Wait…
About the job
What are we looking for?
Hercules https://hercules.app is looking for a staff level growth engineer to help us build the future of AI software development
What will you do?
You will own growth across the entire customer journey from landing page all the way through to long term conversion
- Landing page → signup conversion. Experiment with our landing pages to optimize sign up conversion
- Sign up → activation conversion: Make sure we get every user to the "aha" moment
- Sign up → Paid conversion: Convert free users into paying customers with upsells, entitlement experimentation, paywalls, time constrained discounts, and more
- Retention: Make sure customers keep building on Hercules and stay engaged
- Expansion & monetization: Continue to grow revenue from existing customers through plan upgrades, increased usage, add-ons, or conversion from monthly to annual plans
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
- 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)
Similar jobs at other companies
AnthropicSan Francisco, CA +2
$320K–$405K / yr
Posted Jul 21, 2026
Pay not posted
Posted Apr 21, 2025
checked 2 days agoAthenaHQSan Francisco, California
$110K–$160K / yr
Posted Apr 26, 2026
checked 2 days ago- H
HiggsfieldAlmaty, Kazakhstan
Pay not posted
Posted 19 days ago
- L
Pay not posted
Posted Dec 12, 2025
$110K–$165K / yr
Posted Apr 26, 2026
Source: the Hercules Ashby job board. We last checked this job 8 h ago. We first saw it 2 days ago. A job on a job board does not always mean that the team interviews people now. We found this job board in a public list. We did not yet compare it with the careers page of the company.
- Open tech jobs
- 9
- With posted pay
- 100%
- Median posted base
- $100K–$300K