Handshake

Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build the systems that power high-quality coding data and evaluations for next-generation AI models.

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.

Requirements & Eligibility

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or another modern programming language
• Experience designing and operating production systems with meaningful scale, reliability, and performance requirements
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including testing, APIs, data structures, distributed systems, and observability
• Experience building developer tools, infrastructure, data pipelines, evaluation systems, or other technically complex products

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable software systems for coding evaluation, data generation, and agentic development workflows
• Develop tools and services that analyze, validate, and improve AI-generated code
• Build reliable pipelines for code execution, testing, benchmarking, and quality measurement
• Partner with engineering, research, operations, and customer-facing teams to translate complex requirements into practical systems
• Drive technical decisions across architecture, APIs, data models, observability, and operational excellence
• Improve engineering velocity through reusable frameworks, automation, and developer tooling
• Lead projects from ambiguous problem definition through design, implementation, launch, and iteration
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day collaboration