Software Engineer, Consumer Experience — Scale Connections

Handshake; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401k match

Parental leave

Health benefits

Wellness stipend

Learning stipend

Remote & Office

Job summary

Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Consumer Experience team in San Francisco, onsite. You will build consumer-facing features that connect millions of students with employers and steer the technical direction of the team.

The role focuses on scalable distributed systems and mentorship to elevate engineering quality. You will collaborate with engineers, scientists, and operators to deliver high-quality products in a fast-growing career platform, with full-time US benefits and a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Demonstrated staff-level influence across teams
• Experience building and scaling distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or JavaScript
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Exceptional communication skills
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and elevating engineering culture

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of consumer-facing features
• Architect and scale distributed systems for millions of users
• Influence technical direction with cross-functional teams
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices
• Drive high-quality, scalable production systems

Skills

Software engineering

Staff-level influence

Distributed systems

Go/Python/JS

Cloud platforms

Communication

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Go

Python

JavaScript

Job description

Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Consumer Experience team in San Francisco, onsite. You will build consumer-facing features that connect millions of students with employers and steer the technical direction of the team.

The role focuses on scalable distributed systems and mentorship to elevate engineering quality. You will collaborate with engineers, scientists, and operators to deliver high-quality products in a fast-growing career platform, with full-time US benefits and a