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Senior Software Engineer - NYC

Thera

New York, NY, US3+ yearsFull-time$120k – $250kPosted Aug 9, 2026

Job description

🌳 About the Role

Thera is building the de facto platform for remote startups to manage their workforce. We’re looking for a full-stack engineer to join our growing team.

We're fresh off a seed round and backed by some of the world's leading investors: Y Combinator, Oliver Jung, Bayhouse Capital, 10x Founders, Amino Capital, Zillionize, House Capital, and many notable angels.

🏆 What You’ll Achieve

  • Lead full-stack development
  • Combine in house and 3rd party API provider functionality to build holistic HR platform
  • Define our engineering culture and best practices from the ground up
  • Collaborate closely with our CTO and CEO and directly impact product roadmap

✨ About You

You are a strong engineer who moves fast while keeping scalability in mind. You will thrive in our culture if you:

  • Have a strong bias towards action and prioritize execution above else
  • Easily handle the unstructured environment of fast-moving startups
  • Have the hunger to grow together with Thera as we scale up

📈 Requirements

  • Fast-learner: you are proactive and able to pick up new things quickly
  • Builder: you have experience working with Typescript, Kotlin, React.js, NextJS, Spring Boot or similar frameworks
  • Product minded: you genuinely want to build something people want, you enjoy talking to users and learning their needs

🚀 Bonus Points

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience
  • Previous experience in payroll / HR tech
  • Previous experience building and deploying on AWS
  • Previous experience at high-growth, fast-paced startups
  • If you’re a builder who wants to shape the future of HR, join us! ✨

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