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.
Have you got what it takes to succeed The following information should be read carefully by all candidates.
Your impact
Handshake is looking to hire a Senior Engineering Manager for our Content Team. You will lead, grow, and support the engineers building our customer-facing products.
You will work on complex technical challenges and enable millions of students and job-seekers to connect with employers through Handshake’s platform.
You Will Have Opportunities To
- Create a direct impact in the world by helping Handshake to democratize the opportunity for our millions of students.
- Work in an impressive innovative environment with many growth and career development opportunities.
- Grow and scale a team, hiring top talent focusing on DEI.
- Help to define our culture and processes, not only as a team but also as an organization.
Your role
- Build, lead, and successfully develop a team of software engineers from all levels; defining their career development plans, setting specific goals, and motivating them to achieve results as part of their growth.
- Foster and develop strong consumer habits, building high quality products through iterative approaches, along with building strong hypotheses and experimentation.
- Successfully manage performance; mentoring and coaching software engineers, supporting both high and underperforming individuals.
- Partner closely with key stakeholders across Handshake, including Design, Product Management, and strategic business partners to define clear, ambitious, attainable, metric-oriented goals for their team.
- Guide technical decisions and provide technical coaching, helping tech leads to define and prioritize engineering roadmap.
- Lead with empathy as you help us nurture a culture of growth, inclusion, and belonging.
Your Experience
- Build, lead, and develop successfully a team of software engineers from all levels (from junior to senior) defining their career development plans, setting specific goals, and motivating them to achieve results as part of their growth.
- Works cross-functionally to define, drive and track product-level success.
- 4+ years experience managing a technical team, 5+ years in technical leadership roles, 8+ years in software engineering.
- Demonstrated experience working with or across other engineering teams to ship features or technical improvements.
- Experience working as an, and managing, Full-Stack engineer(s), with either web or mobile clients.
- Experience working with any or all of : Ruby / Rails, Go, Python, Javascript / React, and Swift / SwiftUI.
- Experience working with any or all of : ElasticSearch, Redis, PostgresQL, SideKiq, and GCP Pub / Sub, DataFlow, and Spanner.
Compensation Range
$222,500 - $250,000 / year.
Want to learn more about what it's like to work at Handshake? Check out these interviews from our team members!
For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
About Us
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 750,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits.
In 2022 we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.
When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week.
Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.
What we offer
At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.
Benefits Below Apply To Employees In Full-time Positions.
- Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
- 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
- Handshake offers $500 / £360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
- Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000 / £1,500 / €1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
- Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
- Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.
- Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for office-based employees).
- Free lunch provided twice a week across all offices.
- Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.
US-specific Benefits, In Addition To The First Section)
- 401k Match : Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
- All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off.
Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off.
Family support : We partner with Milk Stork to provide comprehensive 100% employer-sponsored lactation support to traveling parents and guardians.
Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly.
UK-specific Benefits, In Addition To The First Section)
Pension Scheme : Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension, where you will make contributions based on 5% of your salary.
Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3% towards your pension plan, subject to qualifying earnings limits.
- Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year.
- Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco.
- Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake UK employees.
Germany-specific Benefits, In Addition To The First Section)
- 25 days of annual leave + 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off across the company.
- Regular offsites each year to bring the team together + opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year.
- Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities.
- Discounts across various high street retailers, cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees.
Looking for more? Explore our mission, values and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com / careers.
Handshake is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected].
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