| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to embed within enterprise customer environments, define AI-driven solutions, build and deploy production-grade AI agents, and design/run evals to measure performance. The role requires full-stack ownership, deep understanding of customer business, and iteration until performance improves. Emphasis on real-world AI application shipping and systematic improvement of AI performance. | AgentEval Gate | 9 |
| Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure Software Engineer focused on building the core agent orchestration layer, including tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning systems, to power AI-driven features for millions of users. The role also involves designing evaluation, observability, and reliability frameworks for agent behavior and establishing engineering standards for agentic development. | Agent |
| 8 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the foundational systems for AI agents, including tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning. The role involves designing evaluation and observability frameworks, establishing engineering standards for agentic development, and partnering with ML/product teams to ship agent-powered features. | Agent | 8 |
| Technical Lead Manager, Handshake AI Technical Lead Manager for Handshake AI, focusing on building and shipping production AI solutions. This player-coach role requires hands-on coding, system architecture, and team leadership, working with frontier AI labs on data, evals, and AI systems. | Ship | 8 |
| Staff Software Engineer, RLE Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture and evolution of Handshake's Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform, focusing on scalable systems, data pipelines, and enabling rapid domain creation for frontier AI models. This role involves technical leadership, system design, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliability, observability, and performance. | DataEval Gate | 8 |
| Senior Engineering Manager, Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) team, responsible for building interactive sandboxes that simulate end-to-end workflows for frontier models. The team generates high-signal interaction data used for training and evaluating models on task completion, quality, and robustness. The role involves leading a team of engineers, owning the RLE roadmap, driving architecture for scalable systems, and ensuring reliability and data quality. | Post-trainEval Gate | 8 |
| Strategic Projects Lead, Coding This role involves leading coding data initiatives for AI and platform teams, coordinating SWE Fellows, designing and owning technical evaluation and annotation workflows, and ensuring delivery, margins, quality, and customer relationships. Responsibilities include writing and validating coding assessments, building rubric-driven code review processes, instrumenting quality signals, and adapting workflows. The role requires strong technical and analytical skills, coding proficiency, and stakeholder management. | Data | 7 |
| Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering Technical Lead Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering at Handshake AI. This player-coach role involves shipping end-to-end AI solutions for strategic partners, designing and building integrations, tooling, APIs, and workflows, and managing a small team of FDEs. The focus is on building production-ready systems and scaling team output through reusable components, while staying hands-on with coding. | Agent | 7 |
| Machine Learning Engineer, PhD Intern Machine Learning Engineer Intern at Handshake AI, focusing on building intelligent product experiences for job seekers. The role involves developing, evaluating, and deploying ML models for search, recommendations, and matching systems in a production environment. Requires a PhD candidate with Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and ML operations experience. | AgentEval Gate | 7 |
| Software Engineer II, RLE Software Engineer to build and scale Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform, which are interactive systems for frontier AI models to learn real-world tasks. The role involves owning components end-to-end, designing backend systems and data pipelines, and improving system reliability and performance, supporting model training and evaluation. | DataEval Gate | 7 |
| Software Engineer I , Coding Pod Software Engineer on the Coding Pod will build data infrastructure and pipelines for frontier AI coding models, focusing on creating large-scale, high-quality benchmark datasets for evaluating model performance on coding tasks. This role involves owning end-to-end data pipelines, integrating with developer ecosystems, and working with evaluation systems and agentic coding tools. | DataEval Gate | 7 |
| Associate Software Engineer, RLE Associate Software Engineer to build Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform, including supporting infrastructure, backend systems, frontend interfaces, and data pipelines for model training and evaluation. The role involves creating modular workflow domains and working with senior engineers to improve system reliability and performance. | DataPost-train | 7 |
| Software Engineer I, RLE Software Engineer to build and scale the Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform, which involves designing and implementing backend systems, data pipelines, and modular workflow domains to support frontier AI model training and evaluation. The role requires experience in backend/distributed systems, ML-adjacent infrastructure, and cloud technologies. | DataEval Gate | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, RLE Senior Software Engineer to build and scale Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform, simulating real-world workflows for AI model training and evaluation. This role involves driving architecture for scalable systems and data generation pipelines, partnering with research and product teams, and ensuring system reliability and observability. | DataEval Gate | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, FDE Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as a technical leader at the intersection of engineering and strategic customers (leading AI labs). Owns end-to-end lifecycle of high-impact deployments, architecting, building, and scaling solutions to improve customer workflows and model performance. Operates across the stack in ambiguous, fast-changing environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Machine Learning Engineer I This Machine Learning Engineer role focuses on developing and deploying ML models that directly impact user experience and business metrics for a consumer platform. The role involves end-to-end ownership of the ML lifecycle, working with cutting-edge infrastructure like embedding-based retrieval and multi-stage rankers, and contributing to responsible AI practices. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale a team of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) focused on customer-facing AI solutions for strategic partners. The role involves building the organizational structure, managing technical execution, and ensuring reliability and maintainability of AI products. | Ship | 7 |
