This role is a hybrid in-office/remote position, based in Austin, TX and requires at least 3 days per week in-office
About Homeward
Buying a home should be an exciting milestone. But all too often, it’s stressful, especially in a competitive market or when you’re buying and selling at the same time. So we’re redesigning the homebuying experience. We’re a fast-paced real estate startup that empowers agents to help homebuyers buy with cash. We buy homes on behalf of our partners’ clients with our cash, then the client buys the home back from us.
Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, a 10-year industry veteran and owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018. In fact, he bought our first customer’s home with his own life savings. Today we offer two services — Buy with cash and Buy before you sell.
We’ve raised more than $160MM in equity capital from top-tier venture investors, including Norwest, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, Adams Street, Javelin, and LiveOak. Our leadership team includes experts from the real estate, mortgage, and technology industries.
About the opportunity
Homeward Title is looking for a high-performing Funder to join our team to work on Texas transactions. This person is responsible for providing an impeccable experience to our customers and agents as it relates to our Title & Escrow operation - while working closely with our Escrow Officers and Escrow Assistants. This role will report to our Head of Title & Escrow Operations and support two of our Escrow Officers.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with funding and post-closing responsibilities
- Reading contracts, commitments, and order in preparation for the closing
- Review signed documents for compliance with federal, state, and local law and company policies
- Communicating to the customers and Escrow Officers details relating to the closing
- High levels of accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, and focus on deadlines
- Providing an incredible customer experience by being informative, responsive, patient, and friendly in all interactions
About you:
- 2+ years of experience working on transactions in a post-closing capacity
- Knowledge of legal documents with the ability to analyze and evaluate documents as they relate to residential real estate closings
- Software experience with Qualia strongly desired. Experience with other title production software such as Softpro, Ramquest, Resware, LandTech, or similar software will also be considered.
- Experience with post-closing Title transactions in Texas
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Professional communication skills with clients
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills. Deadline-driven.
- Resilient team player - we are a start-up so the ability to roll with the punches and adapt to change is key
- Located in the Austin area or able to commute at least 3 days per week.
Our Values
THE GOLDEN RULE
Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we follow The Golden Rule, treating others the way we want to be treated. It’s a simple rule, but it’s also significant: we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity.
CALM FOCUS
We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. So it’s important that we focus on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next. If something is out of scope, we say “No.” If something feels rushed, we pump the brakes. This calm focus helps us create solutions our customers love.
ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM
Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experience holistically, and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams. This approach extends to cooperation among our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage, and Homeward Title — and results in a better homebuying experience.