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OpenAI

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 The Cooperative AI team is scaling OpenAI with OpenAI. We are building an AI powered knowledge system that evolves and learns as our products, systems and customers evolve. We leverage our state of the art models, technologies, and products (some external, some still in the lab) to assist or completely automate robust operations supporting both internal and external customers. We support OpenAI customers and internal partners globally, powering systems from customer support to integrity to product insights. We are a self-contained multi-disciplinary team, who enjoy a lightning fast feedback loop with customers at scale, some of whom sit just a few pods away. We iterate fast, and engineer for reliable long-term impact. We're constantly looking for the similarities and patterns in different types of work, and focus on building simple primitives, to apply world class knowledge to many domains.
 
 
 The work of this team exemplifies use of OpenAI technologies. We build systems so everyone can see the leverage that is possible with well designed AI-based implementations. We do this by working through internal use cases focused on Customers (specifically knowledge systems, automation systems, and automated agent systems) to prove impact, then we scale.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We&rsquo;re looking for
 
 Software Engineers
 
 who're passionate about blending production-ready platform architecture with new tech and new paradigms. You&rsquo;ll push the boundaries of OpenAI&rsquo;s newest technologies to enable interactions and automations that are not only functional, but delightful. We value proactive, customer-centric engineers who can get the foundational details right (data models, architecture, security) in service of enabling great products.
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for new platform capabilities and integrations with other systems
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, information systems architects, and internal customers to understand their problems and implement effective solutions
 </li>
 <li>
 Work with product and research team to share relevant feedback and iterate on applying their latest models
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $230K - $385K
</div>

Software Engineer, Cooperative AI

Handshake

<div>
 
 About Handshake
 
 
 
 Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
 
 
 
 Why Join Handshake Now
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
 </li>
 <li>
 Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world&rsquo;s top educational institutions
 </li>
 <li>
 Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
 </li>
 <li>
 Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 Untangling the science of Data &amp; Evaluations for Frontier AI
 
 
 Thanks to our massive network of the world&rsquo;s top experts in all domains, the demand for human data from Handshake AI has exploded (with revenue growing from 0 to well over 9-figures in the first year and growth only accelerating since). Now the world&rsquo;s top AI Labs are looking to Handshake for advice on how to leverage human expertise to make frontier models more useful for everyone, and we are forming a leading research group to advance the science of Data and Evaluations for AI.
 
 
 
 You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Publish papers, open source software, and do bleeding-edge open science on AI agents, LLMs and frontier multimodal models, RL environments, post-training.
 </li>
 <li>
 Work with all of the top AI Labs in the world and understand/shape what their researchers are prioritizing (uniquely, you get to work on research at a company whose customers are top AI researchers)
 </li>
 <li>
 Create public benchmarks that meaningfully measure AI progress, leveraging thousands of the world&rsquo;s top experts in different domains from the Handshake network to construct the most representative/high-quality benchmark.
 </li>
 <li>
 Shape the frontier of AI through high-impact research on topics that matter: how to measure/value data, how to effectively evaluate AI, what shapes of data are most effective as AI advances, what makes effective training/RL environments, post-training data recipes.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Desired Capabilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Based in San Francisco, and excited to work in the office.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ph.D. in ML/AI, data science, or related fields.
 </li>
 <li>
 Publications in top AI/ML venues like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR.
 </li>
 <li>
 Builders who love to tinker with LLMs/Agents and ship high-quality software, benchmarks/datasets, research, blogs.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Perks
 
 
 
 Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported&mdash;and thrive at work and in life.
 
 
 
 
 The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
 
 
 
 
 🎯
 
 Ownership:
 
 Equity in a fast-growing company
 
 
 💰
 
 Financial Wellness
 
 : 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
 
 
 🍼
 
 Family Support:
 
 Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
 
 
 💝
 
 Wellbeing:
 
 Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
 
 
 📚
 
 Growth:
 
 $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
 
 
 💻
 
 Remote &amp; Office:
 
 Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
 
 
 🏝
 
 Time Off:
 
 Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!
 
