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.
Founding Engineer
Equity
• 0.3% – 1%
Salary $100K – $200K
• Location NYC
About Thera
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.
About the Role
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
Equity at different valuations:
$50M$150K – $500K
$100M$300K – $1.0M
$1B$3.0M – $10.0M
$5B$15.0M – $50.0M
$10B$30.0M – $100.0M
Assumes no dilution. Real value depends on future rounds.Tech Stack
TypeScriptReactNext.jsJavaSpring BootDynamoDB
Thera
Fintech
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.
Team size 11-25