About Opendoor
What is Opendoor?
Opendoor is a US residential real-estate technology company that buys homes directly from sellers and resells them, replacing the traditional listing process with an online cash offer. Its careers page states the mission plainly: dedicating your career to "tilting the world in favor of people who want to sell, buy, or own a home." Job postings expand on it: "We are building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We have built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we are just getting started." Alongside the core buy-and-resell business, teams work on pricing and machine learning, renovations, mortgage operations, and the licensed-agent channel that turns underwritten offers into signed contracts.
Where will I work?
Opendoor is emphatic that this is an office job. The careers page headline reads "Hard. Valuable. Fun. Not remote.", followed by: "We work from our offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix, Miami, and Toronto." Individual postings put a number on it. Engineering roles are advertised as "Hybrid 4 days onsite, 1 remote", and a finance posting specifies "Toronto, ON or Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid, 4 days onsite, Wednesdays remote)". Current openings sit in Miami, Seattle, Phoenix, Tempe and Toronto, and several add: "Opendoor offers relocation assistance for qualified candidates moving to Miami or Toronto."
What is the Opendoor team like?
Direct, fast and deliberately demanding. "This will be hard," the careers page opens. "Working at Opendoor isn't for everyone. And that's okay." Six published principles guide the work: Start and End with the Customer, Act from Ownership, Results Matter, Be Mission Driven, Seek Truth ("we value truth over feelings. We're collegial yet candid—we say the thing") and Ship Fast ("in software the only acceptable speed is faster. We do not slow down to seek consensus"). Engineering postings describe a process-light setup: "We don't have project managers, we don't have scrum. We do reviews, proposals, demos, and trust." Interviews are compact: a 15-minute recruiter screen, a 60-minute deep dive on past work, then two 60-minute pairing-style technical reviews.
Work-Life Balance
Time-off wording differs by role, so read the posting you are applying to. Research and development roles state "a comprehensive package of benefits including unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees." Sales, operations and finance roles instead list "paid time off, 12 paid holidays per year", and one leadership posting lists "Flexible PTO and parental leave". The working pattern itself is fixed at four days onsite and one day remote. Nothing on the careers site or across the current open roles mentions a four-day working week, a 32-hour week or compressed hours.
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited PTO on research and development roles; paid time off plus 12 paid holidays per year on other roles
- Medical, dental and vision insurance for eligible employees
- Basic life insurance included in the benefits package
- 401(k) plan for eligible employees
- Opendoor equity, granted as RSUs on top of base pay
- Parental leave, listed alongside flexible PTO on leadership postings
- Relocation assistance for qualified candidates moving to Miami or Toronto