 
 🤝
 
 Connection:
 
 Team outings &amp; referral bonuses
 
 
 Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $320K - $365K
 
 
</div>

AI Research Scientist

Love Freedom Solution

<div>
 
 Full Stack Software Engineer (1&ndash;3 YOE) | AI Startup | Onsite &ndash; San Francisco
 
 
 About the Opportunity
 
 
 
 Lovefreedom Solution has the luxury to work with a
 
 high-growth, VC-backed startup
 
 building infrastructure for next-generation AI systems. This company works directly with leading AI labs and is scaling rapidly following strong early traction.
 
 
 They are hiring a
 
 Full Stack Software Engineer (1&ndash;3 years experience)
 
 to help build core product and infrastructure systems used at scale.
 
 
 This is a
 
 high-ownership, hands-on engineering role
 
 with direct exposure to cutting-edge AI workflows.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Build and ship full-stack applications end-to-end
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop frontend systems using Next.js / React
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to backend services using Node.js or Python
 </li>
 <li>
 Work with Kubernetes-based infrastructure
 </li>
 <li>
 Design scalable systems supporting high-volume user workflows
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner with internal teams and stakeholders in a client-facing capacity
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Required Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 1&ndash;3 years of experience as a Full Stack Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience at:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 High-growth VC-backed startup, OR
 </li>
 <li>
 Top trading firm, OR
 </li>
 <li>
 Founding engineer at startup that raised $2.5M+
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 </ul>
 
 Technical Requirements
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Strong full-stack experience:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Frontend: React, Next.js
 </li>
 <li>
 Backend: Node.js or Python
 </li>
 </ul>
 <li>
 Kubernetes (required)
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Kafka, Redis, or Elasticsearch is a plus
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What We&rsquo;re Looking For
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Proven ability to build products end-to-end
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong sense of ownership and execution
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable in a fast-paced, startup environment
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong communication skills (client-facing exposure required)
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Work Environment
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Onsite: San Francisco (FiDi) &ndash; 5 days/week
 </li>
 <li>
 Flexible working hours
 </li>
 <li>
 High-performance, fast-moving team
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Compensation
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 $180K &ndash; $250K base
 </li>
 <li>
 Competitive equity package
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Right to Represent
 
 
 
 By applying, you agree to be represented by
 
 Lovefreedom Solution
 
 for this opportunity.
 
 
 Skills: kubernetes,node.js,stack,infrastructure,software,react,san,high-growth,ownership,python
</div>

Software Engineer

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 Our team brings OpenAI&rsquo;s most capable technology to the world through our developer platform: the OpenAI API. As the leading AI development platform, our API is used by millions of developers and the majority of enterprises around the world, and powers the majority of AI applications that you may use on a daily basis. Most recently, we&rsquo;ve released gpt-5, gpt-realtime, Responses API, Agents SDK, and many other products and features.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We are looking for a software engineer to own the design of our APIs. Our API
 
 is
 
 our product, and as such we treat its design and development with care and intentionality. Every endpoint, every field name, and every enum value is a product interface that we want to design well. We are looking for engineers who not only love building APIs, but who will also sweat the details around API design and have a discerning taste for well designed API experience. You will play a major role in shaping the future roadmap of the OpenAI API &ndash; by both building and designing it.
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design and build products that we launch in API &ndash; extending existing endpoints, adding new endpoints, or rethinking our entire API suite.
 </li>
 <li>
 Play a major role in our API Review process &ndash; working with all other teams to ensure our APIs meet our design standard.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate closely with the rest of the API team, our Developer Experience team, and our GTM team to make our APIs the best in the world.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You Might Thrive In This Role If You
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Appreciate taste in API design &ndash; you believe there are well designed APIs and poorly designed APIs
 </li>
 <li>
 Can thrive and operate independently in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and goals
 </li>
 <li>
 Love building for other developers, and thrive on feedback from opinionated users
 </li>
 <li>
 Are an engineer at heart, but are willing to lean into product decisions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Think of APIs as ladders.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
</div>

Backend Software Engineer, API Platform

About the team
 
The Finance Data team is embedded within the CFO Org and is responsible for building internal data products that scale analytics across business teams and drive efficiencies in our daily operations. This team provides technical guidance on high-impact, scalable projects across Finance, and is the subject-matter expert in financial and transactional data that supports our Finance day-to-day operations.
 
