Infrastructure Engineer
Join Hercules as a senior infrastructure engineer to build and maintain the infrastructure for AI software development.
Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Able to truly 10x your workflow by being on frontier of AI coding.
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the infrastructure engineer at Hercules is tasked with building and maintaining the robust infrastructure that supports their AI-driven software development tools. Candidates should possess strong skills in system design, API development, and managing large-scale distributed services, with a tech stack that includes TypeScript, React, and various cloud technologies. This position is ideal for senior or staff-level engineers who have a proven track record of delivering impactful changes and thrive in a fast-paced, excellence-driven environment. Hercules emphasizes a collaborative culture, with a preference for in-office work to foster team dynamics.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Hercules's career page.
- Hercules has 23 other open roles including Customer Operations Lead, Content & Social Lead, Customer Operations Lead.
- 2727 active AWS roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1939 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1513 active React roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Pays more than 9% of the 1354 salaried AWS roles we track (median $170,000). See AWS salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Infrastructure Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Hercules expects some on-site time in San Francisco.
- What's the salary range?
- Hercules lists $100,000–$250,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Hercules is hiring for this position in San Francisco.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Anthropic, CloudFlare, Docker, Google, OpenAI.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Hercules targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Infrastructure Engineer role at Hercules.
From the original posting
What are we looking for?
Hercules is looking for a senior or staff level infrastructure engineer to help us build the future of AI software development
What will you do?
You will build and maintain the infrastructure powering our
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
App Hosting, the backend that's required to scalably and reliably host 100s of thousands of apps
SDK, the headless SaaS that users can integrate into their apps like Hercules Commerce, Hercules Auth, Hercules CMS, Hercules Files & Media, etc
Platform, our enterprise-grade platform that supports 100s of thousands of users
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
Infrastructure: scale large, data-intensive, multi-tenant, distributed services
Product sense: track record of independently shipping lots of changes that directly impact customers
Our core stack: TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, Redis, and Temporal
AI: able to truly 10x your workflow by being on 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 is 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-$250k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)