About Handshake

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Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.

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Why join Handshake now:

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• Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
• Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
• Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
• Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

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About the Role

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The Senior Engineering Manager at Handshake AI leads a core product and platform engineering team responsible for building the systems that integrate human expertise into AI development workflows.

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This team owns critical infrastructure that connects talent networks, data operations, and research needs into scalable, reliable, and high-quality platforms. The role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and operations, ensuring our systems can support rapid growth, complex workflows, and frontier AI partners. You’ll lead a team of ~9 engineers today and are expected to add leadership capacity (including managing an EM) as we scale.

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Location: San Francisco, CA. This is an in-office role, 5 days/week (no remote/hybrid)

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What You’ll Do

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• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team building core product and platform infrastructure
• Own roadmap and execution in close partnership with Product, Research, and Operations
• Drive architecture and technical strategy for scalable, reliable, and extensible systems
• Build modular platforms that enable new domains, workflows, and partners to launch quickly
• Raise the bar on engineering quality across reliability, observability, performance, and data integrity
• Foster a culture of ownership, velocity, and strong engineering fundamentals in a fast-moving, ambiguity-heavy environment

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What We’re Looking For

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• Engineering leader + builder:3+ years managing teams, plus 5+ years hands-on engineering experience
• Strong people leadership:experience leading senior engineers; managing an EM (or equivalent scope) is a plus
• Execution in ambiguity:proven ability to align cross-functionally and deliver in fast-moving, unclear problem spaces
• Systems + product mindset:strong platform/distributed systems background, and the ability to turn research/ops needs into a clear roadmap, ship iteratively, and measure outcomes

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Nice to Have

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• Experience with RL training infrastructure, simulation systems, or evaluation platforms
• Human-in-the-loop systems (annotation, rubric tooling, QA pipelines, workflow platforms)
• Operations-heavy, tech-enabled environment experience
• Experience building systems used by applied ML or AI research teams

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Perks

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Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.

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The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

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🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

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💰 Financial Wellness : 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

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🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

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💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

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📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

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💻 Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

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🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

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🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

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Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers .