At Handshake, we’re on a mission to help every student and early-career professional build a meaningful career.
Our iOS app is one of the most trusted tools for millions of students to explore communities, discover jobs, and showcase their professional identity.
We’ve built a top-rated experience, but we’re just getting started.
Our Consumer iOS team is focused on building personalized, candid, and social features that reduce anxiety, increase confidence, and foster authentic professional exploration.
We’re looking for a senior iOS engineer to take our feed and content experiences to the next level—helping students browse and create rich text, video, and image-based content that feels modern, social, and inspiring.
The role involves leading the development of new iOS features, especially around social feeds, content creation, and multimedia consumption.
You will help build and scale a performant, reliable, and delightful app experience using SwiftUI.
You will own features end-to-end—from ideation and prototyping through production and long-term maintenance.
Collaboration with product managers, designers, and engineers is essential to build thoughtful, accessible, and engaging experiences.
You will bring deep technical expertise to the team, especially around SwiftUI and/or media workflows (video, image, audio).
Mentoring peers and contributing to team-wide iOS best practices, architecture, and tooling is expected.
You will influence mobile product strategy with a focus on Gen Z behavior and social exploration.
Requirements:
Deep expertise in SwiftUI is required.
Proficiency with UIKit, MVVM+C, Swift, and Fastlane is necessary.
Hands-on experience with iOS 17+ and recent iOS development patterns is essential.
A strong track record of owning and shipping user-facing features at scale is required.
Experience in conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence is necessary.
Clear communication and collaboration skills across functions and disciplines are essential.
Benefits:
You will receive equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
The position offers 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birth-giving parents and 10 weeks for non-birth-giving parents.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies are provided, including LGBTQ+ coverage and resources for mental health assistance.
Generous learning and development opportunities are available, along with an annual $2,000 stipend for skill and career growth.
Financial coaching through Origin is offered to assist with your financial journey.
A monthly internet stipend and a brand new MacBook will be provided to enable you to do your best work.
A monthly commuter stipend is available for office-based employees to expense travel to the office.
Free lunch is provided three times a week across all offices.
A referral bonus is offered to reward you for bringing great talent to Handshake.
Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary for 401k, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
All full-time US-based employees are eligible for a flexible time off policy, 13 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off, along with a Winter #ShakeBreak.
A $500 home office stipend is provided during your first 3 months to create a productive workspace at home.
Family support includes parental leave coaching and support, as well as lifetime coverage for expenses related to fertility and family forming through Maven Clinic.
An annual stipend of $500 is offered for lifestyle purchases such as fitness classes and gym memberships.
