Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• 2+ years of experience managing a technical team in a people leadership role
• 5+ years of experience in Backend Engineering with one or more programming languages (Ruby, Java, Go, JavaScript, etc.)
• Demonstrable experience operating distributed services in production environments
• Know-how and success working cross-functionally to drive impactful, product-level outcomes
  If you’re passionate about leading teams, building impactful products, and helping scale a global platform that empowers millions of students and their careers, we’d love to hear from you.
  For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

ABOUT US

Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforce—from Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.
When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week (unless noted in the specific job posting). Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.

(GERMANY-SPECIFIC BENEFITS, IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST SECTION)

• 25 days of annual leave + 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off across the company.
• Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year.
• Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities.
• ️ Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees.
  Looking for more? Explore our mission, values and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
  Handshake is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know during initial communications

• Build, lead, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers, developing their technical and leadership skills; clearly define growth paths and motivate towards impactful outcomes
• Champion a data-driven product culture, expanding the capabilities of our embedded analytics and employer integrations products—critical data sources fueling our applied AI and ML initiatives that shape student experiences
• Partner closely with key stakeholders across Handshake including Product Management, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and go-to-market teams, defining clear, ambitious, and measurable goals to enhance data accessibility, quality, and integration reliability at scale
• Guide technical decisions and provide technical coaching, helping tech leads to define and prioritize our product and engineering roadmap
• Lead with empathy as you help us nurture a culture of growth, inclusion, and belonging