Senior Content Writer, Engineering

About the role

Hercules is looking for a senior or staff level Content Writer to work with our engineers to write technical content for our engineering blog. The founding team works in‑office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush) with a strong preference for in‑office work; remote candidates are considered if they can work in US time zones and travel to the office regularly. Hercules operates on principles that emphasize shipping fast, striving for excellence, having good taste, being proud of work, being hungry to break through walls, and being willing to operate at any level to get things done.

Responsibilities

• Deep dive into engineering and research.
• Write about the hardest technical challenges: the systems built, decisions and tradeoffs, what worked, what failed, and lessons learned.
• Find new stories by spending time with engineers, reading internal documents, and exploring the product and codebase.
• Publish frequently—turn drafts into shipped articles; shipping is a core part of Hercules culture.
• Help engineers publish by co‑writing and editing posts, turning rough notes, conversations, and technical drafts into excellent articles supported by diagrams, code examples, and data.
• Aim for the depth and quality exemplified by Uber Engineering, Shopify Engineering, Cloudflare’s blog, and Cursor’s research blog.

Skills

• Exceptional technical writing: explain complex ideas clearly, tersely, simply, precisely, and usefully.
• Portfolio of excellent writing for an engineering audience is required for application.
• Technical depth: read code, understand system architecture, follow discussions about infrastructure, databases, APIs, and AI systems; test code examples and explain engineering tradeoffs.
• Strong interviewing skills: uncover difficulties, alternatives, breakdowns, and solutions; keep digging until understanding.
• Strong research and analytical rigor: read technical papers, interpret benchmarks and experimental results, verify claims, explain methodology, tradeoffs, and limitations.
• Editorial judgment: identify what engineers will find surprising or useful; turn complicated projects into focused stories using diagrams, charts, and code examples.
• AI‑native: leverage AI to 10× output speed and improve quality.

Benefits

• Unlimited AI token budget
• Take‑what‑you‑need vacation policy
• Healthcare, vision, and dental
• Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks in the office
• Guarantee you will do the best work of your career here

Pay

$100k‑$250k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location); compensation range: $100K – $250K