For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based 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 Handshake

Handshake is building the career network for the AI economy, backed by the largest and most trusted job network on the internet. As the only three-sided job marketplace connecting 18 million knowledge workers, 1,500 educational institutions, and 1 million employers, Handshake powers career discovery, hiring, and upskilling—from first internships to full-time roles, freelance work to gig work, and beyond.

Founded in 2014, we’ve built the most trusted platform for early talent—owning the college-to-career market and powering nearly every career center. Today we’re building on that foundation to help students and early professionals upskill or reskill for the future.

Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why:

• Category Leader: Over 92% coverage across US universities & 77% of total US university student population.

• Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs.

• World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Open AI, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few.

• Capitalized & Scaling: $434M raised with a $175M+ run rate.
  

About the Role

• Design and implement scalable data models and their corresponding pipelines.

• Collaborate closely with product and business teams to translate their data requirements into effective data models and metrics.

• Develop and own the data ecosystem, ensuring robust data governance and high data quality.

• Act as a leader in the data space, driving best practices and enabling data driven decisions across the product org.
  

Desired Capabilities

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Advanced SQL skills: Strong expertise in SQL and experience with data modeling and database design conventions.

• Proven leadership in data modeling or data governance, contributing to successful data strategy implementations.

• Demonstrated expertise in data modeling at scale.

• History of collaboration with product and business teams to align data initiatives with organizational goals.

• Experience using data orchestration and data modeling tools (airflow and dbt are the tools we use at Handshake)

• Cloud platform proficiency: Hands-on experience with cloud-based data technologies, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, DataFlow, BigTable, and more
  

Extra Credit

• While not required, expertise in any of the following areas would be highly advantageous:

• Experience with Apache Spark for large-scale data processing and knowledge of when to utilize big data tooling.

• BI tool knowledge: Specifically Looker and Hex

• Containerization and orchestration: Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

Perks

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

• 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

• 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

• 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

• 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

• 📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

• 💻 Remote & Office: Stipends for home office setup, internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

• 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!

• 🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

Compensation Range: $150K - $185K