| Associate Machine Learning Engineer Associate Machine Learning Engineer for the Growth Relevance team, focusing on developing, deploying, and enhancing ML systems for lifecycle optimization, personalized notifications, and monetization strategies. The role involves working with embedding-based retrieval, GNNs, and multi-stage rankers, and contributing to responsible AI practices. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Staff Forward Deployed Engineer Staff Forward Deployed Engineer role at Handshake AI, focusing on defining and driving technical strategy for engineered solutions to strategic customers, including leading AI labs. The role involves architecting and delivering production-grade systems, setting technical direction, and influencing product and platform architecture. It requires deep customer engagement and scaling forward-deployed engineering as a function, with a strong emphasis on customer-facing AI products. | Ship | 7 |
| Software Engineer, Consumer Experience Software Engineer role focused on building core consumer experiences, including agentic AI features for students using OpenAI APIs and agentic frameworks. The company also has a separate AI data business focused on frontier AI labs. | Agent | 7 |
| Manager, Strategic Projects Manager, Strategic Projects leading a team focused on AI data and evaluation work. Responsibilities include managing SPLs, driving project delivery (data pipelines, labeling workflows), translating needs into plans, owning performance metrics, ensuring a good experience for fellows, and partnering with Product/Engineering on tooling. Success involves consistent delivery, improved operational metrics, and strong team leadership. Requires 5+ years in operations, 2+ years managing teams, and experience with complex projects, ideally in AI data operations or ML ops. | DataEval Gate | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Pay & Safety This role is for a Senior Software Engineer on the Pay squad at Handshake AI, focusing on building and owning systems for calculating earnings, generating payouts, and managing disbursements for Handshake AI's global workforce. The role also involves developing a Trust & Safety surface area, including KYC, identity verification, fraud screening, and audit systems. The engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, auditability, and resilience of these critical financial and safety systems, working with microservices and third-party integrations. | — | 5 |
| Senior Platform Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise Senior Platform Engineer responsible for the infrastructure and deployment of AI applications into enterprise customer environments, including VPC, on-prem, and self-hosted configurations. This role involves working with customer IT and security teams to manage compliance and access, and building automation for repeatable deployments. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise Senior Software Engineer on the Handshake AI Enterprise team responsible for the product experience layer of AI applications deployed directly into enterprise customer environments. This role involves working closely with customers to understand their workflows, translate needs into product decisions, and build delightful interfaces. The engineer will collaborate with Applied AI and Platform engineers, iterate based on feedback, and establish product engineering standards. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Cloud Engineer Senior Cloud Engineer role focused on designing, deploying, and evolving cloud infrastructure, with an emphasis on automation and exploring AI-driven approaches for infrastructure management. The role involves architecting scalable systems, managing CI/CD pipelines, and driving platform improvements. | — | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Operator Tooling This role is for a Senior Software Engineer on the Operator Tooling team at Handshake. The primary focus is on building internal products and automation to enhance operational efficiency and speed. The role requires deep collaboration with operators to understand their workflows and translate needs into technical requirements. Success depends on strong technical fundamentals, high EQ, and the ability to deliver iterative improvements in ambiguous environments. While the company has an AI division, this specific role is centered on internal tooling and operations, not direct AI/ML model development. | — | 5 |
| Head of Talent Acquisition Head of Talent Acquisition for Handshake, a company with a significant AI data business. This role leads full-cycle recruiting and advises on recruiting for the Handshake AI (HAI) business. Requires strategic vision, operational rigor, and AI fluency in recruiting practices. Focuses on building scalable recruiting infrastructure, employer brand, and a high-performing TA team. | — | 5 |
| Electrical Design Engineer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated content related to electronics design (KiCad/LibrePCB) and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of EDA workflows. It's a contract role for experienced hardware/PCB designers. | Data | 5 |
| Video Content Producer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated video content and providing feedback to improve AI's understanding of video editing tasks. The contractor will use their video editing software experience (Shotcut, OpenShot, Lightworks) to review AI responses for accuracy and relevance, acting as a quality gate for AI development. | Eval Gate | 5 |
| Music Producer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated audio content and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of audio tasks and production workflows. It requires hands-on experience with audio production software like Ardour, Audacity, or LMMS, and a working knowledge of audio engineering concepts. | Data | 5 |
| Godot Specialist - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated content related to Godot game development and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of game development tasks and engine workflows. It requires hands-on experience with Godot, GDScript, or interactive media, and involves annotating, labeling, and reviewing AI outputs for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience is necessary. | Data | 5 |
| Hardware Engineer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated content related to electronics design and EDA workflows, providing feedback to improve AI understanding. It requires hands-on experience with KiCad for schematic capture, PCB layout, or embedded hardware design. The work is project-based, flexible, and remote, suitable for independent contractors. | — | 5 |
| Game Developer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated game development content and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of game development tasks and engine workflows. It requires hands-on experience with game development engines and tools, but no prior AI experience is necessary. The work is project-based, hourly, and remote. | Data | 5 |
