Senior Software Engineer, Employer

The role

You will own high-impact full-stack initiatives from idea to launch on the Employer team. You will build AI-powered sourcing, automated outreach, and recruiting integrations to improve hiring outcomes.

What you will do

• Own high-impact full-stack initiatives from idea to launch
• Build smarter hiring experiences including AI-powered sourcing and automated outreach
• Run A/B tests and use customer feedback to improve engagement and conversion
• Develop monetization and growth experiences
• Architect scalable, reliable systems
• Partner with product, design, and data to turn customer needs into products
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, mentorship, and ownership of production systems

Required 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
• 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

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-powered products, LLM applications, or recruiting agents
• Background in product-led growth, A/B testing, and improving activation or conversion
• Experience with Stripe integrations, payments, billing, or monetization
• Experience building recruiting tools, SaaS integrations, or employer-facing products
• Familiarity with promoted-content systems, attribution, or customer-facing analytics

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
• $500 wellness stipend
• $2,000 learning stipend
• Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

About the company

Handshake powers 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, they started Handshake AI to work with frontier AI lab researchers.