Join Hercules as a senior product engineer to build innovative AI software development tools in a dynamic startup environment.
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 product engineer at Hercules will focus on developing and managing user-facing features for various applications, including an AI Agent and an app builder interface. Candidates should possess strong skills in software design, coding best practices, and a solid understanding of SaaS functionalities, with experience in technologies like TypeScript and React. This position is ideal for senior or staff-level engineers who have a proven track record of delivering features and a keen eye for user experience. Hercules emphasizes a fast-paced, excellence-driven culture, making it suitable for those eager to innovate in AI software development.
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.
- 1940 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1515 active React roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1357 active PostgreSQL roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,000).
- Pays more than 7% of the 801 salaried TypeScript roles we track (median $172,000). See TypeScript salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Product 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: AI SDK, ClickHouse, Docker, PostgreSQL, React, Redis.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Hercules targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Product Engineer role at Hercules.
From the original posting
What are we looking for?
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?
You will build and own user-facing features across Hercules including 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
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
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
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
Our core stack: TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, and Redis,
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)