Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Handshake, San Francisco, CA

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Handshake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join Backend Platform, with an initial focus on supporting Handshake AI (HAI) and internal AI initiatives.

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Handshake, San Francisco, CA

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$208K–$260K

a year

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This base pay is above the median for senior infrastructure, platform and SRE jobs in the Bay Area.

Median: $215K a year
Other jobs in the group: 613

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Location: San Francisco, CA
Work type: Onsite
Level: Senior
Experience: 5+ years
Skills in the job text: TypeScript
Kubernetes
GCP
Docker
Terraform
PostgreSQL
Elasticsearch
GraphQL
Next.js
Redis
Posted: Sep 18, 2026
Last check: 46 min ago
Job type: Infra, platform & SRE

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Open tech jobs: 32
With posted pay: 81%
Median posted base: $200K–$250K

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Money raised: $430MSum of funding rounds on record
Newest round: Series FJan 19, 2022

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