{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b82482bc280ab1498ebb62f9","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b82482bc280ab1498ebb62f9","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b82482bc280ab1498ebb62f9","title":"Manager, Engineering","description":"ABOUT HANDSHAKEHandshake 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.Why join Handshake now:Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feelPartner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world's top educational institutionsWork together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC foundersBuild a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenueLocation: San Francisco, CA — 5 days/week in-officeAbout the RoleWe'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.Recruiting teams work through hours of manual searching, filtering, and outreach. Our product replaces that with an agent. A recruiter describes who they need, or uploads a job description, and the agent builds an ideal candidate profile, finds matches, refines results from feedback, and drafts and sends personalized outreach.You'll lead the founding team, a mix of senior, staff, principal, and mid-level engineers. The product is self-serve from day one, starting free and growing into paid and enterprise tiers.WHAT YOU'LL DOLead and grow a new engineering team, including senior, staff, and principal engineers, through hiring, coaching, and career developmentOwn the end-to-end product: sign-up and onboarding, agent-driven search and calibration, shortlists, analytics, and tieringShape the architecture early. Review technical designs and proposals and set directionDrive execution on an ambitious timeline across a large project, and make clear trade-offs with product and design on scope versus speedPartner closely with product and design, and with the teams behind outreach, candidate data, and AI/ML search and retrievalEstablish the team's engineering culture, processes, and operating rhythm from the ground upWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR3+ years experience managing engineering teams, including teams that include senior and staff engineersStrong people management: high EQ, empathy, and a record of growing engineers' careersDeep technical background. You can contribute to architecture and evaluate trade-offs on a new system, even if you no longer code day to dayA track record of delivering large, cross-functional projects on aggressive timelines, with good judgment about what to cutBONUSZero-to-one experience: building a new product or major surface from scratch, ideally at a startup, a mid-size company, or a product-led team inside a larger oneExperience with AI/LLM-powered products, agents, or evaluation systemsExperience with self-serve or product-led growth products (free-to-paid, usage-based limits) is a plusPerksHandshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.The below benefits are for full-time US employees.Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing companyFinancial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coachingFamily Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coachingWellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipendGrowth: Learning stipend, ongoing developmentRemote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF officeTime Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex daysConnection: Team outings & referral bonusesExplore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers http://joinhandshake.com/careers.","company":"Joinhandshakecom","rawCompany":"joinhandshakecom","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-11-10T16:23:17.515Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Manager, Engineering","description":"ABOUT HANDSHAKEHandshake 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. 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