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Manager, Engineering

Handshake · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Handshake

Decentralized certificate authority and naming. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.

About the role

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact engineering team within Handshake Careers. You’ll own the engineering of a new, agent-first product for industry recruiting: the future of how companies find, evaluate, and reach experienced talent. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 3+ years experience managing engineering teams, including teams that include senior and staff engineers
  • Strong people management: high EQ, empathy, and a record of growing engineers’ careers
  • Deep technical background. You can contribute to architecture and evaluate trade-offs on a new system, even if you no longer code day to day
  • A track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects on aggressive timelines, with good judgment about what to cut
More about this role

Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.

In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel

Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions

Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders

Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact engineering team within Handshake Careers. You’ll own the engineering of a new, agent-first product for industry recruiting: the future of how companies find,...

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