Opendoor
Enterprise Security Engineer
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The complete job description, requirements, and application details are available on the original posting.
About Opendoor
Opendoor Technologies Inc. is a real estate technology company based in San Francisco, founded in 2014. It operates an iBuying platform that allows homeowners to receive instant cash offers for their homes and sell directly to the company. This service enables sellers to close on their preferred timeline, often in as little as two weeks, while also facilitating home purchases for buyers. The company uses technology and proprietary pricing algorithms to provide competitive cash offers based on fair market value. Opendoor manages renovations and logistics for resold properties, ensuring a smooth transaction process. It has expanded its services to multiple U.S. metro areas and partnered with Zillow to enhance its reach. Opendoor aims to simplify the home selling and buying experience, making it more accessible and efficient for individual homeowners.
Security at Opendoor
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Security Philosophy
“Opendoor's Application Security philosophy focuses on "building intelligent systems that protect Opendoor and our customers while enabling unprecedented engineering velocity." The team adopts a "Business enablement security mindset," prioritizing the creation of "guardrails where they matter, not gates where they don't." Their strategic approach includes driving a "shift-left strategy" and incorporating "threat modeling and security design reviews" into their process.”
Security Team
Opendoor maintains an Application Security team, as evidenced by the recruitment of an Application Security Engineer. However, specific details regarding the organizational structure, reporting lines, and key public-facing leadership are not publicly available.
Key Initiatives
- Opendoor's AppSec initiatives include owning application-layer security for consumer products, GraphQL APIs, and internal tools.
- The team is responsible for running the HackerOne bug bounty program and is currently focusing on building AI agents and automated workflows for triage and remediation.
- Additionally, they are actively driving a "shift-left strategy" and managing the AppSec tooling stack including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning.
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