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Founding Backend Software Engineer

Company:
Thera
Location:
New York City, NY
Posted:
June 28, 2025
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Description:

Job Description

About the Role

We’re looking for a well-seasoned backend engineer ready to hit the ground running and build the HR platform for the future of work.

What You’ll Achieve

Lead backend 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 Kotlin, Spring Boot, or similar frameworks as well as DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases

Product minded: you genuinely want to build something people want, you enjoy talking to users and learning their needs

Bonus Points

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!

Full-time

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