Senior Engineering Manager, Growth

TrulyHired; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing公司

401(k) match

Parental leave

Wellbeing stipend

Learning stipend

Remote & Office: SF office perks

Flexible PTO

Team outings

Job summary

Handshake is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager of Growth Engineering to own the growth platform across acquisition, activation, and retention. You will lead a growing team of engineers and partner with Product, Data, and Marketing to shape the growth loop at scale.

You will drive architecture, set technical strategy, and raise the engineering bar while delivering high-impact bets in a fast-moving environment. This in-office role requires leadership and clear ownership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience
• 4+ years managing engineering teams
• Experience owning growth-focused systems or platform infrastructure
• Ability to translate business goals into technical roadmaps
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, data, and marketing

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing Growth Engineering team.
• Own the full growth funnel: acquisition, activation, retention, and notifications.
• Build a scalable, extensible growth platform for rapid experimentation and personalization.
• Drive architecture and technical strategy balancing platform investments with product bets.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Marketing to align on growth strategy.
• Raise the engineering bar with observability and data integrity.
• Operate with ownership and velocity in Ambiguous, high-stakes environments.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People leadership

Growth platform

Ambiguity management

Technical roadmaps

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager, Growth Full Description

About Handshake

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. Weve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

Why join Handshake now:

• Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
• Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the worlds top educational institutions
• Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
• Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

About the Role

The Senior Engineering Manager of Growth Engineering at Handshake owns one of the most strategically important growth levers and platforms in the company the systems that power how we acquire, activate, and retain users across the entire Handshake ecosystem.

This isn't a single-product role. You'll lead a platform that cuts across every surface of Handshake, serving as a foundational lever for company growth. You'll partner closely with Product, Data, and Marketing to define what the growth loop looks like at scale and then build the infrastructure and product capabilities to make it real. You'll lead a growing team of engineers and are expected to up level and build leadership capacity as the team scales.

Location

San Francisco, CA. This is an in-office role, 5 days/week (no remote/hybrid).

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a high-performing Growth Engineering team hire, develop, and retain strong engineers; build the leadership layer needed to scale
• Own the full growth funnel acquisition, activation, retention, and notification systems that move the needle on Handshake's core growth metrics
• Build a scalable, extensible growth platform modular infrastructure that enables rapid experimentation, personalization, and lifecycle targeting across the product
• Drive architecture and technical strategy design systems for reliability, performance, and speed-to-ship, balancing platform investments with high-impact product bets
• Partner cross-functionally work shoulder-to-shoulder with Product, Data Science, and Marketing to align on growth strategy and execution
• Raise the engineering bar champion strong fundamentals: observability, experimentation rigor, data integrity, and engineering quality at scale
• Operate with ownership and velocity set the standard for a team culture that moves fast, takes accountability, and delivers in ambiguous, high-stakes environments

What We're Looking For

• Engineering leader + builder: 4+ years managing engineering teams, 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience
• Growth or platform background: Experience owning systems that drive user acquisition, activation, or retention or platform infrastructure that powers growth at scale
• Strong people leadership: Track record of developing senior engineers; experience managing managers or equivalent scope is a strong plus
• Execution in ambiguity: Able to align cross-functionally, build clarity from ambiguity, and deliver iteratively in fast-moving environments
• Balanced product + systems mindset: Can translate business and growth goals into technical roadmaps, ship with urgency, and measure outcomes rigorously

Nice to Have

• Experience building experimentation platforms, A/B testing infrastructure, or personalization systems
• Background in lifecycle marketing infrastructure (notifications, email, push, in-app messaging)
• Familiarity with growth analytics, funnel instrumentation, or event tracking at scale
• Experience in two-sided marketplace or consumer/prosumer products

Perks

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supportedand 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, $500 wellness stipend
• Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
• Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
• Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
• Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.