Senior Software Engineer Backend Platform Ruby on Rails
Senior Software Engineer Backend Platform Ruby on Rails
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Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from nontraditional backgrounds historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.
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Build the foundation that powers opportunity for millions
At Handshake our platform connects students with lifechanging career opportunities. Behind our mission stands a robust engineering ecosystem that needs your expertise to evolve and scale.
Your impact
As a Senior Software Engineer Ruby on Rails on the Backend Platform team youll play a key role in simplifying backend complexity at Handshake empowering product teams to deliver value faster and better. Youll build reusable backend services improve developer workflows and create paved paths that help product teams focus on product development while ensuring scalability reliability and consistency.
This is a highimpact role where youll influence backend best practices shape platform engineering efforts and drive architectural improvements that enhance the efficiency and productivity of our engineering teams.
Your role
As a Senior Software Engineer you will:
- Architect and implement scalable backend services and developer tooling that significantly boost product team velocity and output quality.
- Shape best practices for Ruby on Rails development at Handshake establishing standards that ensure highquality maintainable and welltested code.
- Create intuitive paved paths that guide product teams toward optimal technical decisions while maintaining consistency in service and API architecture.
- Lead technical initiatives such as evolving our GraphQL ecosystem strategically reducing technical debt and driving backend performance optimization.
- Improve developer experience by refining local development environments streamlining CI pipelines and enhancing selfservice tooling.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Frontend Platform Product Engineering and Infrastructure to drive alignment and deliver cohesive technical solutions.
Mentor and support other engineers through thoughtful code reviews pair programming and knowledgesharing initiatives.
Your experience
Were looking for someone with:
- 5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails at an expert level including deep understanding of framework internals performance optimization and scaling patterns.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals including TDD contract testing decoupling and clean code practices that youve applied at scale.
- Experience designing building and maintaining GraphQL APIs.
- Demonstrated expertise with Elasticsearch implementation query optimization and integration with Rails applications.
- Experience implementing advanced caching strategies (Redis) and designing resilient background job systems (Sidekiq).
- A customerfirst mindset with examples of how youve improved developer experience and productivity through platform engineering.
- Established history of elevating team standards through code reviews pair programming and technical mentorship.
Practical knowledge of CI best practices that measurably enhance developer efficiency and code quality.
Bonus areas of expertise
- Experience with MonoRepo architecture and implementing effective workflows within large codebases.
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL optimization including query performance tuning and schema design.
- Implementation experience with EventDriven and ServiceOriented Architecture at scale.
- Experience with GoLang microservices.
Working knowledge of GCP infrastructure and implementing security best practices in cloud environments.
Compensation range
$180000 $220000
For cash compensation we set standard ranges for allU.S.based rolesbased on function level and geographic location benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
About us
Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students alumni employers and career educators Handshakes network is where career advice and discovery turn into first second and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforcefrom Fortune 500 to federal agencies school districts to startups healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where youre going not where youve been.
When it comes to our workforce strategy weve thought deeply about how worklife should look at Handshake. With our hybridwork model employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week (unless noted in the specific job posting). Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York London and Berlin.
What we offer
At Handshake well give you the tools to feel healthy happy and secure.
Benefits below apply to employees in fulltime (not Contract) positions.
- Equity and ownership in a fastgrowing company.
- 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for nonbirth giving parents.
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision policies including LGTBQ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
- Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2000/1500/1850 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
- Financial coaching through Origin to help you through your financial journey.
- Monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook to allow you to do your best work.
- Monthly commuter stipend for you to expense your travel to the office (for officebased employees).
- Free lunch provided 3x a week across all offices.
- Referral bonus to reward you when you bring great talent to Handshake.
(USspecific benefits in addition to the first section)
- 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollarfordollar match on 1 of deferred salary up to a maximum of $1200 per year.
- All fulltime USbased Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition we offer 13 standardized holidays and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly we have a Winter #ShakeBreak a oneweek period of Collective Time Off.
- Family support: Parental leave coaching and support provided by Parentaly. We partner with Maven Clinic to provide a lifetime coverage up to $15K for expenses related to fertility and family forming!
- Lifestyle Savings Account: We offer you an annual stipend of $500 to use for purchasessuch as fitness classes gym memberships workfromhomesetup and more.
(UKspecific benefits in addition to the first section)
- Pension Scheme: Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension where you will make contributions based on 5 of your salary. Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3 towards your pension plan subject to qualifying earnings limits.
- Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset recharge and refresh in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year.
- Regular offsites each year to bring the team together opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco.
- Discounts across various high street retailers cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake UK employees.
(Germanyspecific benefits in addition to the first section)
- 25 days of annual leave 5 days of a winter #ShakeBreak a oneweek period of Collective Time Off across the company.
- Regular offsites each year to bring the team together opportunity to travel to our HQ in San Francisco once a year.
- Urban sports club membership offering access to a diverse network of fitness and wellness facilities.
- Discounts across various high street retailers cinemas and other social activities exclusively for Handshake Germany employees.
Looking for more Explore our mission values and comprehensive US benefits atjoinhandshake/careers.
Handshake is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation please let your recruiter know during initial communications.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
