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Infrastructure Engineer

Hercules

San Francisco, CARemoteFull-time$100–250K/yrPosted 4mo agoVerified open 5 days ago
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At a glance

Compensation
$100–250K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CARemote
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Hercules is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer. Hercules seeks a senior or staff level infrastructure engineer to build and maintain the AI‑powered infrastructure that supports their Agent, App Builder, App Hosting, SDK, and enterprise platform, driving scalable, reliable services for thousands of users.

Key focus areas include Build and maintain the infrastructure powering AI Agent, the AI harness that enables anyone to build powerful full‑stack applications, Develop and support App Builder, the interface that makes it ridiculously easy to build, preview, and deploy apps, and Maintain App Hosting, the backend required to scalably and reliably host hundreds of thousands of apps.

Important skills include System Design, Architecture, Data Modeling, API Design, Clean, Maintainable Code, and Monorepos. Preferred (not required): AI SDK, Clickhouse, Tailwind CSS, and Infrastructure as Code.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

System DesignArchitectureData ModelingAPI DesignClean, Maintainable CodeMonoreposScale Large, Data-Intensive, Multi-Tenant, Distributed ServicesProduct SenseTypeScriptReactContainersPostgreSQLRedisTemporalAI CodingBias for ActionStrive for ExcellenceHungryAI SDKClickhouseTailwind CSSInfrastructure as CodeCDKTerraformDockerOpenTelemetryHonoDrizzle ORMCloudflareAWSOpenAIAnthropicGoogle

Qualifications

Work in US Time ZonesTravel to the Office Regularly

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

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)

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