Software Engineer - Dover

Company Overview

Dover is building the marketplace for startup experts.

We connect high-growth startups with experienced operators across recruiting, HR, legal, and more. These are leaders who know what great looks like and deliver real business outcomes. Experts are trusted business partners who work directly with founders to build and scale companies.

As AI transforms how work gets done, the need for experienced operators who can drive execution, exercise judgment, and own outcomes has never been greater. Dover enables these experts to plug into the most ambitious startups exactly when they’re needed most.

Dover isn’t an agency, a firm. or a consultancy. Dover is a marketplace where startups and expert operators meet, collaborate, and build lasting working relationships.

Startups come to Dover to find and partner with exceptional operators through our marketplace.

Since Dover launched the marketplace in mid-2024, it has grown to support over 300 of the strongest early-stage tech companies in the world.

About the role

We’re looking for a product-minded software engineer to join a small, fast-moving team building Dover ’s core marketplace and ATS.

This is not a role where you’ll simply be handed tickets. You’ll come up with product ideas and own problems end-to-end. Everything from shaping ideas to shipping and iterating in production. You’ll work closely with the rest of the team to move quickly, make decisions, and continuously improve the product.

If you’re excited about autonomy, ownership, and building alongside a tight-knit team, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Own features end-to-end: from idea → design → implementation → launch → iteration

Work closely with teammates to make fast, high-quality product decisions

Bring strong product instincts and contribute to what we build

Ship quickly and continuously improve what’s in production

Push back on ideas and approaches when you have a better perspective

Collaborate deeply with a small, highly engaged engineering team

Constantly learn, upskill, and raise the bar for the team

Requirements

You have a few years of experience building and shipping software

You have product taste and care about user experience and outcomes

You’re opinionated and willing to challenge ideas constructively

You’re autonomous and don’t need to be told exactly what to do

You’re excited to grind alongside a small, ambitious team

You’re open to feedback and value collaboration

You want to grow quickly and push your own limits

How We Work

We’re a small, highly collaborative team that operates with a lot of ownership and trust:

We stay in constant sync. We’re on Slack throughout the day: calling each other, sharing progress, and unblocking quickly.

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