We’re thrilled to announce Handshake’s $80M Series E funding round. From the start, we’ve made it our mission to break down barriers and create equitable access to great jobs. We’re expanding our mission to build a platform students love, that helps early talent of all backgrounds receive access to opportunities – no matter who they know or where they go to school. 

Handshake is the number one site for college students to find a job. Today, the Handshake community includes 18 million students and young alumni at over 1,000 colleges and universities. We connect up-and-coming talent across all 50 states with nearly 500,000 employers recruiting on Handshake — from every Fortune 500 company to thousands of small businesses, nonprofits, startups, and more. Handshake is democratizing opportunity and ensuring college students have the support they need to find a great job and kick-off a meaningful career.

Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.

If you are not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but up for the challenge – we want you to apply. We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

Want to learn more about what it's like to work at Handshake? Check out these interviews from our team members!What does a Senior Software Engineer do at Handshake?

Handshake is building a diverse team of dynamic engineers who value creating a high quality, high impact product. We are looking for Senior Engineers who are excellent generalists and have a strong focus on product development. You'll be working on small, multi-functional teams with other engineers, designers, and product managers.

Here are some projects we're excited for you to work on 

We're focused on innovation within the core experience for students, employers, and universities, constantly improving our technical foundation and user experience. Your job may include:

• Working with the Product Team and Designers to build an engaging and viral student experience on both mobile and web for over 3 million of students across the country.
• Working on one or more of the three sides of our marketplace to build high-value, robust premium features for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to Mom-and-Pop companies.
• Developing and deploying large-scale web applications safely and reliably.
• Solving challenging and unique problems with our dynamic three-sided marketplace: Students, Employers, and School Administrators.

What we look for

• You prefer taking projects from inception to completion and are outcome oriented.
• You have 5+ years experience in building consumer-facing web applications in a dynamic development environment.
• You love to build high-quality web products.
• You have experience working in distributed, performant, at-scale backend systems.
• You are interested in the 'Full Stack' but have passion and knowledge in one or more areas of the web stack.
• You appreciate good design and friendly user-experiences.
• You are proud of your craft, and enjoy and value clean code that scales to keep large teams productive.

Technologies you'll work with

• Ruby on Rails
• React, TypeScript, Webpack, Redux
• Kubernetes, GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch

Compensation Range

$154,660 - $205,000

We value diversity of all kinds, and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives.