Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation
Hercules•San Francisco, CA
•$100,000 - $300,000•Hybrid
About The Position
Hercules is looking for a staff level growth engineer to help us build the future of AI software development. You will own growth across the entire customer journey from landing page all the way through to long term conversion. This includes optimizing landing page sign-up conversion, ensuring users reach the "aha" moment, converting free users to paying customers through various strategies, retaining customers and keeping them engaged, and expanding revenue from existing customers through upgrades and plan conversions.
Requirements
- Strong software fundamentals: system design, architecture, data modeling, and API design
- Ability to write clean, maintainable code and work effectively in monorepos
- Track record running hundreds of A/B tests on platforms like Statsig, PostHog, etc; robust experimentation best practices
- Extensive SQL skills, clear and simple reporting
- Ability to identify and prioritize the biggest opportunities
- Ability to build intuitive experiences across landing pages, onboarding, upgrade flows, and engagement features
- Proficiency in TypeScript, React, containers, Postgres, and Redis
- Ability to leverage AI to enhance workflow
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI SDK, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Temporal
- Experience with Cloudflare, AWS
- Experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI Models
Responsibilities
- Own growth across the entire customer journey from landing page all the way through to long term conversion
- Experiment with landing pages to optimize sign up conversion
- Ensure every user reaches the "aha" moment
- Convert free users into paying customers with upsells, entitlement experimentation, paywalls, time constrained discounts, and more
- Ensure customers keep building on Hercules and stay engaged
- Continue to grow revenue from existing customers through plan upgrades, increased usage, add-ons, or conversion from monthly to annual plans
Benefits
- Unlimited AI token budget
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
- Opportunity to do the best work of your career
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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