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# Escrow Officer w/ Book at Orchard

- **Company:** Orchard
- **Location:** Houston Texas, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-03-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchard/jobs/8478015002

## Job description

## About Orchard

Orchard is radically simplifying the way people buy and sell their homes. For the average American, the home purchase and sale process takes months, creates anxiety, and is filled with uncertainty and hassle. Orchard has reimagined the end-to-end experience of buying and selling, from innovative home search tools to find the perfect home to the ability to buy a new home before selling your current one. Orchard customers manage the entire experience through a personalized online dashboard, while also getting the support of best-in-class Orchard real estate agents.

Headquartered in New York City with teammates across the US, Orchard boasts over 150+ employees. We have financing from top-tier investors including Revolution, Firstmark, Accomplice, Navitas and Juxtapose, who have also backed the likes of Pinterest, Airbnb, Shopify and Sweetgreen. We're proud to be recognized by Crain's, Inc. 5000, Glassdoor, Parity.org and Built In on their lists of best places to work.

## About the Role

Orchard Title is looking for a dynamic Escrow Officer who has a current book of business, to manage the closing process and provide an exceptional experience for customers for both their own deals and Orchard Brokerage closings. The ideal candidate is a seasoned real estate professional with expert knowledge of residential closings. If you are used to working with high-stakes, time-sensitive deals and managing your own pipeline, then we want to hear from you!  This is a full time role that will report into the Escrow Manager for your market.  We are open to any of the following locations for this role: Phoenix, Denver, Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio.

What You’ll Do Here:

- Actively seek new business by attending sales meetings, real estate events, escrow, and management meetings and interact with lending and banking to increase capture rate.
- Prepare closing disclosures, escrow agreements and all other settlement documents according to lender and/or buyer/seller instructions
- Clearly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional departments in Customer Experience, Brokerage, Contract Operations, and Funding to promptly troubleshoot and resolve any issues in the Title process to avoid delays
- Obtain clear title by curing title defects, satisfying existing liens and encumbrances against property or principals, and verifying proper vesting
- Balance all financials with corresponding invoices and tax balances
- Provide correct lender closing instructions and oversee the receipt and proper disbursement of funds; ensure all outstanding checks and escrowed funds are properly managed
- Maintain compliance with Orchard Title policies and procedures in accordance with governing laws, regulations, regulatory agencies and company standards

We’d Love to Hear From You if You Have:

- 3+ years of experience as an Licensed Escrow Officer with their own book of business. Expected to bring in a minimum of 5 closings a month from their book of business.
- Exceptional verbal and written customer service skills that help form positive relationships both internally and externally
- Confidence working with technologies (Google Suite) and speciality software (e.g. Qualia) Will train if needed.
- Working knowledge of state-level escrow rules and regulations enforced by Dept of Insurance
- A team player mentality who subscribes to the concept of “Team Before Self”
- Passion for innovation and are comfortable with change
- Organization skills and are exceptionally detail-oriented

Orchard is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

## About Orchard

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orchard is a technology-enabled residential real estate platform that allows homeowners to buy their next home before selling their current one, simplifying and de-risking the moving process.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Court Cunningham and Chris Smith

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Residential real estate technology (proptech) and brokerage services.
- Target customers: Homeowners and homebuyers (B2C) in the United States.
- Mission: To transform the way people buy and sell their homes by making the process fair, straightforward, and easy – so customers can focus on making a home, not just a transaction.

## Products & Services
- **Buy Before You Sell**: Orchard’s core product allows homeowners to get a cash offer on their current home, use that equity to purchase a new home, and then sell their old home on their timeline. Combines technology, guaranteed offers, and licensed agents.
- **Mortgage Services**: Orchard offers mortgage loan origination through its own licensed loan officers, providing a seamless financing option for customers.
- **Brokerage Services**: Licensed real estate agents work with clients as part of the Orchard team, providing support and high-quality seller leads.
- **Technology Platform**: A proprietary platform that powers the entire transaction, including consumer-facing web/mobile apps, an operations platform for agents and back-office teams, and data infrastructure for analytics and automation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (revenue and funding details not disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed from available sources
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Active hiring for 73+ roles across engineering, product, marketing, mortgage, and brokerage teams as of mid‑2026.
  - Operations in 12 major U.S. markets (Atlanta, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa Bay).
  - Recognized as a “Best Places to Work” in 2021 and 2023, and a “Best Company for Women to Advance” in 2022.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Differentiated “Buy Before You Sell” Model**: Reduces the stress and financial risk of moving by allowing homeowners to purchase a new home before listing their current one, using a guaranteed cash offer.
- **Integrated Tech Platform**: Orchard builds its own software end‑to‑end (consumer, operations, data) to orchestrate the entire transaction, creating a seamless experience that traditional brokerages cannot easily replicate.
- **Full‑Service Brokerage + Mortgage**: By offering brokerage and mortgage in‑house, Orchard controls the entire transaction lifecycle, improves customer conversion, and captures more value.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuing to enter new U.S. markets and scale existing ones.
- **Product Development**: Investing in engineering and product teams to further improve the consumer and agent experience, including mobile, data infrastructure, and operational tools.
- **Agent Growth**: Attracting and retaining top real estate agents by providing vetted seller leads, seamless transaction services, and a strong brand.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Orchard emphasizes respect, ownership, finding a way, treating people with respect, and creating raving fans. The company has a dedicated Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Steering Committee and hosts frequent team events, book clubs, and diversity panels.
- **Benefits**:
  - Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for new parents + 10 weeks paid family care leave.
  - Flexible paid time off.
  - Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance (some fully sponsored for employees and dependents).
  - Wellness resources (primary care, fertility support, fitness classes, mental health offerings).
  - 401(k) plan with employer match, plus life insurance.
  - Professional development: paid industry certifications and license renewals.
  - Team events including monthly lunches, happy hours, and holiday gatherings.
- **Engineering Culture**: Tech stack includes Node, Python, Go, React, Qwik, Postgres, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, Airflow, and RedShift. Engineers work in autonomous teams with high feature ownership, partnering closely with Product and Design.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office‑based in major U.S. cities (New York, Denver, Atlanta, Austin, etc.). Some roles may be location‑specific.

## Sources
1. [orchard.com/careers](https://orchard.com/careers)
2. [orchard.com/about](https://orchard.com/about)
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchard](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchard)
4. [orchard.com/](https://orchard.com/)
5. [orchard.com/careers/engineering](https://orchard.com/careers/engineering)

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