Senior Software Engineer - Pay & Safety

Handshake · San Francisco, CA

Posted
109 days ago
Last confirmed live
1 day ago

What this role involves

Handshake AI is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own payment and trust & safety systems. The role involves building payout systems, KYC/identity verification, fraud screening, and operator tooling. Requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with high-stakes production systems.

Skills this posting asks for

  • stripe
  • postgres
  • kyc
  • identity verification
  • sanctions screening
  • fraud screening
  • time-tracking
  • microservices
  • webhooks
  • payments
  • fintech
  • system design
  • idempotency
  • retries
  • backoff
  • migrations
  • audit logs

Requirements

  • 5 years of experience
  • Level: senior

From the employer’s 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 an…

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