Staff Security Engineer, Opendoor
$158.4-217.8k
Plus RSUs and bonuses
End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
Be an early applicant
End-to-end online platform for selling and buying homes
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$158.4-217.8k
Plus RSUs and bonuses
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power life's progress one move at a time.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of security engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership capacity
- Deep understanding of cloud security in AWS/GCP environments and containerized workloads (Kubernetes)
- Strong coding skills and experience implementing security automation and tooling
- Experience with identity and access management solutions, particularly Okta
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience securing both Mac and Windows environments in a hybrid infrastructure setting
- Familiarity with real estate technology or fintech security requirements
- Security certifications (CISSP, CSSLP, AWS/GCP security certifications)
What the job involves
- You'll join Opendoor's Security team to lead complex security initiatives across our cloud-native environment
- As a Staff Security Engineer, you'll collaborate with IT and engineering teams to design and implement robust security controls while balancing innovation and risk
- You'll be a key technical leader shaping our security posture in a fast-moving technology company with diverse infrastructure spanning AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Lead end-to-end security projects across multiple teams, providing technical direction and mentorship to junior security engineers
- Design and implement secure architecture for cloud-native applications, with a focus on AWS/GCP environments and Kubernetes infrastructure
- Develop and maintain security standards, automation, and monitoring systems to provide visibility across our technology stack
- Partner with engineering teams to conduct security reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for new products and features
- Drive security incident response, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term remediation strategies
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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