Software Engineer – Backend Pricing

Software Engineer – Backend Pricing (Senior level or higher)

Seattle WA

The Pricing team is the engine behind Opendoor’s ability to price homes with speed scale and confidence. We build the core platform that turns data models and business logic into the prices that power our entire business.

We own mission-critical services and data infrastructure that support pricing decisions and automation. Our systems must be fast accurate and resilient—because small improvements can translate into major business impact.

As a software engineer on the team you’ll collaborate with data scientists machine learning engineers product managers and partner engineering and operations teams to turn ideas into resilient production-ready systems. You’ll see your work move from design to deployment quickly and have meaningful ownership over how our pricing platform evolves and how we shape the future of real estate.

• Own the design implementation and evolution of core pricing services
• Design data models and write high-performance SQL over large PostgreSQL datasets
• Architect and improve APIs and integrations with Opendoor’s core marketplace platform
• Lead technical design reviews and set best practices for code quality testing and observability
• Partner with data science to productionize pricing models and build robust model-serving pipelines
• Drive reliability latency and scalability improvements across pricing systems
• Mentor other engineers and help grow the technical capabilities of the team
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional partners to define and deliver roadmap projects end to end

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
• Significant experience building and operating production systems in Go or Python
• Deep proficiency with SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Strong track record designing building and evolving APIs in a microservices environment
• Experience with distributed systems concepts (scalability consistency resiliency monitoring)
• Experience leading technical projects from design through rollout and support
• Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code Cursor AI Github Copilot)
• Experience with BPMN or other workflow engines and long-running business processes
• Experience with Redis or other caching / storage optimization technologies
• Experience with gRPC and service-to-service communication patterns at scale
• Prior experience in pricing marketplaces or other data-intensive domains

The base pay range for this position is $176000-$282000 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.

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What We Do

Founded in 2014 Opendoor’s mission is to empower everyone with the freedom to move. We believe the traditional real estate process is broken and confusing. It often comes with unexpected costs the added burden of coordinating multiple third parties and the uncertainty of a transaction falling through. Our goal is simple: build a digital end-to-end customer experience that makes buying and selling a home simple certain and fast. We have assembled a dedicated team with diverse backgrounds and talents across engineering operations design operations mortgage finance legal and more to deliver strong results. More than 85000 customers have selected us as a trusted partner in handling one of their largest financial transactions.

Why Work With Us

We’re on a mission to power life’s progress one move at a time

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