Engineering Manager, Estimation

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and business strategy for the Estimates Platform, balancing quarterly delivery with long-term architectural vision
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, supporting career development and a high-performance culture
• Drive AI adoption within the team, pushing engineers toward AI-first workflows and tooling
• Partner with Product to extend the platform with AI-driven capabilities that accelerate expansion into new trades and partner catalogs
• Navigate technical tradeoffs between Insurance and Construction requirements to serve diverse stakeholders
• Work across Product, Data Science, and Operations to turn ambiguous business problems into scoped engineering work
• Drive the reliability, accuracy, and scalability of classification and scoping systems

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on engineering experience, designing and delivering production systems at scale
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams and navigating stakeholder priorities
• Experience building and owning platform-layer systems such as classification engines, data pipelines, or rules engines
• Experience shipping AI-driven capabilities into customer-facing products
• Strong product intuition and the ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear engineering work
• Active, daily user of AI coding tools with experience coaching others on AI-first workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in proptech, insurtech, or construction tech
• Familiarity with integrating external data providers or third-party estimation APIs
• Experience shipping production ML, inference, or recommendation systems
• Experience working with 3D model data, geospatial systems, or computer vision outputs

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited and flexible vacation policy
• Paid family leave and generous parental bonding leave
• Monthly mandatory self-care days to recharge
• Remote wellbeing resources including fitness classes and virtual therapy
• Support for continued education and management training

About the Company

Hover helps people design, improve, and protect the properties they love. Using proprietary AI built on over a decade of real property data, Hover provides accurate 3D models and estimates for homeowners, contractors, and insurance professionals.