Senior Director, Engineering - AI Renovation and Homeowner

Why Hover wants you

As Senior Director of Engineering, you will lead two mission-critical areas at Hover:

1. The Renovation Product Area – Focused on building a new, generative AI-powered user experience that helps homeowners and contractors visualize renovation options with realistic, interactive outputs.


2. The Systems Area – A horizontal team responsible for core infrastructure, security engineering, developer productivity, and payment/money systems that power Hover’s business operations at scale.

Your charter goes beyond individual products. You will play a key role in shaping Hover’s end-to-end renovation platform — connecting the dots between our core products:

• Scanning: Capture accurate property data via smartphone


• Design: Generate realistic renovation designs with AI


• Estimation: Help contractors close deals with pricing and proposals


• Marketplace: Connecting Homeowners with Pros

This role is both a technical and strategic leadership opportunity, ideal for someone who can see the big picture, drive product/platform convergence, and scale high-performing teams.

You will contribute by

• Partnering with senior product and design leaders to shape the vision, roadmap, and technical approach to generative, interactive renovation tooling.


• Collaborating with R&D engineering leaders to harness next-generation technologies and translate them into breakthrough product experiences.


• Leading engineering for Hover’s next-generation renovation platform, connecting our scan, design, and sales tools into a seamless customer workflow.


• Partnering with product and design to define a cohesive user experience across tools and customer types — from homeowner DIY to pro contractor workflows.


• Owning and evolving Hover’s horizontal systems platform, including cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, security engineering, and payment system.


• Building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, developing both managers and ICs while fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and growth.


• Bringing clarity and operational leadership across engineering, product, and design — especially in areas that lack structure or momentum.


• Contributing to company-wide strategic planning and technical direction as a key member of the R&D leadership team.

Your background includes

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 4+ years managing multi-team organizations that include engineering managers and cross-functional leads.


• Experience delivering 0–1 products, especially those involving AI/ML, computer vision, or interactive visualization.


• Success in launching and scaling end-to-end product platforms, ideally with a combination of consumer-grade UX and professional workflow tools.


• Familiarity with infrastructure/platform engineering, including DevOps, security, and money movement systems.


• Strong track record of working across functions to raise team performance, resolve ambiguity, and accelerate execution.


• A product minded engineering leader — you care about customer value, user experience, and long-term platform leverage.


• Experience mentoring and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and organizational design.

Please note: While this role is scoped at the Senior Director level, we are open to considering candidates at the Director or VP level based on experience and fit.

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 $289,000 - $330,000 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.

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