Software Engineer

About OpendoorAt Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started.

About the Role (Hybrid 4 days onsite, 1 remote) ALL LevelsYou're interviewing for Opendoor, not any specific team. We don't slot you into a team on day one, rather once you're in, we match you to where you'll have the most impact and the most fun.

This isn't a role for everyone. We choose hard mode. We're process-light, high-trust, and we don't put artificial boundaries between you and the work. You'll be expected to understand how your piece connects to the product and communicate at that level. We don't have project managers, we don't have scrum. We do reviews, proposals, demos, and trust.

What We're Looking ForYou ship. You pick the boring solution when boring is right and the novel one when it isn't. You measure twice and cut once, but you also know when "good enough and shipped today" beats "perfect next quarter."You think in first principles. You have opinions on architecture, distributed systems, and the tradeoffs between technologies. You can speak to the constraints, tripwires, and heuristics that come with operating in a complex and high touch environment. You've formed these opinions through your experiences, not from a book.

You're language-agnostic. We care about deep expertise, not loyalty to a specific stack. If you've done the most impressive work of your career in a language or framework we don't or haven't used, we want to hear from you.

You default to AI. You've already integrated modern AI tools into your daily workflow. You use them to move faster, not as a crutch.

You communicate well. You write clear design docs. You give useful code reviews. You push back on bad ideas without making it personal. You can explain a technical tradeoff to a non-technical stakeholder and actually land it.

You believe in what we're building. Not hype, conviction. You see the opportunity in what we're doing and you want to be part of finishing it.

You have fun. We stay human when times are hard. We all know what we're trying to accomplish, and the task is daunting, but we're all in it together.

What You'll DoBuild production systems that real customers and real money depend onOwn features end-to-end, from design through deployment and beyondLead and participate in technical design reviewsUse AI tools daily and help push them further than anyone else in the industryReview code, mentor teammates, and raise the bar on everything around youBridge the gap between infrastructure and productQualificationsDeep software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems others depend onStrong fundamentals in at least one general-purpose language; comfortable picking up new onesExperience with relational databases and the ability to reason about performance at scaleBased in or willing to relocate to Miami, Toronto, or SeattleInterview ProcessWe Move Fast. TypicallyRecruiter phone screen (15 min)A 60 minute technical deep dive interview to understand a past problem or project you've worked onTwo 60 minute pairing style technical reviewsWe're not running these to see if you can finish a problem under pressure. We want to know what it's like to work with you. Before each interview you'll receive an email on what to expect from each one.

Not a perfect fit on paper but clearly excellent?

Apply anyway and tell us why in your cover letter. We value T-shaped people. If you have deep expertise in an adjacent area and a strong point of view on how it applies here, that's exactly the kind of person we want to talk to.