Senior Software Engineer, Core UX

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, we’re 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 — we’re redefining how people understand and interact with their spaces. Why Hover wants you At Hover, we’re transforming how homeowners, contractors, and insurance professionals design, scope, and improve properties using AI, 3D data, and modern software experiences. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our newly formed Core UX team, focused on building the shared products, platform capabilities, and user experiences that power Hover across Construction, Insurance, and future verticals. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys solving complex systems problems, and wants to have broad impact across an entire product ecosystem. You’ll work on foundational experiences and infrastructure that every user touches, helping create greater consistency, quality, and reuse across Hover’s platform while accelerating product velocity for teams throughout the company. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, design, and data leaders to shape technical direction, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, and help establish the architecture, engineering practices, and culture of a rapidly growing team. As one of the early members of Core UX, you'll have a unique opportunity to influence how Hover builds shared systems and experiences for years to come. You will contribute by As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core UX team, you'll work across the stack, primarily in Ruby on Rails, React, and GraphQL, building scalable services, reusable platform capabilities, and shared product experiences used across Hover's products and business verticals. You'll lead initiatives end-to-end, from technical discovery and architecture design through launch and iteration. Your work will focus on improving the reliability, scalability, consistency, and maintainability of shared systems while partnering closely with product, design, data, and engineering teams to create reusable solutions that improve product quality and accelerate development across Hover. On our team, you may work on: Designing and evolving shared services, APIs, data models, and platform capabilities used across multiple Hover verticals Building reusable UI components, workflows, and product foundations that create consistent experiences across the platform Developing systems for displaying measurements and generating configurable outputs across 3D models and PDFsImproving reliability, scalability, and performance across distributed systems and asynchronous workflows Reducing duplicated effort and technical debt through shared solutions used by multiple product teams Driving improvements in activation, retention, product quality, and customer experience through more cohesive platform experiences Your background includes 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with meaningful backend depth, building and shipping complex, high-impact systems Strong experience with Ruby on Rails (or similar server-side frameworks) and React Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable REST and GraphQL APIs and well-structured data models Experience building shared or reusable systems such as platform services, internal tooling, component libraries, design systems, or infrastructure used across multiple teams Strong distributed systems fundamentals, including queues, asynchronous processing, reliability, scalability, and availability tradeoffs Experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications in AWS or GCP (GCP preferred) Strong technical judgment and the ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural considerations Comfort using LLM-powered developer tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude) to improve productivity, code quality, and iteration speed How you work You thrive in ambiguity and bring clarity to complex, cross-functional problems by asking thoughtful questions, identifying risks early, and driving alignment You own initiatives end-to-end, from defining solutions and shaping architecture through implementation, launch, and post-launch iteration You think in systems, proactively identifying opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, consistency, and long-term maintainability You balance engineering excellence with pragmatism, making thoughtful tradeoffs that deliver value today while positioning systems for future growth You collaborate effectively across product, design, data, and engineering teams, building consensus and influencing outcomes without relying on formal authority You communicate clearly, give thoughtful feedback, and actively contribute to a healthy engineering culture through mentorship and collaboration You enjoy working on highly visible, high-leverage problems whose impact extends across multiple teams, products, and customer experiences Bonus Points Experience building or supporting platform engineering initiatives, shared services, internal tooling, design systems, or component libraries used across multiple teams Experience with React Native or production mobile applications Experience working with 3D data, geometry processing, spatial models, mapping systems, or visualization technologies—even through side projects or personal interests Experience in construction technology, insurance technology, property technology, or other multi-product SaaS environments Experience mentoring engineers formally or informally and helping elevate engineering quality across a team 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 $165,000 - $204,000 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Menlo Ventures