Manager, Engineering

The role

You will lead a high-impact engineering team to own the engineering of a new, agent-first product for industry recruiting. You will manage a founding team of senior, staff, principal, and mid-level engineers.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a new engineering team through hiring, coaching, and career development
• Own the end-to-end product including sign-up, onboarding, agent-driven search, shortlists, analytics, and tiering
• Shape the architecture early by reviewing technical designs and proposals and setting direction
• Drive execution on an ambitious timeline across a large project
• Make clear trade-offs with product and design on scope versus speed
• Partner closely with product, design, outreach, candidate data, and AI/ML search and retrieval teams
• Establish the team's engineering culture, processes, and operating rhythm

Required qualifications

• 3+ years experience managing engineering teams, including teams that include senior and staff engineers
• Strong people management with high EQ, empathy, and a record of growing engineers' careers
• Deep technical background to contribute to architecture and evaluate trade-offs on a new system
• Track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects on aggressive timelines

Nice to have

• Zero-to-one experience building a new product or major surface from scratch
• Experience with AI/LLM-powered products, agents, or evaluation systems
• Experience with self-serve or product-led growth products

Benefits

• Equity in a fast-growing company
• 401(k) match
• Competitive compensation
• Financial coaching
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility benefits
• Parental coaching
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Mental health support
• Wellness stipend
• Learning stipend
• Ongoing development

About the company

Handshake powers 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. Handshake AI is a fast-growing AI data business working with frontier AI lab researchers.