What you'll do
- Build and maintain scalable full-stack systems powering core user journeys such as search, discovery, and onboarding.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver polished, end-to-end user experiences.
- Ship reliable backend APIs, asynchronous workflows, and frontend features that impact millions of users.
- Contribute to code quality, reviews, and architectural decisions to ensure scalable and secure deployments.
- Grow technical ownership by learning from senior engineers within a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
What you should know
- Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of full-stack development experience with a product-oriented mindset.
- The role requires working onsite in San Francisco full-time, emphasizing close team collaboration.
- Applicants will face the challenge of balancing speed and code quality while building features at scale.
- Opportunities for growth include technical ownership and mentorship from senior engineers.
- Exposure to AI-powered products, cloud infrastructure, and modern web stacks is highly valued and encouraged.
About the company
- Handshake is a leading career network for the AI economy, trusted by 20 million workers and 1 million employers including all Fortune 50 companies.
- The company emphasizes partnerships with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 firms, and top educational institutions.
- Leadership team includes talent from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, highlighting strong industry expertise.
- Handshake is experiencing rapid growth, having tripled ARR in 2025 and building a business with billions in revenue.
- The company culture values mission-driven work, continuous learning, and collaboration in a dynamic, high-impact environment.
Key required skills
TypeScriptReactNext.jsGraphQLRuby on RailsPostgreSQL