--- title: Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation description: Hercules is hiring for the Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation role in San Francisco, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/staff-software-engineer-growth-and-experimentation-at-hercules-01a10f5d-d928-79e1-9fe7-95707913bb67 date: 2026-10-06T04:19:13Z og_description: Join Hercules as Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation in San Francisco, CA. Pays $100K–$300K per year. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/oe7flj.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 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   **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 - **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   **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 - Monetization Strategy - Temporal - Amazon Web Services - Analytics - Onboarding - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Systems Design - Landing Page Design - Docker - Artificial Intelligence - SQL - PostgreSQL - Anthropic Claude - ClickHouse - Terraform - Cloudflare - OpenAI - Hono - Tailwind CSS - AI-Assisted Coding - AWS Cloud Development Kit (Cdk) - Software Development Kit (Sdk) - TypeScript - Redis - API Design - Data Modeling - PostHog - OpenTelemetry - Drizzle ORM - Monorepo - Upselling ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-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)