Handshake currently has 68 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 60%, are focused on data, with a further 15% in agents. Research and Engineering are the most frequent functions hiring for these positions. Recent hiring activity shows a significant increase, with 23 new AI roles posted in the last 30 days, representing a 92% rise compared to the preceding 30-day period.
Currently tracking 23 active AI roles, down 48% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering.
Handshake currently has 65 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Music Producer - AI Trainer (2), Strategic Projects Lead, Coding (2), 3D Slicer Specialist - AI Trainer , AI Red Teamer, LLM Generalist, Analog Engineer - AI Trainer. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Handshake's active AI hiring is concentrated in: data (66%), agents (15%), application (8%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Handshake is hiring AI talent in: United States (22 roles), India (4 roles).
Job postings at Handshake most frequently reference: evals, synthetic data, model serving, agent orchestration, llm observability.
In the past 30 days, Handshake has posted 10 new AI-related roles. That is a -57% change versus the prior 30 days (23 → 10).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Product Manager, RL Environments — Handshake AI Senior Product Manager to own the product surface that turns RL environment creation from a bespoke, weeks-long lift into a repeatable factory. This role will design and ship the platform that compresses lead time, replaces hand-built workflows with self-serve tooling, and lets a small team of operators turn out high-quality environments for any vertical. | DataEval Gate | 8 |
| Data Development, Principal This Principal Data Development role focuses on sourcing, negotiating, and closing data partnerships with companies and institutions to supply proprietary real-world data to frontier AI labs for training next-generation AI models. The role involves translating data requirements between AI labs and enterprise leaders, structuring commercial and compensation models, and managing senior stakeholder relationships. | Data |
| 7 |
| Data Partnership Specialist Handshake AI is building a data business to supply proprietary, real-world data to frontier AI labs. This role is for a Data Partnership Specialist responsible for identifying, pitching, negotiating, and closing data partnerships with companies and institutions. The specialist will translate between AI lab data requirements and enterprise data availability, managing complex deals end-to-end and ensuring compliance with data licensing, privacy, and anonymization terms. The role requires strong business development, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with a focus on measurable impact and high standards. | — | 5 |
| Public Sector Account Director This role is for a Public Sector Account Director at Handshake, a company that has launched an AI data business. The role focuses on building and closing deals within the US government sector, developing relationships with key stakeholders, and driving sales processes. While the company is involved in AI, this specific role is sales-focused and does not involve building AI models or systems. | — | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Field & Event Marketing This role is for a Senior Manager of Field and Event Marketing at Handshake, focusing on both their Careers business and their Handshake AI business. The role involves end-to-end strategy and execution of marketing events to build pipeline and deepen customer relationships. The candidate should be comfortable with strategy and execution, thrive in fast-moving environments, and actively use AI tools to work smarter. | — | 5 |
| Strategic Projects Lead This role is for a Strategic Projects Lead at Handshake AI, focusing on executing large-scale human data programs that power frontier AI model training and evaluation. The role involves managing large teams, designing operational workflows, and partnering with AI labs and technology companies to ensure program success, revenue, margins, and quality. While the company is heavily involved in AI, this specific role is operational and project management focused, not directly building AI models or systems. | — | 5 |
| Mid-Market Account Executive I This role is for a Mid-Market Account Executive at Handshake, focusing on selling their early talent recruiting platform to employers. While Handshake has an AI division, this specific role is in sales and involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing, exceeding quotas, and developing client relationships. The company emphasizes its AI data business and partnerships with AI labs, but the core function of this role is sales, not AI development or research. | — | 5 |
| Staff Product Designer, Employer Experience The Staff Product Designer on the Employer team will be responsible for designing experiences that help employers discover, connect with, and hire early-career talent more effectively. This role is revenue-critical and focuses on shaping how employers attract candidates, evaluate fit, and make hiring decisions, shipping experiences that fuel revenue while expanding access and opportunity for students. | — | 5 |
| Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI This role is for a Staff Product Designer at Handshake AI, focusing on building the vision for operator independence and self-serve tooling within their AI data business. The role involves partnering with various teams to define product strategies, translate insights into investments, and own the design process from concept to production. While the company is heavily involved in the AI space, this specific role is product-focused and does not involve direct AI/ML model development. | — | 5 |
| Entrepreneur, CEO Office This role is for an Entrepreneur to join the CEO Office at Handshake, focusing on building 0-to-1 initiatives across product, GTM, and operations. The candidate will partner directly with founders and the executive team to tackle the hardest problems at Handshake, drive initiatives forward, and contribute to the company's success. Experience as a past founder or early startup employee is preferred. | — | 5 |
| Product Manager, Pay and Safety — Handshake AI Product Manager for Handshake AI's Pay and Safety squad, focusing on improving payment accuracy, timeliness, and fraud detection within the AI training marketplace. The role involves owning the roadmap for payment platforms, building a proactive fraud detection system, and developing operator tooling. | — | 5 |
| Mid-Market Account Executive II This role is for a Mid-Market Account Executive at Handshake, focusing on selling their early talent recruiting platform. While Handshake has an AI division, this specific role is in sales and does not involve building or directly working with AI models. The company is scaling its AI data business and partners with AI labs. | — | 5 |
| FP&A Manager FP&A Manager to partner with R&D and COGS leaders, focusing on financial models, forecasts, and reporting infrastructure for Handshake's rapid growth, including its AI business. The role involves leading COGS forecasting, designing cost allocation methodologies between Careers and Handshake AI, and partnering with other departments to improve processes and ensure sound investment decisions. Requires strong Excel modeling, SaaS KPI understanding, and experience forecasting COGS/R&D spend, with familiarity in cloud infrastructure and AI cost structures. | — | 5 |
