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Staff Technical Product Manager, AI Agent

herculesSan FranciscoProduct
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Salary
$100K – $250K
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior
Posted
4 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

Hercules seeks a Staff Technical Product Manager in San Francisco to lead the development of the artificial intelligence coding agent. This full-time position suits a technical product professional experienced in agent harness engineering and software fundamentals.

Role Overview

Hercules is hiring a senior or staff level product manager to lead the artificial intelligence coding agent located in San Francisco. The founding team operates primarily in the office with a strong preference for in-person work, though remote arrangements are considered for exceptional candidates who operate in United States time zones and travel to the office regularly.

Key Responsibilities

Improve the cost efficiency, execution speed, and accuracy of the artificial intelligence coding agent
Manage the complete context and harness system design, including system prompts, tools, memory, skills, summarization, hooks, and codebase design
Oversee both online and offline evaluation processes
Utilize the user base of over 100,000 users, 200,000 code repositories, and millions of chat threads to direct experimentation

Requirements

Possess strong software fundamentals, technical coding capability, and understanding of system design, architecture, data modeling, and application programming interfaces
Demonstrate product sense with intuition for customer goals and novel solutions
Exhibit design sense through a track record of building simple and user-friendly interfaces
Bring extensive experience with artificial intelligence context and harness engineering practices such as summarization, prompting, caching, subagents, and memory management
Maintain familiarity with the core stack including TypeScript, React, agent frameworks, and evaluation platforms
Leverage artificial intelligence tools to accelerate daily workflows

Skills and Tools

TypeScript, React, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC, CDK, Terraform, Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Temporal
Cloudflare, AWS
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
LangSmith

Salary and Benefits

Compensation ranges from $100,000 to $250,000 with equity
Unlimited artificial intelligence token budget
Flexible take-what-you-need vacation policy
Healthcare, vision, and dental coverage
Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks provided in the office

About the Company

Hercules operates based on core principles that emphasize shipping quickly, iterating rapidly, striving for excellence with high attention to detail, and maintaining a strong drive to achieve desired outcomes. The founding team works from an office in San Francisco located near Kearny and Bush.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official company careers page to submit an application.

Skills and tech stack

Questions candidates ask

Where is the job located?

The role is based in San Francisco at Kearny and Bush, with a strong preference for in-office work. Remote options are available for exceptional candidates willing to work in US time zones and travel regularly to the office.

What is the salary and compensation structure?

The compensation ranges from $100K to $250K with included equity, which varies based on seniority, equity selection, and location.

What benefits does Hercules offer?

Benefits include an unlimited AI token budget, a take-what-you-need vacation policy, healthcare, vision, and dental coverage, plus daily lunches, dinners, and snacks in the office.

What technologies are part of the core stack?

The core stack includes TypeScript, React, AI SDK, and LangSmith, alongside technologies like Postgres, Redis, AWS, and Cloudflare.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official hercules careers page.

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