Frontend Engineer, Frontend Platform

Our mission is to democratize opportunity for students everywhere. We believe that every student should have an equal opportunity to build a meaningful career regardless of where they go to school what they major in or who they know. The Handshake community includes 14 million students and young alumni at more than 700 universities. We connect talent from across all 50 states with over 300000 employers recruiting on Handshake from every Fortune 500 company to thousands of local mom and pop shops nonprofits startups and more.

We welcome all people. We celebrate diversity of all kinds and are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We seek to hire develop and retain talented people from all backgrounds. Individuals from nontraditional backgrounds historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you are not sure that youre 100% qualified but up for the challenge we want you to apply.

What does a Frontend Software Engineer do at Handshake
Handshake is building a diverse team of dynamic engineers who value creating a high quality high impact product. This role is for a Frontend Software Engineer who will be reporting to the Engineering Manager for the Frontend Platform team. We are looking for a Frontend Engineer with demonstrated experience shipping high quality and accessible user experiences. You will be supporting a team of talented engineers and designers by contributing to tools and libraries that are used by development teams and shipped to our users. You will be working on a small multifunctional team with other engineers designers and product managers.

Here are some projects were excited for you to work on at Handshake:

• Consult educate and empower engineers as they build & ship innovative software.
• Research prototype and develop solutions in support of the adoption of new technologies.
• Build tools to optimize the developer frontend work experience.
• Develop libraries and contribute in ways that impact every engineer and our customers.
• Working with Designers to create a Component Library that services other teams.

About you:

• 5 years of professional frontend experience with a strong foundation in building scalable highperformance applications
• You have experience building Component Libraries and working in Design Systems to build friendly userexperiences
• You have a strong sense of ownership and a passion for efficiency and writing clean highquality code.
• You act with empathy when partnering with fellow engineers and coworkers.
• You appreciate strong documentation and procedures.
• You are proud of your craft and enjoy and value clean code that scales to keep large teams productive.
• You have experience in building consumerfacing web applications in a dynamic development environment.

Technologies youll work with

• React Styled Components (JavaScript) TypeScript and Storybook
• Redux GraphQL
• Webpack ESBuild Rollup
• Evolving CI/CD Pipelines in GitHub and Netlify

Compensation Range: $132000 $190000

For cash compensation we set standard ranges for all roles based 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 US employees in fulltime 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 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.

• 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.
• Handshake offers $500 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
• 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 purchases such as fitness classes gym memberships workfromhome setup and more.

Looking for more Explore our mission values and comprehensive US benefits at 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.

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