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Overview
Handshake is a professional career network for students and early-career professionals headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2014. The company provides a digital platform that connects university students with internships and entry-level jobs, including specialized roles in the artificial intelligence economy. It serves over 15 million students and alumni from more than 1,500 colleges and universities, partnering with over 900,000 employers across the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe.
Technologies
Tech DNA
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
React.js
Ruby on Rails
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Google BigQuery
Google Bigtable
AWS
GCP
Azure
LLM
Claude
LoRA
AI/ML
Python
SQL
C++
Scale AI
Post-training
AWS
GCP
LLM
AI Agents
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Docker
PostgreSQL
Reinforcement Learning
Fine-tuning
Platform Engineering
Terraform
Azure
GitHub
Google BigQuery
RLHF
Claude
Model Context Protocol
PPO
OpenAI
ArgoCD
Buildkite
Crossplane
FinOps
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Istio
Linkerd
Self-Healing
Service Mesh
IAM
Google Bigtable
Redis
Dagster
Embeddings
PyTorch
Ray
Ray Serve
Spark
Vertex AI
vLLM
LoRA
PEFT
Transformers
Claude Code
Cursor
dbt
ChatGPT
Gemini
Feature Store
LLM Evaluation
DPO
Function Calling
Human-in-the-Loop
GRPO
SFT
Knowledge Graph
OpenAI Agents SDK
OpenAI Codex
LLM Guardrails
Red Teaming
Explainable AI
NLP
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Synthetic Data
Prompt Engineering
Recommender Systems
Edge AI
Mobile
TypeScript
Java
Swift
Node JS
Fastlane
MVVM
SwiftUI
TestFlight
UIKit
XCTest
Security
JavaScript
PowerShell
Ruby
Go
Bash
Okta
Sidekiq
SOC 2
GDPR
Cyber Kill Chain
MITRE ATT&CK
Zero Trust
Other
Apex
React.js
Ruby on Rails
Zendesk
Notion
Google Workspace
Slack
Jira
ServiceNow
GraphQL
Next.js
A/B Testing
Salesforce
Rest API
Stack modernity
84/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Scale AI
29 jobs
Required
$250k
Median
Post-training
22 jobs
Required
$250k
-17% vs market
TypeScript
10 jobs
Required
$250k
+39% vs market
GCP
10 jobs
Required
$220k
+16% vs market
AWS
10 jobs
Required
$220k
+19% vs market
Python
9 jobs
Required
$220k
+22% vs market
LLM
8 jobs
Required
$250k
+25% vs market
AI Agents
8 jobs
Required
$235k
+6% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
20%
JavaScript
16%
SQL
15%
CI/CD
15%
AWS
15%
TypeScript
13%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Red Teaming
Aug 2026
LLM Guardrails
Aug 2026
OpenAI Codex
Aug 2026
OpenAI Agents SDK
Aug 2026
ServiceNow
Aug 2026
Edge AI
Aug 2026
Knowledge Graph
Aug 2026
IAM
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
Jobgether
CrowdStrike
Weekday
Adobe
ServiceNow
Snowflake
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$100k – $400k
Open positions
24
19
Jobs
Junior
15.8%
Senior
63.2%
Staff
15.8%
Architect
5.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 3 | $100k | $100k – $175k |
| Senior | 12 | $220k | $190k – $375k |
| Staff | 3 | $280k | $240k – $295k |
| Architect | 1 | $400k | $400k |
Highest paying role
Director, Applied Machine Learning
$400k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
31
1 opened / 13 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
42%
AI/ML
16% ▼
Executive
5%
Support
5% ▲
Design
5% ▲
Management
5%
Actively hiring for Backend (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Seattle
Aug 2026
Added MITRE ATT&CK to stack
Aug 2026
Added Gemini to stack
Aug 2026
Added Cyber Kill Chain to stack
Aug 2026
Added ChatGPT to stack
Aug 2026
Added C++ to stack
Aug 2026
Added Bash to stack
Aug 2026
New location: New York
Aug 2026
Added Model Context Protocol to stack
Aug 2026
Added dbt to stack
Aug 2026
Added Cursor to stack
Aug 2026
Added Claude Code to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
$130k – $250k per year • In office • Contractor • Seattle
Bash
C++
JavaScript
PowerShell
Python
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
LLM
LLM Guardrails
Post-training
Red Teaming
Scale AI
Cybersecurity
Cyber Kill Chain
MITRE ATT&CK
Apply
$176k – $220k per year • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
LLM
AI Agents
Scale AI
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
Azure
Buildkite
CI/CD
Crossplane
FinOps
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Istio
Kubernetes
Linkerd
Platform Engineering
Self-Healing
Service Mesh
Terraform
GitHub
IAM
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$175k – $220k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • San Francisco
Reinforcement Learning
Post-training
Scale AI
Apply
$80k – $100k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • New York
PowerShell
Python
Scale AI
Cybersecurity
Okta
Management
Google Workspace
Jira
Slack
ServiceNow
Marketing
Zendesk
Apply
≈ $19k – $50k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Internship • 3+ years exp
AI Agents
Post-training
Scale AI
Apply
≈ $29k – $77k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Internship • 6+ years exp
AI Agents
Post-training
Scale AI
Apply
$80k – $100k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • San Francisco
PowerShell
Python
Scale AI
Cybersecurity
Okta
Management
Google Workspace
Jira
Slack
ServiceNow
Marketing
Zendesk
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$152k – $190k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • San Francisco
Post-training
Scale AI
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$190k – $240k per year • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • San Francisco
Apply
$158k – $175k per year • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • San Francisco
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
OpenAI
Post-training
Scale AI
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Forward Deployed Engineer I, Handshake AI
1 month ago≈ $144k – $285k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • 1+ year exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Post-training
Scale AI
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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≈ $29k – $78k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Post-training
Scale AI
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
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