About the Role
 
The Finance Data team is embedded within the OpenAI CFO Org (not under Engineering nor Product) and our team's mandate is ambitious yet simple:
 
1) The CFO Org has the data required to be Public Company Ready.
 
2) The CFO Org has all the data it needs to execute swiftly on our AI first roadmap.
 
3) Controllership is able to close the books without any manual spreadsheets in the shortest timeframe and with zero material risks.
 
As an Data Engineer on the Finance Data team, you will be setting the foundation to scale analytics across our business functions and impart best data practices for a rapidly growing organization. We aspire to build the Finance team of the future.
 
In addition, you will work collaboratively with key stakeholders in Finance and other business teams to understand their pain points and take the lead in proposing viable, future-proof solutions to resolve them. You will also autonomously lead your own projects that deliver business impact and help cultivate a mature data culture among Finance teams.
 
We are looking for a seasoned Data Engineer who has a proven track record of owning the entire data stack at high transaction volume companies, managing business critical ETL pipelines consumed by non-technical teams. In this role you will serve the Head of Supply Chain Systems and be responsible for leading our manufacturing, OTC data mart strategy. The goal is to enable end-to-end asset and inventory traceability for our supply chain infrastructure by end of year 2026. We actually need someone who excels in dynamic environments, adapts quickly to changing needs, and confidently navigates ambiguous or evolving requirements. If you're energized by solving technical problems without a playbook and comfortable wearing multiple hats, this role is for you! To clarify, you will not be responsible for training ML models and neither would we describe this role as ‘product analytics’.
 
You might thrive in this role if you: 
Have 3+ years of experience as a data engineer and 8+ years of any software engineering experience(including data engineering).
 
Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.
 
Experience with distributed processing technologies and frameworks, such as Hadoop, Flink and distributed storage systems (e.g., HDFS, S3).
 
Expertise with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar frameworks.
 
Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code.
 
This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
 
About OpenAI
 
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
For additional information, please see
 
OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
 
.
 
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through
 
this form
 
. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
 
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
 
Compensation
 
$293K – $325K + Offers Equity

Data Engineer, Finance

<div>
 
 About The Team
 
 
 
 The Applied team works across research, engineering, product, and design to bring OpenAI&rsquo;s technology to consumers and businesses.
 
 
 We seek to learn from deployment and distribute the benefits of AI, while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. Safety is more important to us than unfettered growth.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We're seeking a Data Engineer to take the lead in building our data pipelines and core tables for OpenAI. These pipelines are crucial for powering analyses, safety systems that guide business decisions, product growth, and prevent bad actors. If you're passionate about working with data and are eager to create solutions with significant impact, we'd love to hear from you. This role also provides the opportunity to collaborate closely with the researchers behind ChatGPT and help them train new models to deliver to users. As we continue our rapid growth, we value data-driven insights, and your contributions will play a pivotal role in our trajectory. Join us in shaping the future of OpenAI!
 
