# Staff Engineer at Thera

Staff Engineer at Thera in New York. On-site, full-time, paying $100k–$250k. Posted May 29, 2026.

- Company: Thera
- Location: New York
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $100k–$250k
- Posted: 2026-05-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thera/3b88d11b-84f4-492c-a3fe-03e94ff042b9/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/staff-engineer-thera-eqfzz9

## Requirements

- You've built and scaled real systems
- You're still hands-on and like being close to the code
- Strong systems thinker
- You move fast and take ownership
- Comfortable operating in a regulated environment
- You've mentored or tech-led engineers before

## Description

🚀 **Staff Engineer, Thera (NYC, in-person)**
Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, accounting, and docs in one system that actually works end-to-end.
We're looking for a hands-on Staff Engineer to own the technical foundation in our highest-leverage areas and help us scale from "great product" to category-defining company.
This is not a sit-back-and-manage role. You'll be in the code, in the architecture, and in the room making high-stakes decisions daily.
📍 NYC, 5 days/week
**Why this role exists**
We have:

- a product customers use

- real workflows running through it

- increasing complexity across payments, accounting, and ops

We need someone who can turn that into a durable, scalable system.
**What you'll own**

- Architecture and technical direction across payroll, payments, and new products

- Engineering execution on the hardest problems in the stack

- Helping hire and tech-lead a small, high-quality team (starting ~5 engineers)

- Decisions on security, reliability, scalability, and compliance in your areas

- Tight partnership with product and ops to translate real workflows into systems

- Roadmaps, prioritization, and actually shipping

**What you'll build**

- Systems powering payroll and money movement

- Products across Spend, Docs, Cash, and Accounting

- Internal tooling that reduces manual work and errors

- Infrastructure that increases velocity without breaking things

**Your first 90 days**
*30 days*

- Get deep on the system, data flows, and constraints

- Identify the biggest risks (payments, data integrity, scaling)

- Ship a meaningful improvement on the spend product

*60 days*

- Start addressing the highest-leverage technical gaps

- Map out future builds across the roadmap

- Begin influencing how we hire and level engineers

*90 days*

- Set technical direction in your areas

- Improve engineering velocity and reliability

- Help build out our engineering in-person culture

**About you**

- You've built and scaled real systems

- You're still hands-on and like being close to the code

- Strong systems thinker

- You move fast and take ownership

- Comfortable operating in a regulated environment

- You've mentored or tech-led engineers before

Stack today: TypeScript + Java/Kotlin (flexible)
**Not a fit if**

- You want a pure management role

- You avoid ambiguity or messy real-world systems

- You're not willing to be in-person in NYC

**Why Thera**

- You shape the technical foundation in your areas

- You work directly with founders

- Your decisions immediately impact the company's trajectory

Backed by YC, 10X Founders, Zillionize, and Amino Capital.
More: https://www.getthera.com/principles