Hover is making the homeowner journey easy, transparent and fun. Starting with the home improvement industry, we’re answering age-old questions like, “What is it going to look like?” and “What is it going to cost?”, by helping homeowners and pros visualize what’s possible with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and interactive 3D property models. Homeowners, contractors, and insurance professionals all use Hover to get fully measured, accurate, and interactive models of any property—in a matter of minutes, and with just a few snaps of a smartphone camera.

Join a team that is rooted in challenging the status quo, persistence, and dedicated to serving our employees, customers, and communities. With key investors, including Google Ventures and Menlo Ventures and leading insurance carriers such as Travelers, State Farm, and Nationwide, Hover is committed to changing the world, one home at a time. At Hover, we believe there is strength in diversity and are fostering an inclusive and diverse culture by hiring qualified, talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

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Why Hover Wants You

Computer Vision is at the core of our technology and our future. We’re looking for engineers with deep technical experience (theoretical and applied) in computer vision to expand the core components of our 3D data platform. You'll join a world class team and will help the team fulfill technical, operational, and business requirements. We are looking for someone who can leverage and advance the state-of-the-art in deep learning computer vision and image generation to fundamentally influence our visualization and design tools as well as our core 3D products.

This role is very much rooted in developing practical applications that can have immediate value to the business. You'll work alongside our team of designers, frontend, backend, graphics, prompt engineers, operations, and devops engineers to bring your creations to life. This means that you must not only be able to stay at the forefront of your discipline, but you must also excel at communication and collaboration.

You Will Contribute By

Design, implement, improve, and evaluate generative AI algorithms and systems for image generation and scene understanding
Design and develop creative solutions and novel algorithms in an applied research setting through rapid prototyping to validate hypothesis and identify promising directions to solve failure cases
Continue to learn and deepen your technical expertise while also mentoring and contributing to the growth of the computer vision group
Providing technical leadership and guidance to your team members and the broader organization

Your Background Includes

Substantial experience developing algorithms for image/3D generation either in academic research or industrial setting
Deep theoretical understanding and practical experience developing novel algorithms for some of the following topics:
- Generative models such as diffusion models, GANs, VAEs, and emerging methods.
- Exerting control over generative model outputs in novel ways, e.g. controlnets.
- Training image-based feature detectors (surface normals, depth maps, geometric primitives, semantic segmentation, object detection)
Creative problem solving skills and excellent software development skills
Comfortable building prototypes in Python
Highly competitive and passionate about solving hard technical problems
Have an entrepreneurial mindset and be able to thrive amidst ambiguity & uncertainty

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
PhD related to Image Generative Models
Strong track record of research in related areas including but not limited to (preferring candidates with publications in top-tier venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV)
Practical experience in writing robust and maintainable production code

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

Hover has Hubs in San Francisco and New York City, where we encourage employees to be in the office 1-2 times per week to build rapport and foster organic connection. Due to the nature of this role, we will be considering fully remote candidates.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $130,000-$226,000 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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