Technical Lead Manager, Frontend Infra/Platform

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.

What does a Technical Lead Manager, Frontend Infra do at Handshake?

Handshake is building a diverse team of dynamic engineers who care deeply about delivering high-quality, high-impact products. We're looking for a Technical Lead Manager to lead our Frontend Platform team—a group focused on the systems, tools, and libraries that power all user-facing experiences at Handshake.

In this role, you’ll be both a technical leader and managing a small team, responsible for supporting and growing a team of 3 full-time engineers and 2 contractors. You’ll lead by example, contributing directly to code and architecture while guiding your team through mentorship, career development, and delivery excellence.

You’ll partner closely with designers, product managers, and engineers across the org to ensure our frontend foundation scales with the company’s growth and enables developers to ship high-quality experiences quickly and confidently.

About the Role:

• Lead and support a high-performing team of frontend engineers through coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to define and execute on a vision for frontend platform architecture, tools, and standards.

• Drive technical strategy and execution, balancing short-term needs with long-term sustainability.

• Set clear expectations, align the team around goals, and ensure timely delivery of impactful work.

• Stay hands-on: contribute to architecture, code reviews, and high-leverage projects when appropriate.

• Champion engineering quality, accessibility, and developer experience across our frontend stack.

Projects you might tackle:

• Guide the design and rollout of a new shared component library across multiple products.

• Improve frontend build tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and local dev workflows to reduce friction for developers.

• Lead adoption of new technologies that improve scalability, performance, and user experience.

• Establish and evangelize frontend best practices, including accessibility, testing, and documentation.

Desired Capabilities

• You have 2+ years of engineering management experience, ideally on frontend or platform teams.

• You’ve led teams building and maintaining complex web applications and design systems.

• You stay technical and are comfortable digging into code, especially in React and TypeScript.

• You’re invested in your team’s growth and take pride in helping others succeed.

• You value empathy, communication, and inclusive collaboration across disciplines.

• You thrive in fast-moving environments and are excited by the opportunity to shape foundational systems.

Extra Credit

• React, Styled Components, TypeScript, Storybook

• Redux, GraphQL

• Webpack, ESBuild, Rollup

• CI/CD Pipelines in GitHub and Netlify

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.