Our mission is to democratize opportunity for students everywhere. We believe that every student should have an equal opportunity to build a meaningful career regardless of where they go to school, what they major in, or who they know. The Handshake community includes 14 million students and young alumni at more than 700 universities. We connect talent from across all 50 states with over 300,000 employers recruiting on Handshake - from every Fortune 500 company to thousands of local mom and pop shops, nonprofits, startups, and more.

We welcome all people. We celebrate diversity of all kinds and are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We seek to hire, develop and retain talented people from all backgrounds. Individuals from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups strongly encouraged to apply.

If you are not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but up for the challenge - we want you to apply.

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

Benefits

• Stock: Ownership in a fast-growing company.
• 401k: We care about your ability to save for your future.
• Family Focus: Parental leave and flexibility for families.
• Time Off: Flexible vacation policy to encourage people to get out and see the world.
• Healthcare: World-class medical, dental, and vision policies.
• Goodies: Whatever hardware and software you need to get the job done.
• Learning: Learning & Development opportunities for you to grow your skills and career.
• Great team: Working with fun, hardworking, nice people who are committed to making a difference!
• ...And much more!

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.