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Salary: USD 100,000 - 300,000 / annual
Hercules is building the future of AI software development. You will join as a Staff Software Engineer, Product, owning and building user-facing features across the Hercules platform.
Key areas of ownership include:
- AI Agent: the AI harness enabling anyone to build powerful full-stack applications
- App Builder: the interface for building, previewing, and deploying apps
- SDK: the headless SaaS offering (Hercules Commerce, Auth, CMS, Files & Media)
- Mobile app: PWA-based mobile building experience
- Platform: user-friendly experience with enterprise-grade security and reliability
You will work in a fast-moving, shipping-focused environment where the team values speed, iteration, and customer delight. The role emphasizes both technical excellence and product sense—you'll be expected to independently ship features, maintain high code quality, and contribute design thinking to the user experience.
Hercules operates from San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). The founding team works in-office with a strong preference for in-office presence. Remote work is considered for exceptional candidates willing to work US time zones and travel to the office regularly.
Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Temporal. Cloud platforms: Cloudflare, AWS. AI models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google.
Operating Principles: The company emphasizes shipping fast and iterating quickly, striving for excellence with attention to detail, and maintaining hunger to break through obstacles and achieve outcomes.
Requirements:
- Incredibly strong software fundamentals: system design, architecture, data modeling, API design
- Code and codebase quality: ability to write clean, maintainable code and work effectively in monorepos
- Product sense: track record of independently shipping numerous features to customers
- Design sense: strong UX/UI sensibility with knowledge of cutting-edge frontend innovations
- SaaS experience: general familiarity with billing (subscriptions, entitlements), product analytics (A/B testing, feature flags), and common SaaS features (i18n, notifications) for large user bases
- Core stack proficiency: TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, Redis
- AI capability: ability to leverage frontier AI coding tools to 10x workflow
