--- title: Senior Software Engineer, Growth at Handshake description: Handshake is hiring for the Senior Software Engineer, Growth role in San Francisco, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-software-engineer-growth-at-handshake-01a15f69-3d86-7523-bc0c-7a9879428192 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Handshake as Senior Software Engineer, Growth in San Francisco, CA. Pays $225K–$250K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/bitjnp.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Handshake | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA | | **Salary** | $225K/yr - $250K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 21, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Handshake sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 48 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Handshake. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $161,000 – $217,000 a year (median $194,000). ## Description # **About Handshake** Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from 0to~1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month. **Why join Handshake now:** - Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel - Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions - Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders - Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue # **About the Role** As a **Senior Software Engineer** on the Growth team, you'll build the products that connect millions of students with employers. You'll drive meaningful technical initiatives, shape the technical direction of the team, and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that directly impact one of the fastest-growing career platforms in the world. **This role is onsite 5 days a week in our SF office.** # **Your Role** - Design, build, and ship experiments across the user funnel — onboarding, activation, retention, notifications — with a strong bias toward measurable impact - Architect and scale distributed systems to support millions of users, ensuring high availability and performance - Partner with Product Managers and Data Scientists to translate growth hypotheses into technical designs and shippable experiments - Mentor and elevate engineers across the team, fostering a culture of growth and technical excellence - Balance speed and rigor — know when to move fast with a lightweight test and when a feature needs production-grade durability # **Desired Capabilities** - 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with exposure to consumer-facing or growth-focused products - Strong fundamentals in backend and/or full-stack development (adjust based on your stack — e.g., Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React, or equivalent) - Experience building or working within experimentation platforms (e.g., feature flagging, A/B testing frameworks, statistical significance tooling) - A track record of shipping iteratively and learning from real user data, not just building to spec - Strong collaboration skills — you can work fluidly with PMs, designers, and data scientists, and can communicate trade-offs clearly - A growth mindset: curiosity about *why* something worked or didn't, not just whether it shipped # **Extra Credit** - Background in notification, acquisition, user authentication/authorization at scale - Background in mobile growth (iOS/Android) alongside web - Familiarity with LLM-powered features or AI-assisted product experiences - Prior experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling environments # **Perks** Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life. The below benefits are for full-time US employees. 🎯 **Ownership:** Equity in a fast-growing company 💰 **Financial Wellness:** 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching 🍼 **Family Support:** Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching 💝 **Wellbeing:** Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend 📚 **Growth:** Learning stipend, ongoing development 💻 **Remote & Office:** Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office 🏝 **Time Off:** Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days 🤝 **Connection:** Team outings & referral bonuses Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at [**joinhandshake.com/careers**](http://joinhandshake.com/careers). ## Skills - High Availability Systems - Feature Flags - Balance Sheet - Onboarding - Full Stack Development - A/b Testing - Authentication (Software Security) - Artificial Intelligence - Collaboration - Ruby On Rails - GraphQL - iOS - Large Language Models (Llm) - Growth Mindset - Android - Distributed Systems ## Benefits - Mental Health - Health and Wellness Stipends - Health and Wellness Programs - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - 401(k) Plans - Company Events - Food and Meals ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260756 jobs - [Internet Marketplace Platforms](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/internet-marketplace-platforms?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 63039 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27904 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260756 jobs - [Internet Marketplace Platforms](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/internet-marketplace-platforms?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 63039 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27904 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)