What are we looking for?
We are looking for a full-stack software engineer who specializes in infrastructure.
What are examples of projects you’d lead?
You could build and maintain infrastructure to support
1000s of concurrently running dev machines
100s of thousands of concurrent websockets connections
our internal AI agent evals
backend and database management for 100s of thousands of users apps
internal rules, styles guides, and other prompts for our coding assistants like Claude Code and Cursor
What skills do we expect of all Hercules engineers to have?
We expect all software engineers at Hercules to
be incredibly strong in system design and architecture across infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and monorepos
be able to truly 10x their workflow with AI coding tools while also maintaining high code quality
have a good product sense with a clear background shipping to customers and iterating
have a strong experience in Typescript, React, Git, containers, Postgres, and Redis
talk with users, come up with new ideas autonomously, and ship!
What additional skills do we expect you to have for this specific role?
We expect infra engineers to have strong experience building/maintaining all of the following:
IAM: OIDC, Oauth, API keys, permissions (Ideal: SAML/SSO, SCIM)
IaC: e.g: CDK, Terraform
Containerization: Docker, (Ideal: Cloudflare workers, Serverless)
Observability: Otel, logging, tracing
Security and privacy: gdpr, soc2, iso, audit
Database: Blob storage (S3 and R2), Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse
Protocols: OpenAPI, (Ideal: GRPC/Protobufs)
DB schema design for RDBMS and OLAP
Async backend jobs: Queues, workflows
General microservice and distributed systems knowledge
What’s Hercules’ stack?
Languages: React, Typescript, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM
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 them are specifically choices that we as a company unique prioritize and so can be learned on the job. However, we do specifically filter for these principles our hiring process:
We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds 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. We are politely relentless.
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 in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly.
What are Hercules’ benefits?
Healthcare, vision, and dental
Use whatever AI productivity tools you’d like
Take what you need vacation policy
Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here
What’s the compensation?
$100k-$250k + equity (depends on seniority, equity, and location)