Handshake

HQ
San Francisco
700 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2014
Handshake is the number one site for college students to find a job.
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 650,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. Earlier this year, we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and new valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.

Handshake Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQSan Francisco, California, USA

Perks + Benefits

Compensation + Total Rewards
Offers company equity

Family + Childcare Benefits
Offers generous parental leave

Healthcare Benefits
Offers dental insurance
Offers Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Offers health insurance

Office Perks + Extras
Provides commuter benefits
Provides free snacks and drinks

Retirement Benefits + Financial Planning
Offers 401(K)
Offers disability insurance
Offers life insurance

Time Off
Offers generous PTO
Provides paid holidays
Offers sabbatical leave

Technology We Use

Golang
Golang
LANGUAGES
Kotlin
Kotlin
LANGUAGES
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
DATABASES
Python
Python
LANGUAGES
React
React
LIBRARIES
Redis
Redis
DATABASES
Redux
Redux
LIBRARIES
Ruby
Ruby
LANGUAGES
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
FRAMEWORKS
Scala
Scala
LANGUAGES
SQL
SQL
LANGUAGES
Swift
Swift
LANGUAGES
Asana
Asana
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
JIRA
JIRA
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Sketch
Sketch
DESIGN
Figma
Figma
DESIGN
Salesforce
Salesforce
CRM