--- title: Staff Software Engineer Data Platform at Hercules description: Hercules is hiring for the Staff Software Engineer Data Platform role in San Francisco, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/staff-software-engineer-data-platform-at-hercules-01a10f5d-d92e-7fae-abef-359bfb608e3c date: 2026-10-06T04:19:12Z og_description: Join Hercules as Staff Software Engineer Data Platform in San Francisco, CA. Pays $100K–$300K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/wnck28.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | hercules.app | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $100K/yr - $300K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 04, 2026 | ## Description **What are we looking for?** [Hercules](https://hercules.app) 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: 1. **We ship**. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds up our learning and delights our customers. 2. **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. 3. **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) ## Skills - Temporal - Salesforce - Amazon Web Services - Query Optimization - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Access Controls - Systems Design - High-Throughput Screening - Database Management - Observability - Docker - Artificial Intelligence - PostgreSQL - Anthropic Claude - ClickHouse - Terraform - Low Latency - Cloudflare - OpenAI - AI Agents - Hono - Tailwind CSS - AI-Assisted Coding - Hosting - AWS Cloud Development Kit (Cdk) - Software Development Kit (Sdk) - TypeScript - Redis - API Design - Rust - Tenant Isolation - Data Modeling - Multi-Tenant Architecture - Back End (Software Engineering) - OpenTelemetry - Drizzle ORM - Salesforce Force.com Platform - Monorepo - Airtable ## Related - [Data & Analytics jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Data Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/data-engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Data Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/data-engineering/data-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 264806 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 117493 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 26836 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 264806 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 117493 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 26836 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)