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# Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (Rust)

Hercules

What are we looking for? Hercules is looking for a staff level platform engineer to help us build the future of AI software development What will you do? You will lead the Hercules platform-as-a-service Hercules Database: An enterprise-grade, database-like object model with flexible schemas and fine-grained access controls. Similar to force.com (powering Salesforce) or Airtable. Backend Services: A fast, scalable backend-as-a-service deeply tied to the Hercules Database APIs & SDKs: Design the interfaces AI agents use to build on the platform Performance & Scale: Engineer for low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource use Hosting & Infrastructure: Build and operate the infrastructure that runs customer applications reliably, with strong tenant isolation, observability, and failure resilience 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 Rust: build efficient, reliable production systems Data systems: indexing, query performance, transactions, and consistency, etc Infrastructure: scale large, data-intensive, multi-tenant, distributed services Performance: optimize latency, throughput, and resource efficiency 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 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 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 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-$300k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location) Compensation Range: $100K - $300K

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