| Chief of Staff, CEO This role is a Chief of Staff to the CEO at Handshake, a company that has launched an AI business focused on providing data for AI training. The role involves driving the CEO's operating rhythm, leading strategic initiatives, building analytical foundations for decisions, and producing executive communications. While the company has a significant AI business, this specific role is not directly involved in building or shipping AI models or systems, but rather in supporting the CEO and the company's strategic growth, including its AI initiatives. | — | 5 |
| Sales Development Representative Sales Development Representative role at Handshake, a company with a significant AI data business. The role focuses on building qualified pipeline for employer partners through outbound and inbound lead generation, managing CRM activities, and collaborating with Account Executives. Requires consistency, accountability, and strong communication skills, with experience in quota-driven roles. | — | 5 |
| Enterprise Account Manager Enterprise Account Manager role at Handshake, a company with a significant AI data business. The role focuses on retaining and growing existing employer partners by ensuring they see value in the Handshake product, driving renewals and expansions. It involves sales, relationship management, and customer satisfaction, partnering with Client Success Managers and engaging with senior executives. | — | 5 |
| Senior Growth Marketer This role is for a Senior Growth Marketer at Handshake, a company that has launched an AI data business. The marketer will be responsible for engaging, growing, and nurturing an expert network of researchers and subject matter specialists who contribute to cutting-edge AI through specialized research, model evaluation, and domain-specific applications. The role involves developing and implementing growth strategies, creating and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns, optimizing digital marketing, and managing community member engagement. | — | 5 |
| Growth Operations Lead The Growth Operations Lead will architect and scale strategic growth initiatives to drive revenue and product adoption for Handshake's AI-driven products. This role involves leading cross-functional efforts, designing scalable growth systems, optimizing the growth funnel, synthesizing insights, and solving ambiguous challenges with a data-driven approach. | — | 5 |
| Engagement Management Lead This role is for an Engagement Management Lead at Handshake AI, focusing on managing critical customer relationships with Frontier AI labs. The role involves owning the full engagement lifecycle, from scoping to renewals, and driving strategic implementations and revenue growth. It requires partnering with sales, operations, product, and engineering teams to deliver value and influence product roadmaps. Success is measured by customer adoption, revenue growth, and successful production deployments. | — | 5 |
| Program Manager Program Manager for Employer Customer Success team to drive adoption, retention, and expansion of Handshake's platform. This role involves executing strategic projects, developing recruiting campaigns, and providing data-driven insights to help employers attract top entry-level talent. The company also has an AI division focused on creating evaluations and benchmarks for AI labs. | — | 0 |
| Senior Growth Marketing Manager Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Handshake, a career network for the AI economy, focusing on scaling paid social acquisition channels (LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat) and managing ad spend to drive user acquisition for AI training gigs. | — | 0 |
| Senior Executive Assistant This role is for a Senior Executive Assistant supporting three C-level executives at Handshake. The primary responsibilities include complex calendar management, meeting coordination, travel booking, expense reporting, and supporting special projects. The role also involves acting as a strategic partner to executives, planning team events, and coordinating interviews with the recruiting team. A key aspect is leveraging technology and AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and streamline workflows. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of EA experience in a fast-paced tech environment, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to exercise judgment and discretion. | — | 0 |
| Mid-Market Account Manager This role is for a Mid-Market Account Manager at Handshake, a company that has launched an AI data business. The Account Manager will be responsible for gross dollar retention and growth within their assigned book of business, focusing on renewals, expansion opportunities, upselling, and cross-selling. They will manage commercial relationships, lead value conversations, and build strategies to increase account penetration. The role requires experience in SaaS account management or customer success, a track record of quota attainment, and experience managing a portfolio of accounts. | — | 0 |
| Support Specialist, Contract This role is a contract Support Specialist for Handshake, a company that has launched Handshake AI. The role involves providing email and phone support to users, resolving technical issues, and improving the customer experience. While the company has an AI division, this specific role focuses on user support for the core platform, not direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Federal Account Executive This role is for a Federal Account Executive at Handshake, a company that has a division called Handshake AI. The AE will be responsible for new business acquisition and growing existing federal agency customer accounts. This involves developing relationships, identifying opportunities, and driving the sales process from prospecting to close. The role requires familiarity with federal hiring needs, acquisition processes, and achieving revenue targets. While the company has an AI division, this specific role is focused on sales and account management within the federal sector. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director - Litigation & Employment Counsel This role is for a Senior Director - Litigation & Employment Counsel at Handshake, a company focused on the AI economy. The role involves managing litigation and employment risks, advising on legal questions related to the platform, and developing policies and compliance programs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in litigation, employment law, and advising technology companies. | — | 0 |
| Enterprise Account Manager, EMEA Enterprise Account Manager for Handshake's EMEA market, focusing on driving renewals, upsells, and cross-sells for employer partners. This role involves owning the end-to-end relationship with enterprise accounts, acting as a strategic advisor on early talent strategy, and synthesizing customer feedback to shape product development. The position requires a background in early talent, campus recruiting, or HR/recruiting tech, with proven experience in Customer Success or Account Management managing enterprise accounts and commercial outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Senior FP&A Manager Senior FP&A Manager to own Handshake’s corporate finance function, partnering cross functionally to maintain a financial plan across Handshake’s entire business. This role will build and maintain operating models, own long-range planning, manage the three-statement model, drive investor and board reporting, and lead financial reviews. | — | 0 |