Senior Software Engineer, Handshake

• You have experience as a full stack engineer with a focus on frontend, and are confident driving architectural decisions on both frontend and backend.
• You have demonstrated success collaborating with partners in product and design to define, build, and ship great products.
• 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

• 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 Jobs Guidance 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
• 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 additional functions across the organization
• You will architect and build features that our education partners use daily to engage with job seekers and guide them in their career journeys.
• 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.
• You will provide mentorship to engineers and unblock and support your team to meet deliverables.