Join Hercules as a Staff Software Engineer to drive growth and experimentation in AI software development.
Posted by employer 12 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 7 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Own growth across the entire customer journey
- Experiment with landing pages to optimize sign up conversion
- Ensure users reach the 'aha' moment
- Convert free users into paying customers
- Grow revenue from existing customers
Must have
- Strong software fundamentals
- Experience with A/B testing
- Extensive SQL skills
- Ability to identify and prioritize opportunities
- Experience with TypeScript and React
Nice to have
- Experience with AI SDKs
- Familiarity with containers
- Knowledge of Clickhouse
- Experience with Tailwind
- Familiarity with Drizzle ORM
Practical constraints
- Strong preference for in-office work
- Must work in US time zones
- Willingness to travel to the office regularly
AI in the day-to-day
Engineers are on the frontier of AI coding to enhance their workflow.
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the staff software engineer focuses on optimizing the entire customer journey, from enhancing landing page conversions to ensuring user retention and monetization strategies. Key skills include strong software fundamentals, a solid grasp of experimentation techniques, and proficiency in analytics, particularly with SQL. This position is ideal for experienced engineers who have a revenue-driven mindset and a knack for creating intuitive user experiences. Hercules emphasizes a fast-paced, excellence-driven culture, making it suitable for those who thrive in dynamic environments.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 5, 2026. Last confirmed on Hercules's careers page October 5, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$126,887).
- Starts above 3% of 94 comparable staff other roles in United States we track (median $170,000 across 34 companies).
- Terraform appears in 2.4% of 247 comparable staff other roles in United States; Redis appears in 0.4% of 247 comparable staff other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation role remote?
- It's hybrid — Hercules expects some on-site time in San Francisco, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Hercules lists $100,000–$300,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Hercules is hiring for this position in San Francisco, United States.
- 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 staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation role at Hercules.
From the original posting
What are we looking for?
Hercules is looking for a staff level growth engineer to help us build the future of AI software development
What will you do?
You will own growth across the entire customer journey from landing page all the way through to long term conversion
Landing page → signup conversion. Experiment with our landing pages to optimize sign up conversion
Sign up → activation conversion: Make sure we get every user to the "aha" moment
Sign up → Paid conversion: Convert free users into paying customers with upsells, entitlement experimentation, paywalls, time constrained discounts, and more
Retention: Make sure customers keep building on Hercules and stay engaged
Expansion & monetization: Continue to grow revenue from existing customers through plan upgrades, increased usage, add-ons, or conversion from monthly to annual plans
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
Experimentation: Track record running hundreds of A/B tests on platforms like Statsig, PostHog, etc; robust experimentation best practices
Analytics: extensive SQL skills, clear and simple reporting
Revenue mindset: able to identify and prioritze the biggest opportunities
Product and design sense: build intuitive experiences across landing pages, onboarding, upgrade flows, and engagement features
Our core stack: TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, and Redis
AI: able to truly 10x your workflow by being on the 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
We ship. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds up our learning and delights our customers.
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 are 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
What’s the compensation?
$100k-$300k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)
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