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30k
India, India
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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.
Why join Handshake now:
Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
About Handshake AI
Human data is the core infrastructure to AI advancement. Frontier AI labs currently improve model capabilities with various data-intensive post-training techniques. We believe that data spend for AI training will increase by 3-5x in the next few years and continue for much longer as models take on new domains. Handshake AI supports all of the frontier AI labs, working on their most complex data at the largest scale.
We're hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer I to join our Forward Deployed Engineering team, building production software that helps frontier AI labs solve real-world problems.
You'll partner with senior engineers to develop, deploy, and iterate on customer-facing solutions while working across the full software stack. As part of our growing engineering organization in India, you'll collaborate closely with teammates across India and have opportunities to work alongside Engineering, Research, Product, and Operations teams in the US on high-impact customer initiatives.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving challenging technical problems, learning quickly, and building software in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment.
Location: Bengaluru, India. This is an in-office role.
Build and maintain production software supporting customer deployments
Partner with senior engineers to design and deliver customer-facing solutions
Collaborate with Engineering, Research, Product, and Operations teams to build scalable production systems
Develop full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, and modern backend technologies
Help translate customer requirements into reliable, scalable software solutions
Improve system reliability, performance, and maintainability
Continuously learn, grow, and contribute to a rapidly evolving engineering organization
3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong programming skills using TypeScript , React , and modern backend development
Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), APIs, and software engineering fundamentals
Experience building and maintaining production software
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams, including teams based in the US
Experience working on customer-facing products or implementation projects
Experience with AI-powered applications or machine learning infrastructure
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience working in a fast-growing startup or high-growth engineering organization
Customer deployments launch successfully and deliver measurable value
Production systems are reliable, scalable, and maintainable
Engineering work helps accelerate customer adoption and platform growth
You become a trusted contributor across engineering teams in both India and the US
You continue to grow technically while helping build Handshake AI's engineering organization in India
You’ll Thrive Here If You:
Are motivated by solving operational problems that have direct, measurable impact.
Want to be part of a company shaping the future of AI through human data.
Can navigate ambiguity, act with urgency, and keep multiple workstreams moving in parallel.
Perks:
Generous Equity Grant vested over 4 years
Housing Bonus: 1.3 Lakhs spread throughout the first year
Well Defined Performance Bonus ranging between 10 - 100% of base
Medical Insurance Coverage
Food credit for every in person day.
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