Software Engineer

About Opendoor

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.

About The Role

Opendoor is seeking an AI/ML Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team in our Seattle, WA office and will play a critical role in our strategic transition to AI-powered pricing models. This high-impact, business-critical position will focus on building the scalable, production-grade platform and infrastructure necessary to support sophisticated ML models, particularly leveraging complex data sources like imagery and video.

What You'll Do

• Platform Leadership: Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of the AI/ML feature platform, focusing on scalability, reliability, and high performance for core business systems (e.g., pricing, transaction platforms).
• Feature Engineering Infrastructure: Design and build large-scale data pipelines responsible for generating, indexing, and versioning AI-derived features (predictions, embeddings) from structured and unstructured data, with a specific emphasis on image and video data.
• AI Integration: Ensure seamless integration of ML capabilities into production, setting technical standards for real-time AI consumption and agentic optimization within pricing and customer-facing products.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Data Science, Product, and Operations teams to translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring the platform delivers tangible business outcomes like reduced spreads and increased transaction volume.
• Mentorship & Direction: Serve as a technical mentor and leader, setting the technical direction and best practices for the new AI/ML platform group.

What You'll Need

• Extensive experience as a technical leader (Staff/Senior Staff level) in large-scale, production software and data environments.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing ML/Data Platforms or Feature Stores that directly support production AI/ML models.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data processing (e.g., vector search, data versioning).
• Strong background in data infrastructure and API design, particularly serving data for machine learning consumption.
• Experience in a domain where AI/ML is critical to the core business (e.g., pricing, optimization, recommendations).

Highly Sought-After Skills

• Prior experience with computer vision pipelines or handling large-scale image/video data for ML.
• Familiarity with the technical challenges of managing compute and data versioning to optimize ML iteration cycles.
• Experience with agentic optimization frameworks.

Compensation

The base pay range for this position is $247,000.00 - $339,900.00 annually, 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.