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About the job
What are we looking for?
Hercules https://hercules.app is looking for a senior or staff level product software engineer to help us build the future of AI software development
What will you do?
You will build and own user-facing features across Hercules including our
- AI Agent, the AI harness that enables anyone to build powerful full-stack applications
- App Builder, the interface that makes it ridiculously easy to build, preview, and deploy apps
- SDK, the headless SaaS that users can integrate into their apps like Hercules Commerce, Hercules Auth, Hercules CMS, Hercules Files & Media,
- Mobile app, our PWA-based mobile building experience
- Platform, our user friendly experience with enterprise-grade security and reliability
What skills do we expect you to have?
We expect candidates to be incredibly strong across all of the following areas:
- Software fundamentals: system design, architecture, data modeling, and API design
- Code and codebase quality: write clean, maintainable code. Work effectively in monorepos
- Technologies: Typescript, React, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Temporal
- Clouds: Cloudflare, AWS
- AI Models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
What are Hercules’ operating principles?
Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of the principles can be learned on the job, however, we do specifically filter for the following principles in our hiring process:
- We ship. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds up our learning and delights our customers.
- We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.
- We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done.
Is Hercules in-office or remote?
Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates who are willing to 1) work in US time zones and 2) travel to the office regularly.
What are Hercules’ benefits?
- Unlimited AI token budget
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
- We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here
$100k-$300k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)
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