable US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 194000 - 239000