Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.

Your Role:

You will be growing and developing your skills as an engineer. Our program is tailored around your learning and development. Here are some of the projects you might dig into during your internship:

• Building new features on top of our existing foundation to serve our customer/enterprise user base.

• Working with our Product and Design teams to build an engaging student experience on both mobile and web for millions of students across the country.

• Working alongside our top-notch engineering teams to build high-value, robust premium features.

• Scaling out and refactoring existing systems in a services-oriented architecture.

• Building college recruiting tools for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small businesses.

• Speccing, reviewing, developing, and deploying large-scale web applications safely and reliably.

Your Experience:

• Have deep interest in building high quality web and mobile products.

• You are interested in the 'Full Stack' but have passion and knowledge in one, or more areas of the stack.

• You love good design and friendly user-experiences.

• You have a healthy appetite for automation, testing and building robust distributed systems.

• You are proud of your craft, and enjoy and value clean code that scales to keep large teams productive.

• You have experience working with frontend JavaScript frameworks and methodologies.

Technologies you’ll work with:

• Ruby on Rails

• Golang

• GraphQL

• SwiftUI

• React, TypeScript, Webpack

• GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Firestore

• Slack, Datadog, Bugsnag, and PagerDuty

Compensation Range:

• $7,840 Per Month

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

About us

Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforce—from Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.

When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.

What we offer

At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.

Benefits below apply to employees in full-time positions.

• 💰 Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
• 🍼 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.
• 💝 Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
• 💻 Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
• 📚 Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/€1,850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
• 💰 Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
• 🛜 Monthly intern