Software Engineering Manager, Opendoor
Growth
$186.4-233k
+ RSU's + Bonus
End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
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End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$186.4-233k
+ RSU's + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power life's progress one move at a time.
Role
Who you are
- Management Experience: Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impactful contributions
- 2+ years of management experience leading full-stack consumer-facing engineering teams
- 2+ years of experience leading Growth Engineering teams to drive top-of-funnel conversion
- Technical Skills: 6+ years of prior experience as a full-stack or frontend-focused engineer
- Expertise in our frontend stack: Javascript/TypeScript, React, GraphQL, NextJS, and Remix
- Experience running A/B tests with experimentation platforms (Amplitude Experiment, Optimizely, etc.)
- Experience with backend development (Go, Ruby, Postgres)
- Product Sense: Ability to make data-driven product decisions, working with Product and various stakeholders to build products that start and end with the customer
- Experience with analyzing product metrics using analytics platforms (Amazon Quicksight, Mode, Hex, Amplitude, etc.)
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects, mentor and coach reports, and take initiative in driving technical excellence
- Architectural Skills: Deep understanding of software architecture, with the ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and propose improvements
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to solve complex technical challenges independently
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a world-class Growth Engineering team
- This is a highly visible and impactful leadership role where you’ll help shape and execute on our growth strategy through technical excellence, experimentation, and deep customer understanding
- You will support, mentor, and grow a team of talented engineers while building scalable systems that drive growth and engagement across Opendoor’s platform
- Your leadership will set the standard for engineering and operational excellence and foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Build and lead a top-tier growth engineering team, hiring and developing exceptional talent
- Support and coach direct reports through career development, performance management, and engagement
- Set and uphold high standards for engineering, testing, algorithms, and operational practices across your team and the organization
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders—product managers, customers, cross-functional teams, and external partners—to identify impactful growth opportunities
- Drive growth outcomes through deep technical expertise in experimentation platforms and data-driven decision-making
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, prioritize engineering work based on business impact, and navigate complex, interconnected systems effectively
- Deeply understand customer needs and ensure solutions address real user problems
- Align your team with company OKRs, and actively keep them top-of-mind across multiple teams
- Promote knowledge sharing and prevent single points of failure through sound engineering practices and team design
Our take
Opendoor makes selling homes easy and stress-free by cutting out the prolonged processing time usually involved with a sale. Sellers can offload a house quickly and easily to the company for cash and a 6-9% fee. Currently operating in a growing number of markets nationwide, Opendoor has chimed well with millennials who gel quickly with online businesses that offer solutions to problems they encounter.
This buying and selling model doesn't come without risk. The longer Opendoor keeps a property, the lower its profit margin. However, Opendoor's performance has been anything but disappointing; it went public in 2021, with its pre-SPAC merger presentation calling for $3.5 billion in revenue. Its actual revenue trounced it, coming in at $8 billion - more than double its estimate.
Opendoor's largest competitor Zillow dropped out of the space in late 2021 because it struggled to price the homes it acquired accurately. Opendoor's closest remaining competitor is Offerpad, which does just a fraction of the transaction volume that Opendoor does. With strong earnings coming out of 2024, if Opendoor can continue to ride on this success long term it will have an enormous lead on existing and future competitors, giving it a shot to become the overwhelming market leader.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Mar 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Sep 2018
$400m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Save for tomorrow: Select our Pre-tax or Roth 401k plans to save towards retirement
- Healthy healthcare: Medical, dental and vision is 100% covered for employees
- Family planning: We offer specialty programs like Carrot, Cleo & Ginger
- Flexible vacation: Most of our team take at least 20 days off per year to decompress and be their best
- Resource groups: Join the group that works for you
- Income protection: 100% company sponsored: life insurance short term and long term disability
- Other: Flexible spending account, commuter benefit, employee assistance programs, and paid parental leave
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Carrie Wheeler
(CEO)Initially joined Opendoor in 2019 as a Board Member, before becoming the CFO in 2020 and CEO in 2022. Previously a Partner and the Head of Retail and COnsumer Investing at TPG Capital as well as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs.
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