Staff Product Designer, Employer Experience

Handshake • Full-time • Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States • $190,000 - $240,000 / year • 1d ago

Fast Facts

Handshake is seeking a Staff Product Designer for the Employer Experience team to create impactful solutions for connecting employers with early-career talent. This role plays a crucial part in shaping Handshake's marketplace and driving revenue growth.

Responsibilities: Design end-to-end user experiences, collaborate closely with product and engineering teams, tackle complex design problems, and ensure high-quality craft in all outputs.

Skills: 7+ years in product design, strong communication, expertise in visual and interaction design, collaborative mindset, impact-driven, and design-led thinking.

Qualifications: Experience with enterprise or B2B products, proven track record of delivering measurable impact, and strong problem-solving abilities.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Compensation: $190000 - $240000 / Annually

About Handshake

Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.

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
Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

About the Role

As a Staff Product Designer on the Employer team at Handshake, you would be responsible for designing experiences that help employers discover, connect with, and hire early-career talent more effectively. The Employer team is a revenue-critical group that sits at the core of Handshake’s three-sided marketplace, directly driving growth while shaping how employers attract candidates, evaluate fit, and make hiring decisions. Designers on this team work on high-impact, complex problems where craft, trust, and business outcomes intersect, shipping experiences that fuel revenue while expanding access and opportunity for students.

Your Role

Partner closely with product, engineering, and data teams to define problems, set goals, and shape product strategy.
Own design end-to-end, from early concept through post-launch iteration: user flows, interaction prototypes, high-fidelity mocks, and collaboration through build.
Tackle complex and ambiguous human-centered design problems, translating them into clear, simple solutions.
Rapidly iterate through wireframes and prototypes to gather feedback early and often.
Obsess over craft, with a strong point of view on visual and interaction design.

Your Experience

7+ years of product design experience, ideally on enterprise or B2B products.
Strong communicator who clearly articulates design decisions, tradeoffs, and the thinking behind them to partners and leadership.
Deep visual and interaction design expertise, with a proven track record of shipped work and measurable impact.
Highly collaborative. You value diverse perspectives and incorporate them into the design process to achieve better outcomes.
Design-led thinker who raises the bar by embedding design thinking into day-to-day work and helping others grow.
Impact-driven. You prioritize ruthlessly and focus on the work that matters most.
Gritty and hands-on. You’re willing to roll up your sleeves and take ownership—nothing is “someone else’s problem.”
Deeply motivated by Handshake’s mission and committed to helping all students build meaningful careers.
Curious and always learning, with a growth mindset.

We Offer

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: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers .

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