Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (Rust) (Fully Remote)

Hercules; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited AI token budget

Take-what-you-need vacation

Healthcare

Vision

Dental

Daily meals in the office

Job summary

Hercules builds the future of AI software development with a platform-as-a-service including a database, backend services, and SDKs. It is based in San Francisco and values shipping fast, excellence, and hunger.

We seek a senior backend engineer with production Rust experience to own performance, scale, and reliability in a multi-tenant environment, collaborating across teams. Competitive pay, equity, and in-office meals are offered.

Qualifications

• Production experience with Rust, data systems, and distributed infrastructure.
• Ability to use AI to 10x workflow and codebase quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the platform-as-a-service: Hercules Database, backend services, and SDKs.
• Own performance and scale: latency, throughput, and resource efficiency.
• Run customer application infrastructure with reliability and strong tenant isolation.

Skills

Rust

Data systems

Distributed infra

Tools

Typescript

React

PostgreSQL

Redis

ClickHouse

Docker

AWS

Job description

• Lead the platform-as-a-service: Hercules Database, backend services, and SDKs.
• Own performance and scale: latency, throughput, and resource efficiency.
• Run customer application infrastructure with reliability and strong tenant isolation.

What you'll bring:

• Production experience with Rust, data systems, and distributed infrastructure.
• Ability to use AI to 10x your workflow and codebase quality.

Stack and culture:

• Technologies include Typescript, React, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Docker, and AWS.
• We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly.
• We strive for excellence and take pride in simple, self-serve outputs.

Compensation and benefits:

• $100k-$300k plus equity, depending on seniority and location.
• Unlimited AI token budget and take-what-you-need vacation.
• Healthcare, vision, dental, and daily meals in the office.

Hercules

Hercules builds the future of AI software development with a platform-as-a-service including a database, backend services, and SDKs. It is an early-stage company with a founding team based in San Francisco and a culture that values shipping fast, excellence, and hunger.