About the position
Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer reporting to Craig Rabara, Engineering Manager, on the Education (EDU) Partnerships squad. In this role you will contribute to the team's mission of reinforcing Handshake's foundation with education partnerships by making it easy for career services teams to develop their employer network and leverage it to help students prepare for their career search. As a member of the EDU squad, your work will have a direct impact on career services users and influence how they leverage Handshake's educational tooling - internship management, employer relationship management, career guidance - to support job seekers. You will have the opportunities to lead large projects through all developmental stages-- from early brainstorming and requirements refining to architectural design and scoping to execution and release.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate on a cross-functional team with a designer, product manager, and other engineers.
- Architect and build features that education partners use daily to engage with job seekers.
- Maintain a high standard of quality in your own work and in the feedback provided to peers in code review and architecture discussions.
- Influence the team's roadmap and prioritization of innovation and operational health initiatives.
- Provide mentorship to engineers and support your team to meet deliverables.
Requirements
- Experience as a full stack engineer, confident in driving architectural decisions on both frontend and backend.
- Demonstrated success collaborating with partners in product and design to define, build, and ship great products.
- Experience leading large projects from idea to high quality delivery.
- Act with empathy when working with fellow engineers and coworkers, providing mentorship and guidance.
- Strive for individual and team growth, proactively seeking feedback and identifying areas for improvement.
- Strong communicator, able to articulate technical concepts to audiences of varying technical knowledge levels.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with ReactJS, React Router, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL.
- Worked on enterprise features at scale.
- Participated in an on-call rotation or incident response.
- Demonstrate ownership mentality and maintain a high degree of accountability for your work.
Benefits
- 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 LGBTQ+ Coverage.
- $500 home office stipend for the first 3 months.
- Generous learning & development opportunities with an annual stipend of $2,000.
- Financial coaching through Origin.
- Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook.
- Monthly commuter stipend for office-based employees.
- Free lunch provided twice a week across all offices.
- Referral bonus for bringing talent to Handshake.
