Opendoor · 2 months ago
Staff / Senior Staff Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $328K/yr
9+ years expOpendoor is reinventing the real estate transaction process and is seeking an experienced Staff / Senior Staff Research Scientist to enhance their applied machine learning and AI capabilities. This role involves tackling complex ML problems and improving valuation systems through innovative modeling and data utilization.
MarketplaceProperty DevelopmentProperty ManagementPropTechReal Estate
Responsibilities
Design and deploy architectural improvements to our deep neural network (DNN)-based home valuation models
Build interpretable ML models that can help us explain pricing decisions to customers
Incorporate unstructured data — like images, videos, or text — into our forecasting and valuation pipelines using cutting-edge AI models (LLMs, VLMs, etc.)
Collaborate with Engineering and Ops to enhance our human-in-the-loop pricing systems
Improve the feature engineering and model training pipelines that power our production systems
Rethink our risk and optimization models using real-world data and domain insight
Qualification
Required
Strong software engineering and coding skills in Python, with experience contributing to production codebases
9+ years of experience developing and deploying ML models end-to-end — from research and prototyping to implementation in production systems
Hands-on experience with deep learning architectures, including ConvNets, Transformers, or similar
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or a related quantitative field
Solid foundation in statistics and experimental design
Strong communication and collaboration skills — you're comfortable working with cross-functional stakeholders and can communicate technical ideas clearly
Preferred
Familiarity with Pyspark and distributed data processing
Background in search, recommendation systems, or personalization
Experience working with large language models (LLMs) or vision-language models (VLMs)
A genuine interest in real estate — no prior experience required, but you'll engage deeply with housing data
Benefits
Unlimited PTO
Medical/dental/vision insurance
Life insurance
401(k)
Company
Opendoor
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to power life’s progress one move at a time.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.57BKey Investors
Jane Street CapitalGeneral AtlanticSoftBank Vision Fund
2025-09-24Post Ipo Equity· $362M
2025-05-19Post Ipo Debt· $325M
2023-09-20Post Ipo Secondary· $1.98M
Leadership Team
Kaz Nejatian
Chief Executive Officer
Christy Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer
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