About the job
About Handshake
Handshake is the premier career network tailored for the AI economy, trusted by 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, and 1 million employers, including all Fortune 50 companies. We are revolutionizing career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance opportunities to internships and full-time positions. Our unique platform is experiencing remarkable growth, projecting a tripling of our ARR by 2025.
Why you should consider joining Handshake now:
Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of careers in the AI economy, impacting countless individuals and communities.
Collaborate closely with leading AI labs, Fortune 500 partners, and top-tier educational institutions.
Join a diverse team featuring leadership from renowned companies such as Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir.
Contribute to building a fast-growing business with significant revenue potential.
About the Role
As a Software Engineer focused on Fellow Experience, you will design and scale full-stack systems that enhance the experience for fellows, guiding them from project discovery to successful onboarding.
You will engage with both frontend and backend components to optimize how fellows discover projects, apply, and onboard effectively. Your contributions will significantly influence fellow recruitment, match quality, and conversion rates as we move toward smarter automatic allocations.
This position is product-centric and full-stack, offering tangible customer impact, collaborative opportunities with product and design teams, and clear pathways for career advancement into senior technical roles.
The Fellow Experience team is responsible for crucial user journeys, including landing page experiences for project invitations and applications, onboarding processes (such as confidentiality agreements and educational programs), project-specific assessments, and the internal tools that facilitate manual matching.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and enhance full-stack features that streamline fellow matching, onboarding, and project readiness.
Contribute to the advancement of our automatic allocations system by implementing matching logic and workflow enhancements with the support of senior engineers.
Design and deploy backend APIs, asynchronous workflows, and user-centric frontend experiences that are responsive and efficient.

