What are we looking for?
Hercules is looking for a staff level platform engineer to help us build the future of AI software development
What will you do?
You will lead the Hercules platform-as-a-service
Hercules Database: An enterprise-grade, database-like object model with flexible schemas and fine-grained access controls. Similar to force.com (powering Salesforce) or Airtable.
Backend Services: A fast, scalable backend-as-a-service deeply tied to the Hercules Database
APIs & SDKs: Design the interfaces AI agents use to build on the platform
Performance & Scale: Engineer for low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource use
Hosting & Infrastructure: Build and operate the infrastructure that runs customer applications reliably, with strong tenant isolation, observability, and failure resilience
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
Rust: build efficient, reliable production systems
Data systems: indexing, query performance, transactions, and consistency, etc
Infrastructure: scale large, data-intensive, multi-tenant, distributed services
Performance: optimize latency, throughput, and resource efficiency
AI: able to truly 10x your workflow by being on the frontier of AI coding
What’s Hercules’ stack?
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
What’s the compensation?
$100k-$300k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)
Skills Required
- Strong software fundamentals, including system design, architecture, data modeling, and API design
- Experience writing clean, maintainable code and working effectively in monorepos
- Strong Rust development experience building efficient, reliable production systems
- Knowledge of data systems, including indexing, query performance, transactions, and consistency
- Experience scaling large, data-intensive, multi-tenant, distributed services
- Experience optimizing latency, throughput, and resource efficiency
- Ability to use frontier AI coding tools to significantly improve workflow
- Willingness to work in US time zones if remote
- Willingness to travel to the San Francisco office regularly if remote
What We Do
For over 30 years, we have focused on innovating and developing digital audio solutions which continue to inspire users with endless new possibilities. We constantly draw on our roots in analog audio, in order to offer cutting-edge devices, celebrated for their precision and sound quality.
