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Backed by YC, 10X Founders, and 2 others

Founding Engineer

Verified Equity
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Verified Equity

Thera disclosed this range. It shows where the number comes from, not a valuation or a guarantee of your grant.

What Verified Equity means
0.3% - 1%
Salary$100K – $200K
LocationNew York, NY
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Company Description

Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs — payroll, payments, treasury, spend, accounting, docs, all in one ecosystem. We make it simple and satisfying to set up your company and employees for success, including for busy founders and leaders without HR experience. Our founding team consists of ex-Palantir and ex-Amazon engineers. We're backed by Y Combinator, 10X Founders, Zillionize, Amino Capital, and others.

Founder background

Founding team consists of ex-Palantir and ex-Amazon engineers.

Traction

Multiple products across payroll, payments, treasury, spend, accounting, and docs. Building global payroll and money movement infrastructure. S22 batch — 4 years of development.

Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs — payroll, payments, treasury, spend, accounting, docs, all in one ecosystem. You'll help architect, build, and scale the core systems that power global payroll and money movement. You'll work directly with the CEO, ship fast, own large pieces of the product, and shape the engineering culture from day one. This is a true founding role: huge ownership, meaningful equity, direct impact on product and culture, and a chance to build one of the most important fintech platforms of the next decade.

Requirements

  • 3–7+ years building and shipping production systems
  • You thrive in ambiguity, move extremely fast, and care deeply about craft
  • Comfortable owning 0→1 features end-to-end
  • Bias toward action, simple solutions, and high standards
  • Preferred experience with TypeScript + Java/Kotlin

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with microservice architecture
  • Experience with DynamoDB or similar NoSQL databases
  • Experience with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS

Benefits

  • High equity
  • Low politics
  • Full ownership — your fingerprint will be all over the product and the company

Compensation Details

$100K-$200K + 0.30%-1.00% equity. In-person in New York.

Keywords

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Fintech

Financial OS for modern SMBs

Team size11-25
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About the job

Location
New York, NY
Work policy
On-site
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Equity at an exit

Verified Equity
0.3% - 1%
Exit valuationGross value
$50M$120K – $400K
$500M$1.2M – $4M
$1B$2.4M – $8M
$5B$12M – $40M
$10B$24M – $80M

After 20% dilution, before taxes. An illustration, not a promise.

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Tech Stack

TypeScriptReactNext.jsJavaSpring BootDynamoDB