Hercules
AI-powered platform for building applications and websites.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2024
- Employees
- 10
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Brendan Falk
- Type
- Private
- Funding
- Funding Round
About
At the heart of Hercules is a bold mission to democratize software creation, fundamentally shifting the paradigm from 'coding' to 'creating.' Born from the vision of founder Brendan Falk, Hercules (formerly Zeus) empowers anyone—regardless of technical expertise—to build production-ready applications simply by chatting with an AI. We believe that the barrier to entry for building software should be creativity, not code. Our culture is one of rapid innovation and 'vibe coding,' where we leverage the latest in AI to handle the heavy lifting of backend infrastructure, database management, and deployment. We are a small, agile team based in San Francisco, passionate about giving every individual the power of a full engineering team at their fingertips. Unlike traditional no-code tools that often lock users into rigid frameworks, Hercules offers the flexibility of custom code with the ease of conversation. We handle the complex 'plumbing'—authentication, databases, and hosting—so our users can focus on their unique vision. As we continue to grow, we remain committed to our core value: that technology should serve human creativity, enabling a new generation of builders to bring their ideas to life instantly and effortlessly. We are not just building a tool; we are building a future where software development is accessible to all. By bridging the gap between idea and execution, Hercules is redefining what it means to be a developer in the age of artificial intelligence, fostering a community where imagination is the only limit.
Open positions
Staff Software Engineer, Billing and Monetization
Staff engineer who owns Hercules' billing, payments, and monetization infrastructure end to end — subscriptions, usage-based/AI-credit billing, and payment provider integrations (Stripe, Adyen, PayPal) — with emphasis on reliable, low-latency systems at scale. Core stack: TypeScript, React, Postgres, Redis, and Temporal.
Staff Software Engineer, Growth & Experimentation
Staff-level growth engineer owning experimentation and revenue across the full customer journey at an AI software-development company — landing page conversion, signup activation, free-to-paid upsells, retention, and expansion — using A/B testing platforms, SQL analytics, and a TypeScript/React/Postgres stack.
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Staff-level infrastructure engineer in San Francisco building and maintaining the infrastructure behind Hercules' AI app-development platform — the AI agent, app builder, app hosting, SDKs, and enterprise platform — using TypeScript, React, Postgres, Redis, Temporal, Docker, and Cloudflare/AWS.
Staff Software Engineer, Product
Staff-level product engineer building user-facing features for Hercules' AI-powered app-building platform — the AI Agent, App Builder, SDK, mobile PWA, and platform. Core stack is TypeScript, React, Postgres, Redis, and frontier AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), working in-office in San Francisco.
Staff Software Engineer, AI Agent
Staff-level engineer who builds, owns, and improves Hercules' AI coding agent, including online/offline evals and research to make the agent cheaper, faster, and more accurate. Works with a TypeScript/React stack plus Postgres, Redis, Temporal, and frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.