Chief Technology Officer - (NYC)

Department: Engineering

Location: New York

Compensation: $100K – $180K • 0.1% – 1%

Employment Type: FullTime

The Role

We are hiring an in-person Chief Technology Officer to own Thera’s technical vision and execution. This is a senior leadership role responsible for architecture, engineering execution, team management, and long term technical strategy.

You will manage and grow a team of engineers, partner closely with the CEO and ensure that product development, payments infrastructure, and internal systems scale with the business. This role is fully in office in New York City, working side by side with leadership five days a week.

What You Will Own

1. Overall technical strategy and architecture across the Thera platform

2. Engineering execution and delivery across payroll, payments, and new product lines

3. Management and development of a growing engineering team starting with three or more engineers

4. Technical decision making around security, reliability, scalability, and compliance

5. Cross functional execution with product, operations, and compliance

6. Technical project planning, prioritization, and delivery timelines

7. Hiring, onboarding, and performance management for engineering

What You Will Build and Oversee

1. Core systems that power global payroll and money movement

2. New products across Spend, Docs, Cash, and Accounting

3. Internal tooling and infrastructure that supports operations and compliance

4. Platform improvements that reduce risk and increase velocity

About You

1. Three to 8 plus years of experience building and scaling production systems

2. Prior experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or senior engineering leader

3. Proven track record managing engineers and leading technical teams

4. Strong systems thinking and comfort making high impact architectural decisions

5. Highly organized and comfortable owning execution and project management

6. Able to balance speed with reliability in a regulated fintech environment

7. Experience with Typescript and Java or Kotlin is preferred

About Thera

Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, accounting, and docs in one integrated platform. We are backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, 10X Founders, Zillionize, and Amino Capital.

We operate in a highly regulated fintech environment and are building infrastructure that must be reliable, secure, and scalable from day one.

Why Thera

This is a senior leadership role with real ownership and influence. You will define the technical foundation of the company and directly shape how Thera scales. You will work closely with the CEO and VP of Operations and have a clear mandate to build durable systems, strong teams, and a culture of execution.

This role includes meaningful equity, competitive compensation, and direct impact on the company’s trajectory.

You can read more about our cultural principles here

https://www.getthera.com/principles