Infrastructure Engineer

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 Whats 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. Were 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 Whats the compensation? $100k-$250k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location) Compensation Range: $100K - $250K Originally posted on Himalayas