Incredible talent and massive company growth potential - Data Scientist Opendoor Employee Review

5.0
8 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My job choice came down to Opendoor vs Google (Search Team) and I chose Opendoor. I'm extremely happy that I did. Opendoor has ridiculously high talent. Data Scientists here know what they're doing and almost all of them write production code. The executive team is world class. Real estate is a multi-trillion dollar industry and Opendoor has a real chance to take a sizable chunk. This isn't guaranteed of course and it's quite possible that we may only take a relatively small niche in the market. But I think everyone here believes that we could have major market share and, even if we don't, it's still a big enough industry that our business should be viable. If any company can pull this off, it is us. Company culture is very good. People are friendly and helpful. There's an emphasis on efficiency, but there is definitely nothing like the cut-throat culture one might find on Wall Street.

Cons

None that I can think of.

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5.0
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Pros

Recently joined - Kaz is fantastic. There's been basically no blockers to us shipping. Very long hours but you can feel the impact in the work you're doing

Cons

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2.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Meaningful problems to solve. Stock upside with right macro. Aggressive AI usage

Cons

996 / hustle culture amongst newer folks. Love having motivated teammates but the comp is B-tier at best (unless you’re the CEO, at 4371x the avg employee) New product folks are a mixed bag. Some work really hard and are super sharp. Some talk about working hard and take credit for product work from others. SF office dying through firing and resignations - expect to be asked to visit Miami and Toronto frequently. Tenured employees seem to be assumed to be low performers

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