 
 
 In This Role, You Will
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design, build and manage our data pipelines, ensuring all user event data is seamlessly integrated into our data warehouse.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop canonical datasets to track key product metrics including user growth, engagement, and revenue.
 </li>
 <li>
 Work collaboratively with various teams, including, Infrastructure, Data Science, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Research to understand their data needs and provide solutions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Implement robust and fault-tolerant systems for data ingestion and processing.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in data architecture and engineering decisions, bringing your strong experience and knowledge to bear.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure the security, integrity, and compliance of data according to industry and company standards.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 You Might Thrive In This Role If You
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Have 3+ years of experience as a data engineer and 8+ years of any software engineering experience(including data engineering).
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used within Data Engineering, such as Python, Scala, or Java.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with distributed processing technologies and frameworks, such as Hadoop, Flink and distributed storage systems (e.g., HDFS, S3).
 </li>
 <li>
 Expertise with any of ETL schedulers such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect or similar frameworks.
 </li>
 <li>
 Solid understanding of Spark and ability to write, debug and optimize Spark code.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 This role is exclusively based in our San Francisco HQ. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
 
 
 
 About OpenAI
 
 
 
 OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
 
 
 We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
 
 
 For additional information, please see OpenAI&rsquo;s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
 
 
 Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
 
 
 To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
 
 
 We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
 
 
 OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
 
 
 At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $230K - $385K
</div>

Data Engineer, Analytics

<div>
 
 About Handshake
 
 
 
 Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
 
 
 
 Why Join Handshake Now
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
 </li>
 <li>
 Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world&rsquo;s top educational institutions
 </li>
 <li>
 Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
 </li>
 <li>
 Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 As a Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in building the products and systems that power Handshake&rsquo;s core user experiences&mdash;from search and discovery to onboarding and beyond. You&rsquo;ll work across the full stack, shipping features that directly impact how millions of users find opportunities, connect with employers, and launch their careers.
 
 
 You&rsquo;ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver polished, end-to-end experiences in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Whether you&rsquo;re building AI-powered features, scaling backend systems, or crafting intuitive frontends, your work will have real, measurable impact on users at scale.
 
 
 
 Location: San Francisco, CA | 5 days/week in-office
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Design and implement scalable full-stack systems powering core user journeys, including search, discovery, matching, and onboarding flows.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build and iterate on product features across frontend and backend surfaces, balancing speed with code quality and correctness.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ship backend APIs, asynchronous workflows, and frontend experiences that are reliable, scalable, and intuitive.
 </li>
 <li>
 Partner closely with product managers and designers to translate requirements into polished, end-to-end user experiences.
 </li>
 <li>
 Write high-quality, maintainable code while contributing to code reviews and engineering best practices.
 </li>
 <li>
 Debug and resolve issues related to system reliability, user flows, and performance.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to architectural decisions and help establish patterns for scalable, secure deployments.
 </li>
 <li>
 Grow toward increased technical ownership by learning from senior engineers on the team.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Desired Capabilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building full-stack applications.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong proficiency in TypeScript, with comfort working across frontend and backend.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with modern web stacks (e.g., React, Next.js, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails).
 </li>
 <li>
 Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and data modeling.
 </li>
 <li>
 Product-oriented mindset with a focus on user experience and business outcomes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on continuous learning and improvement.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Extra Credit
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience with AI-powered products, chatbots, conversational interfaces, or agentic frameworks (e.g., OpenAI APIs).
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal or asynchronous job systems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Exposure to matching systems, marketplaces, or multi-step onboarding flows.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and deployment pipelines.
 </li>
 <li>
 Background at high-growth or scaling technology companies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with component libraries, design systems, and building reusable interfaces for rapid deployment.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Perks
 
 
 
 Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported&mdash;and thrive at work and in life.
 
 
 
 
 The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
 
 
 
 
 🎯
 
 Ownership:
 
 Equity in a fast-growing company
 
 
 💰
 
 Financial Wellness
 
 : 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
 
 
 🍼
 
 Family Support:
 
 Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
 
 
 💝
 
 Wellbeing:
 
 Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
 
 
 📚
 
 Growth:
 
 $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
 
 
 💻
 
 Remote &amp; Office:
 
 Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
 
 
 🏝
 
 Time Off:
 
 Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
 
 
 🤝
 
 Connection:
 
 Team outings &amp; referral bonuses
 
 
 Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
 
 
 Compensation Range: $145K - $170K
 
 
</div>

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