Staff Backend Engineer (Rust) for AI Database Platform

Hercules; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 300.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Unlimited AI token budget

Take what you need vacation policy

Healthcare, vision, and dental

Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in 


We guarantee you will do the best work

Descripción de la vacante

Hercules in San Francisco seeks a staff level platform engineer to help build the infrastructure stack for AI software development. You will lead the backend-as-a-service, shaping data models, APIs, and scalable services that power customer applications.

Our stack includes Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Docker, Terraform, and TypeScript, and we value clean code, strong systems design, and a bias for action. In-office with optional remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones.

Formación

• Strong fundamentals in system design, architecture, data modeling, and API design.
• Write clean, maintainable code and work well in monorepos.
• Proficient in Rust and building production-grade systems.
• Deep understanding of data systems: indexing, transactions, consistency.
• Experience with distributed, multi-tenant infrastructures.
• Focus on latency, throughput, and resource efficiency.
• Experience with AI-enabled coding workflows is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Hercules backend-as-a-service.
• Design scalable backend components and data models for the platform.
• Develop and refine APIs and SDKs for AI agents to build on the platform.
• Ensure hosting and infrastructure provide strong tenant isolation, observability, and resilience.
• Collaborate with frontend and inference teams to deliver reliable software.

Conocimientos

Software fundamentals

Code quality

Rust

Data systems

Infrastructure

Performance

AI workflows

Herramientas

Postgres

Redis

Clickhouse

Terraform

CDK

Docker

Descripción del empleo

Hercules in San Francisco seeks a staff level platform engineer to help build the infrastructure stack for AI software development. You will lead the backend-as-a-service, shaping data models, APIs, and scalable services that power customer applications.

Our stack includes Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Docker, Terraform, and TypeScript, and we value clean code, strong systems design, and a bias for action. In-office with optional remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones.