Senior Software Engineer
Thera, Remote (US)
- Pay
- $120K–$250K / year
- Work type
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Aug 11, 2026
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About the role
🌳 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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