Engineering Manager, Handshake
Mobile
$205-250k
+ Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
College career network and job board
Open for applications
College career network and job board
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$205-250k
+ Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To democratize access to opportunity and ensure any student can build a great career no matter who they know, where they live or what school they attend.
Role
Who you are
- You bring 7+ years of experience working in the Mobile product and/or platform domain
- You have 2+ years of management experience
- Knowledge and experience of working on CI/CD pipelines
- Have experience in leading product definition, managing trade-offs, and driving customer adoption
- You are passionate about technical quality, efficiency and operational excellence
- You have some experience in leading, managing, coaching, and mentoring engineers
- Preferably have experience in mobile app development and/or leading mobile teams
- You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high-quality software
- You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
- You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of mobile engineers focused on delivering exceptional experiences across Handshake’s mobile apps
- This team is responsible for a wide range of areas—from mobile product development to platform operations, including app releases, accessibility audits, and foundational systems like our mobile design library and CI/CD pipelines
- This is a high-impact role with direct influence on the quality, performance, and reliability of our mobile experiences used by millions of students and employers
- Lead a team of 5-7 engineers
- Deep experience on Android and / or iOS
- Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
- Collaborate across functions with engineering, product, and design teams to ensure a seamless cross-platform experience for our customers
- Implement streamlined processes to facilitate team scalability and productivity, while maintaining agility to adapt to our dynamic environment
- Set the vision and lead initiatives to improve the development workflow of code, build, test and deploy to increase engineering velocity
- Be a hands-on technical leader and participate in designing and implementing new systems and tools
- Effectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company's values
Our take
The three founders of Handshake established their company in an attempt to eliminate inequality and make the student hiring landscape fairer. The Handshake platform acts as a LinkedIn for college students, pairing students from every walk of life with more than 650K employers, including the entire Fortune 500, which includes Google and Nike.
The graduate recruitment platform is open to any student with a valid @.edu email address, with more than 12 million active users from thousands of colleges and universities. With a student-first philosophy, the company generates revenue from both universities and employers rather than students.
Valued at $3.5B, Handshake has gained traction in a competitive market, although it has strong competition from recruiting giants LinkedIn and Indeed. It stands out, however, by helping students build new relationships and skills, rather than simply making connections to people they already know.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES F
May 2021
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $434m
Company 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 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 stipend for you to grow your skills and career
- 🏦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 Summer and Winter #ShakeBreak, two one-week periods of Collective Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Garrett Lord
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. Interned at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Handshake in 2012.
Ben Christensen
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Computer Networking & Systems Administration. Interned at Target and worked as a Developer at Up and Running Software. Was part of Arbor Networks' ASERT Security Research team.
Scott Ringwelski
(Co-Founder)Attained a degree in Computer Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Co-founded Handshake in 2012.
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