Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Experience

The role

You will build products that connect millions of students with employers. You will lead the design of consumer-facing features and architect scalable distributed systems.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of consumer-facing features
• Architect and scale distributed systems to support millions of users
• Influence technical direction by collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Mentor and elevate engineers across the team
• Champion engineering best practices

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience operating at a staff-level scope
• Expertise in building and scaling distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or JavaScript
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Exceptional communication skills
• Experience mentoring senior engineers

Nice to have

• Expertise in building and scaling distributed systems, preferably within consumer platforms or social products
• Background in search, recommendations, ranking systems, or personalization at scale
• Experience with user identity knowledge graphs, including entity resolution and real-time inference
• Experience building AI-powered systems, including LLM-based applications
• Prior experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling environments

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 that works with frontier AI lab researchers.