Senior Software Engineer

About the Company

Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history, working directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations and push the boundary of data.

Responsibilities

• Own the product experience of AI applications deployed into enterprise customer environments
• Work directly with customers to understand workflows, pain points, and requirements
• Translate ambiguous customer needs into clear product and technical decisions
• Build high-quality, full-stack features including data models, APIs, and user interfaces
• Collaborate with Applied AI and Platform engineers to ship production-grade solutions
• Iterate rapidly based on real usage and customer feedback
• Establish product engineering standards and reusable patterns

Requirements

• 5-6+ years of product engineering experience
• Strong fullstack instincts and high bar for product quality
• Proficiency with modern backend frameworks, APIs, and data modeling
• Proficiency with React and TypeScript
• Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions that serve the product
• Strong communication skills for regular customer interaction
• Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features in production
• Background working in enterprise deployment environments
• History of close collaboration with designers
• Experience with forward-deployed or embedded engineering models