Product Engineer

Hercules; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited AI token budget

Take what you need vacation policy

Healthcare, vision, and dental

Daily lunches, dinners and snacks

Job summary

Hercules is seeking a senior or staff level product software engineer to revolutionize AI software development. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and will develop key platforms like AI Agent and App Builder. Candidates should have experience in system design, Typescript, and React. This role is primarily in-office in San Francisco, with some remote flexibility for exceptional candidates. Competitive compensation ranges from $100k to $250k plus equity.

Qualifications

• Experience with building AI applications and SaaS products.
• Proven track record of independently shipping features.
• Ability to work in a team and deliver results fast.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AI Agent and App Builder solutions.
• Ensure system reliability with enterprise-grade protocols.
• Collaborate with team to create robust, user-friendly software.

Skills

System design

Architecture

Data modeling

API design

Clean code

UX/UI design

TypeScript

React

Postgres

Redis

AI development

Tools

Docker

Terraform

AWS

OpenAI

Job description

Position Overview

Hercules 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?

• 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

Expected skills

• Software fundamentals: system design, architecture, data modeling, and API design
• Code and codebase quality: write clean, maintainable code; work effectively in monorepos
• Product sense: track record of independently shipping lots of features to customers
• Design sense: beautiful sense of UX/UI using cutting‑edge frontend innovations
• SaaS: general experience with billing (subscriptions, entitlements), product analytics (A/B testing, feature flags), and other popular SaaS features (like i18n, notifications) for large user bases
• Core stack: TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, and Redis
• AI: able to truly 10x your workflow by being on the frontier of AI coding

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

Operating principles

• 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.

Remote/on‑site

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 work in US time zones and travel to the office regularly.

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

Compensation

$100k‑$250k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)