About the role
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
The Role As a Learning Architect, Quality Systems , you'll make quality compound across Handshake AI's portfolio of data projects. Reporting to the Head of Learning & Training, you'll work in two modes: embedded directly with Operations teams on fast launch cycles, and building the systems that carry quality judgment from one project to the next. Beyond individual projects, you'll bring a strong point of view to our design culture — pressure testing work, raising the bar, and acting as a thought partner to teammates on thorny design challenges and to
the team lead on how our systems and standards should evolve. You'll also coach designers and Operators to grow their learning design and training craft, helping the whole team get better over time. This role is central to how the world's leading AI labs get the high-quality data they depend on. Forward Deploy: Embed with Operations teams launching or scaling live projects, shipping targeted training materials within 24–48 hours to hit Fellow quality and throughput goals Learning Design: Design and deploy playbooks, courses, and assessments that translate complex data annotation