Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform is open at Handshake in San Francisco, CA. The posting gives a salary of $208K - $260K. Posted on Sep 18, 2026, and still on Handshake’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 15, 2026.
About the role
Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join Backend Platform, with an initial focus on supporting Handshake AI (HAI) and internal AI initiatives. You will build and maintain backend services, shared platform capabilities, and developer tooling that support HAI and internal AI initiatives. The work centers on core backend platform concerns—service architecture, APIs, data systems, performance, reliability…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Handshake’s careers page.
Hiring at Handshake
Handshake has 74 open roles right now, 6 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Operations and Sales & Business Development. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $190K. See all its roles
