Software Engineer, Security Engineering

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SECURITY ENGINEERING

Team: IT, Security, and Corporate Engineering

Location: Seattle, Washington

ABOUT THE ROLE

At Opendoor our goal is to build the biggest, most trusted housing platform and

set a new standard for how people move. We've combined our deep, proprietary

data and operational expertise with the power of artificial intelligence to make

online home selling and buying radically simple.

Our Security Engineering team is building intelligent systems that protect

Opendoor and our customers while enabling unprecedented engineering velocity. We

apply software engineering and AI to solve security problems across product,

infrastructure, and operations by building guardrails where they matter, not

gates where they don't.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Build systems and AI agents that harden infrastructure, protect sensitive

data, and facilitate safe transactions for home acquisition, resale,

mortgage, title, and escrow.

* Design workflows and CI/CD pipelines that enable engineers and non-engineers

alike to design, build, and ship safely.

* Set new standards and security patterns for AI maximalist engineering and

operations.

* Apply deep expertise in threat modeling and risk management to understand and

enable complex business operations.

* Mentor engineers and colleagues in security, software engineering, and AI.

TECH STACK

* Languages: Python, Go, Ruby, Terraform

* Corporate Platforms: Okta, AWS, Google Workspace, Slack, Jamf, CrowdStrike

* Engineering: AWS, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

* AI Tools: Claude, OpenAI, agent frameworks, workflow automation

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

* Deep conviction that AI and automation should eliminate manual work humans

shouldn't be doing anyway. You're excited to replace developer toil and

reactive firefighting with automated systems and guardrails.

* Business enablement security mindset - measuring security success by business

impact, which means informed risk taking.

* 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong skills in Python, Go,

or similar languages.

* Expertise in cloud security architecture, Kubernetes, container

orchestration, and identity management.

* Humility and genuine curiosity—you're as excited to learn and enable the

business and your colleagues as you are to utilize cutting edge tools and

techniques in security and AI.

BONUS POINTS FOR

* Incident response training and experience.

* M.S. in Computer Science or security-focused graduate work.

COMPENSATION

The base pay range for this position in Seattle is $214,000 - $294,000 USD

annually and in Toronto it is $177,000-243,000 CAD, plus RSUs and bonuses. Pay

within this range varies by work location and may also depend on your

qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a

comprehensive package of benefits including unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision

insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

#LI-RO

At 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.