Handshake
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
RubyReactiOSAndroidRailsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentGraphQLLLMsA/B TestingCollaboration
About the role
- This role is onsite 5 days a week in our SF office.
- Mentor and elevate engineers across the team, fostering a culture of growth and technical excellence
- Balance speed and rigor - know when to move fast with a lightweight test and when a feature needs production-grade durability
Responsibilities
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Growth team, you'll build the products that connect millions of students with employers.
- You'll drive meaningful technical initiatives, shape the technical direction of the team, and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that directly impact one of the fastest-growing career platforms in the world.
- Design, build, and ship experiments across the user funnel - onboarding, activation, retention, notifications - with a strong bias toward measurable impact
- Architect and scale distributed systems to support millions of users, ensuring high availability and performance
- Partner with Product Managers and Data Scientists to translate growth hypotheses into technical designs and shippable experiments
Requirements
- Familiarity with LLM-powered features or AI-assisted product experiences
- Prior experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling environments
Nice to have
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with exposure to consumer-facing or growth-focused products
Skills
- Strong collaboration skills - you can work fluidly with PMs, designers, and data scientists, and can communicate trade-offs clearly
Compensation
- 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
Benefits
- Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported-and thrive at work and in life.
- The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
- 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
- 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
- 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
- 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend
- 📚 Growth: Learning stipend, ongoing development
- 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
- Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers http://joinhandshake.com/careers.
- Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world's top educational institutions
- Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
- 💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
Company info
- Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know.
- Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.
- In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history.
- We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data.
- We've grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.
- Team outings & referral bonuses
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