Senior Software Engineer, Growth

Handshake • San Francisco, CA

2d • $225,000 - $250,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on Handshake’s Growth team, you will build products that connect millions of students with employers. You will drive technical initiatives, shape the team’s technical direction, and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that affect Handshake’s career platform. The role is onsite five days a week in the San Francisco office.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with consumer-facing or growth-focused products.
• Strong backend and/or full-stack development fundamentals, with experience in technologies such as Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React, or equivalent.
• Experience building or working with experimentation platforms, such as feature flagging, A/B testing frameworks, or statistical significance tooling.
• A track record of shipping iteratively and learning from real user data.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work with product managers, designers, and data scientists and communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Curiosity about why product outcomes succeeded or failed.

Nice To Haves

• Background in notification systems, acquisition, or user authentication and authorization at scale.
• Background in mobile growth across iOS or Android, alongside web.
• Familiarity with LLM-powered features or AI-assisted product experiences.
• Prior experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship experiments across the user funnel, including onboarding, activation, retention, and notifications, with a focus on measurable impact.
• Architect and scale distributed systems for millions of users, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Partner with Product Managers and Data Scientists to turn growth hypotheses into technical designs and shippable experiments.
• Mentor and support engineers across the team, fostering technical excellence.
• Balance speed and rigor, using lightweight tests where appropriate and production-grade durability when needed.

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 coverage.
• Mental health support.
• Wellness stipend.
• Learning stipend and ongoing development.
• Internet and commuting support.
• Free lunch and gym access at the San Francisco office.
• Flexible PTO, 15 holidays, and 2 flex days.
• Team outings and referral bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed