Escrow Assistant - TX

***** This is an in-office role in Coppell, TX *****

Who We Are

We’re building the future of real estate — today.

HomeLight is the real estate technology platform powering innovative transactions for top agents, lenders, and their clients. Our technology makes it easier to buy and sell homes, whether that's enabling clients to buy before they sell, find a top agent, or have certainty through a modern closing process. Each year, HomeLight facilitates billions of dollars of residential real estate business on its platform for thousands of agents and loan officers. Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying for all.

Our team breaks barriers every day while staying committed to HomeLight's goals and core values, which is a crucial element to our shared success.

Who You Are

We are looking for a detail-oriented Escrow Assistant to serve as the operational backbone of our closing team. This role is responsible for the technical and administrative lifecycle of the file within a multi-channel joint-venture (JV) environment. We value proactive problem-solvers who manage multiple streams of information, maintain high accuracy, and follow segregated partnership protocols.

What You’ll Do Here

• Multi-Channel Workflow Coordination: Execute administrative tasks across segregated JV workstreams. Monitor and triage multiple dedicated email accounts, ensuring branding and data remain partitioned in accordance with partnership protocols.
• Requirement Procurement: Independently move files toward "clear to close" by securing necessary curative documentation, including payoff statements, release of liens, T-47 affidavits, and HOA resale certificates.
• Settlement Preparation: Input transactional data into the escrow system to produce accurate preliminary settlement statements and Closing Disclosures, ensuring all Texas-specific fees and endorsements are accounted for.
• Funding & Post-Closing Integrity: Facilitate the "dry funding" and "instant funding" processes. Manage e-recordings across various Texas counties and ensure the final title policy is issued and delivered per lender requirements.
• Strategic Communication: Provide consistent, professional status updates to all parties, ensuring that agents and lenders are informed of outstanding requirements through the appropriate communication channels.

What You Bring

• Industry Foundation: 1–3 years of experience in a Texas title office, mortgage firm, or real estate law environment.
• Operational Discipline: A "check-twice" mentality with a focus on procedural accuracy and the ability to manage a high-volume task list with minimal oversight.
• Technical Agility: Proficiency in navigating multiple software instances or tiered communication portals concurrently; ability to quickly master new escrow technologies.
• Information Management: Superior organizational skills, specifically regarding inbox management and the ability to triage information from multiple sources without cross-contamination.
• Texas Knowledge: Understanding of Texas Title Commitment Schedules A through D and the general requirements for a Texas real estate closing.

• Medical (Aetna or Kaiser), Dental & Vision (Guardian)
• Long-Term Disability & Short-Term Disability
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Plan, and Employee Critical Illness (Guardian)
• 401k (Vestwell), Life Insurance (Guardian) & Pet Insurance (Nationwide)
• Commuter benefits are offered in certain locations
• PTO, including Volunteer Days to give back to your community
• Annual Anniversary Perks, including one month paid sabbaticals!
• HomeLight Services to help you with buying and selling your home

Let’s chat! 

HomeLight is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request and any accommodation will be addressed confidentially.