Senior Software Engineer, Handshake

• You have experience as a full stack engineer with a focus on backend, and are confident driving architectural decisions on both frontend and backend
• You have demonstrated success collaborating with partners in product, design and analytics to define, build, and ship great products and experiences
• You have experience leading large projects from idea to high quality delivery
• You act with empathy when working with fellow engineers and coworkers, and enjoy providing mentorship and guidance to enable and support your team
• You strive for individual and team growth, proactively seeking feedback and identifying areas of the code, processes or procedures that need improvement
• You are a strong communicator and can articulate technical concepts and rationale to audiences of varying technical knowledge levels

Desirable

• Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer role on the Handshake Promotions Team
• In this role, you will contribute to the team’s mission of driving Marketplace Outcomes like attributable hires, impressions and CTR to name a few, through product innovation; acquisition, and revenue generation
• This is an exciting space where you will help build the ad engine, forecasting system and bidding platform for promotions on the entire Handshake product
• You will have the opportunities to lead large projects through all developmental stages-- from early brainstorming and requirements refining, visual design, architectural design, experimental design, scoping, execution, and finally release
• Your day-to-day work will feature regular collaboration on a cross-functional team with a designer, product manager and other engineers. You will also engage frequently with engineers, support, marketing and data analysts across the organization
• You will architect and build features to promote content like jobs, resumes, on different channels of the Handshake platform
• You will lead by example in maintaining a high standard of quality in your own work and in the feedback provided to peers in code review and architecture discussions
• You will lend your technical knowledge and experience to influence the team’s roadmap and prioritization of innovation and operational health initiatives such as quality control and on-call
• You will provide mentorship to engineers and unblock and support your team to meet deliverables
• You will lead sizable individual projects and projects that require multiple engineers