Staff Product Designer, Employer

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

We’re seeking a Staff Product Designer on our Employer team to help us reimagine the future of hiring through AI. You’ll play a pivotal role in redefining our employer vision and designing AI-powered functionality to empower employers to hire confidently and efficiently, support job seekers and employers in finding the perfect match, and make a real impact for our customers and business.

As part of this role, you will:

• Redefine the employer vision through AI: You’ll play a leading role in developing a vision for how AI can reshape hiring — from conversational interfaces that guide employers through the hiring process to nuanced matchmaking between employers and job seekers. And you’ll make that future tangible in pixels and prototypes.

• Collaborate across disciplines: Partner closely with PM, engineering, UX research, data science, content, marketing, and design peers to ship and iterate on features that push the boundaries, are great to use, and drive business impact.

• Elevate design culture: Mentor teammates, raise the bar on craft and systems thinking, and champion a culture of rapid experimentation and learning.

• Shape product coherence: Work with design leadership and design systems to ensure experiences integrate seamlessly across the three sides of our platform, especially as we introduce new AI interfaces throughout the ecosystem.

Desired Capabilities

• You've designed and shipped products (including mobile and desktop) that customers love, and can clearly articulate what it took to make that happen, from high-level strategy down to pixel-level decision-making.

• You know how to roll data, research, business goals, technical constraints, and customer needs together into strongly-crafted solutions (mocks, prototypes, flows.) You iterate fast, ensure you gather feedback, and use strategic reasoning to inform your decisions.

• You relish using your design skills to bring clarity and simplicity to both process and product.

• You’re humble and kind, excited to keep learning, and curious about the dynamics of a three-sided marketplace.

Extra Credit

• You have experience working on: AI interfaces, multi-sided marketplaces, growth and monetization, B2B SaaS products

Come help us tackle this very tangible, incentives-aligned, real-world problem. Let’s do work that matters, together, and enjoy it as we go!

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.