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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Handshake AI

We captured this posting once, on 2026-07-06, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Handshake
Location
San Francisco, CA
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked for
5+ years
Pay band
$225K – $250K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-06-19 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-07-06 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

technical leadershipcustomer engagementtechnical requirements scopingsolution architecturesolutionssolution scalingmentoringarchitectural guidancebest practicesarchitectural decisionsprototypingtesting

From the posting

About Handshake Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month. …

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