Senior Software Engineer, AI-Driven Hiring (SF-Onsite)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in a fast-growing company

401(k) match

Financial coaching

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Mental health support

Wellbeing stipend

Learning stipend

Remote & Office support (SF office)

Job summary

Handshake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Employer team in San Francisco. You will own end-to-end initiatives, shaping product direction and leading technical execution on AI-powered sourcing, outreach, and integrations.

Collaborate with product, design, and data to deliver scalable, production-ready systems and measurable hiring outcomes. You will partner with engineers across levels, run A/B tests, and leverage customer feedback to improve engagement and monetization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning complex products from idea through launch and iteration.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills, with proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python.
• Experience designing scalable architectures and reliable distributed systems.
• Strong product judgment, connecting technical decisions to customer needs and business outcomes.
• Comfort with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and rapid experimentation.
• Pragmatic technical decision-making and a high bar for maintainable, production-quality code.
• Clear communication, collaborative leadership, and confidence to challenge assumptions and surface blockers.
• Comfort using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and Claude.

Responsibilities

• Own high-impact full-stack initiatives from idea to launch, shaping product direction and driving technical execution.
• Build smarter hiring experiences, with opportunities across AI-powered sourcing, automated outreach, and recruiting integrations.
• Run A/B tests and use customer feedback to improve employer engagement, conversion, and hiring outcomes.
• Develop monetization and growth experiences that help employers get more value from Handshake.
• Architect scalable, reliable systems and make pragmatic tradeoffs across frontend, backend, and integrations.
• Partner with product, design, and data to turn ambiguous customer needs into intuitive, effective products.
• Elevate engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews, mentorship, and ownership of production systems.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Ruby on Rails

Go

Python

Product ownership

A/B testing

Distributed systems

Product judgment

AI tooling

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Handshake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Employer team in San Francisco. You will own end-to-end initiatives, shaping product direction and leading technical execution on AI-powered sourcing, outreach, and integrations.

Collaborate with product, design, and data to deliver scalable, production-ready systems and measurable hiring outcomes. You will partner with engineers across levels, run A/B tests, and leverage customer feedback to improve engagement and monetization.