| Spatial Data Analyst - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated spatial data content and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of GIS tasks. It requires QGIS experience and knowledge of spatial data analysis, with no prior AI experience needed. | Data | 5 |
| Mechanical Drafter - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated technical drafting content and providing feedback to improve AI understanding of manufacturing workflows. It requires experience with LibreCAD or QCAD CE and 2D technical drafting concepts. The work is project-based, hourly, and remote. | — | 5 |
| Analog Engineer - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated content related to analog circuit design and simulation using Ngspice. The contractor will provide feedback to improve the AI's understanding of electronics workflows. No prior AI experience is required, but strong Ngspice and analog circuit simulation skills are essential. | Eval Gate | 5 |
| Digital Illustrator - AI Trainer This role involves evaluating AI-generated content and providing feedback to improve AI's understanding of visual tasks, specifically for digital illustration and concept art workflows using Krita. No prior AI or technical experience is required. | — | 5 |
| Software Developer - AI Trainer Software Developers needed to evaluate AI-generated code and technical content, provide structured feedback, and improve AI's understanding of programming tasks and system design. This is a flexible, hourly contract role supporting AI research. | Eval Gate | 5 |
| Software Engineer Software Engineer role at Handshake, a company with a rapidly growing AI data business. The role focuses on building full-stack systems for core user experiences, including AI-powered features, backend scaling, and frontend development. The company partners with frontier AI labs and aims to shape career evolution in the AI economy. | — | 5 |
| Fellow Experience Specialist, India (Contract) This role provides payment, contract, and general support to AI Fellows, focusing on resolving inquiries, managing contracts, and troubleshooting technical issues using tools like Big Query and SQL. It involves analyzing common issues and collaborating with product and ops teams to implement solutions, aiming to improve the overall experience for Fellows and contribute to the AI infrastructure. | — | 5 |
| Senior IT Support Analyst This role is for a Senior IT Support Analyst at Handshake, a company that has recently launched Handshake AI. The role focuses on providing Tier 2/3 IT support, scaling IT operations, improving processes, implementing automation, and managing IT systems for a distributed workforce. Key responsibilities include hardware and software support, identity and access management, endpoint management, and driving process and security improvements. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of IT support experience, familiarity with macOS and Windows, and experience with various IT tools and cloud-first environments. A builder mentality and strong communication skills are essential. | — | 0 |
| Senior Recruiter, India Senior Recruiter to support hiring across business, operations, and technical roles for Handshake's India presence. This role will partner with stakeholders, own the end-to-end recruiting process, build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, and contribute to recruiting process development. Requires 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in a startup environment, with strong stakeholder management and technical recruiting experience. | — | 0 |
| Senior Security Engineer, IAM Senior Security Engineer, IAM at Handshake. Focuses on architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise identity automation and governance. Will define IAM automation strategy, build lifecycle workflows, and enable secure identity operations across various platforms. Requires strong scripting, IAM platform experience, and understanding of identity protocols. Experience with GCP IAM, Okta Workflows, or PAM is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Senior Security Engineer, Application Security Senior Application Security Engineer responsible for building systems, tools, and automation to embed security into the software development lifecycle in an AI-enabled environment. Focuses on developer-facing tooling, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and leveraging AI/agentic tools to scale security impact. | — | 0 |
| Senior People Systems Partner, Workday This role is for a Senior People Systems Partner focused on Workday administration. The responsibilities include configuring business processes, building reports, running EIBs, maintaining tenant hygiene, and supporting integrations within the Workday system. The role requires deep expertise in Workday Core HCM and ideally one additional module, with a focus on translating business needs into Workday solutions. While the company mentions an 'AI data business' and working with 'frontier AI lab researchers', this specific role is centered on HR systems and does not involve direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Recruiting Coordinator (Contract) Recruiting Coordinator to support and scale hiring efforts by managing interview logistics, serving as a point of contact, and ensuring a smooth hiring process. | — | 0 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Experience Staff Software Engineer on the Consumer Experience team to build products connecting students with employers. Drive technical initiatives, shape team direction, and deliver scalable solutions for a fast-growing career platform. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II at Handshake, a company that powers job seekers, employers, and educational institutions. The role involves owning meaningful pieces of the core product, building systems for user opportunity discovery, employer connections, and career launches. The engineer will work on full-stack experiences, drive features end-to-end, contribute to technical design, and raise the bar for engineers. The company has an AI division that works with frontier AI labs on data for AI training. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Acquisition & Identity Software Engineer role focused on user acquisition, identity, and fraud prevention systems. The company has an AI division that partners with AI labs for data and evaluations, but this specific role is not directly building AI models or systems. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Fellow Experience Software Engineer on the Fellow Experience team to build and scale full-stack systems that power the middle-of-funnel experience for fellows, from project discovery through successful onboarding. This role focuses on improving how fellows discover projects, apply, get matched, and onboard successfully, impacting fellow volume, match quality, and conversion. The work involves full-stack development across frontend and backend, contributing to an automatic allocation system, designing APIs and workflows, and collaborating with product and design. | — | 0 |