About the job
Handshake connects over 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, and 1 million employers, including every Fortune 50 company, through its career network focused on the AI economy. The platform supports career discovery, hiring, and professional development for a broad range of roles, from freelance AI training to full-time positions. With rapid growth and a forecast to triple ARR by 2025, Handshake works closely with leading AI labs and major organizations.
Role overview
The Senior Security Engineer will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of Handshake’s enterprise identity automation and governance systems. This position shapes the long-term IAM automation strategy, develops scalable and resilient lifecycle workflows, and ensures secure-by-default identity operations across SaaS, cloud, and internal platforms. The role involves close collaboration with Security, IT Engineering, People Operations, and Product/Platform Engineering to deliver automated, auditable, and reliable identity solutions.
What you will do
- Design, develop, and manage automated onboarding, offboarding, and access-change workflows using Okta, Workday, SCIM, and event-driven systems.
- Build integration layers between identity platforms and internal applications with Python, REST APIs, Webhooks, and Terraform.
- Implement error-handling, reconciliation logic, telemetry, and monitoring to maintain reliability of identity lifecycle events.
- Modernize provisioning logic and move manual processes to scalable automation frameworks.
- Create tooling and pipelines for version-controlled, testable, and observable IAM automation.
- Serve as the technical lead for Handshake’s IAM ecosystem, including Okta, Google Workspace, GCP, AWS IAM, and internal access systems.
Why join Handshake
- Shape the future of careers in the AI economy and make a visible impact on the community.
- Work alongside AI labs, Fortune 500 companies, and leading educational institutions.
- Join a team with leadership experience from companies such as Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir.
- Contribute to a business positioned for significant revenue growth.

