Senior Frontend Engineer, Handshake

• Experience as a frontend or full stack engineer with a strong emphasis on frontend technologies, and are confident driving architectural decisions in frontend systems
• Thrive in a high-velocity environment and can execute quickly while maintaining high standards, adapting seamlessly as priorities shift and new challenges emerge
• Demonstrate ownership-mentality and maintain a high degree of accountability for your work
• Demonstrated success collaborating with partners in product, design and analytics to define, build, and ship great products and experiences
• Experience leading large projects from idea to high quality delivery
• Act with empathy when working with fellow engineers and coworkers, and enjoy providing mentorship and guidance to enable and support your team
• Strive for individual and team growth, proactively seeking feedback and identifying areas of the code, processes or procedures that need improvement
• Strong communicator and can articulate technical concepts and rationale to audiences of varying technical knowledge levels

Desirable

• Handshake is expanding into AI research and development, building a world-class network of expert Fellows - PhDs, researchers, and subject matter specialists - who contribute to cutting-edge AI through specialized research, model evaluation, and domain-specific applications
• We’re looking for a Software Engineer to build high-impact products that support our Fellows in their work, ensuring they have the tools and infrastructure needed to drive AI innovation
• This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast-growing space, working directly with leading AI labs and tech companies to develop solutions that enhance research workflows, model evaluation processes, and domain-specific AI applications
• You will build critical features for products from the ground up, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams to create seamless and effective experiences
• 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
• Architect and build features that our SMB employers will use daily
• 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
• 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
• Provide mentorship to engineers and unblock and support your team to meet deliverables
• Lead sizable individual projects and projects that require multiple engineers