Senior Software Engineer - AI-Powered Hiring (Onsite SF)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership

Financial Wellness

Family Support

Wellbeing

Growth

Remote & Office

Time Off

Connection

Job summary

Handshake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Employer team to help build the next generation of hiring on Handshake. You'll tackle AI-assisted sourcing, automated outreach, and recruiting integrations with ownership from idea through launch.

This role requires strong full-stack skills (Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python), experience designing scalable architectures, and the ability to ship production-ready features. Onsite in San Francisco, 5 days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience owning complex products from idea through launch and iteration.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills in Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python.
• Experience designing scalable architectures and reliable distributed systems.
• Strong product judgment, linking technical decisions to customer needs and business outcomes.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid experimentation.
• Clear communication and collaborative leadership.

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.
• 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

Product ownership

Full-stack

Ruby on Rails

Go

Python

Scalable architecture

Product judgment

Adaptability

Communication

AI tools

Job description

Handshake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Employer team to help build the next generation of hiring on Handshake. You'll tackle AI-assisted sourcing, automated outreach, and recruiting integrations with ownership from idea through launch.

This role requires strong full-stack skills (Ruby on Rails, Go, or Python), experience designing scalable architectures, and the ability to ship production-ready features. Onsite in San Francisco, 5 days a week.