About Terra
We're buildingthe impossible
Terra is rebuilding how the world's health data moves. If you are drawn to hard problems and short timelines, keep reading.
Why Terra exists
When we started Terra in 2021, we wrote down what we would hire for: values, chemistry, and a skill the rest of the team does not have. There was nothing on the list about years of experience. It is still how we hire, and it shows: each person here is the best we could find at their thing.
Health data is one of the hardest engineering problems out there: decades of it locked away in thousands of formats, while every AI product suddenly needs it in one language. Closing that gap takes years of stubborn engineering, and honestly, it is the most fun any of us have had. Y Combinator took us in 2021, and General Catalyst, Samsung NEXT and Next Ventures backed us after. When something big gets signed, one of us cooks dinner for the whole team. The last Christmas dinner took two days of prep.
If you join:
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You own a real outcome end to end
Research, build, price, sell, ship, fix. The whole path is yours, and the result carries your name.
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Your first version ships in days
Scrappy on purpose, then shaped by real customer feedback.
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You learn on live deals with the founders
Direct access, real stakes, and the fastest learning curve we know how to offer.
We love running towards hard problems
Extreme ownership
Everyone here carries their outcome the whole way: the research, the build, the launch, the result. Hard obstacles are part of the deal, and clearing them yourself is where the satisfaction is. Owning something completely is the fastest way to grow, and it is how everyone here works.
Bias to action
We love shipping. A live first version teaches more than any document, so we get things into customers' hands quickly and let real feedback steer us. Deciding fast keeps the work exciting, and it compounds: small wins stack up week after week.
Truth-seeking, not opinions
We want people who go and find out. The customer, the data, and the signed contract settle questions here, which keeps conversations short and honest. The best feeling in the building is someone walking in with the answer.
Super ICs only
Everyone here is a super IC: their own PM, their own analyst, their own closer. The track is simple: own something small, finish it, own something bigger. You learn by working directly alongside the founders on live deals, and that education is the strongest thing we offer.
High agency
People here decide and move without waiting for permission. When something is broken they fix it, when a door is closed they find another way in, and when nobody knows the answer they go and find out. That is the first thing we hire for, and everything about how Terra runs exists so that kind of person can move at full speed.
Extreme ownership
You own your outcome end to end: research, build, price, sell, ship, and fix. Obstacles come with the territory, and getting through them is the fun part, whether that means finding another door into a company or fixing the thing nobody else spotted. Carrying a project from first idea to finished result, with your name on it the whole way, is the most rewarding way we know how to work.
Bias to action
We love shipping. A first version in front of real customers teaches more in a week than any amount of planning, so we get things live quickly and improve them with the market's help. Fast decisions and real feedback compound quickly, and watching a small idea turn into a working product within days is one of the best parts of being here.
Super ICs only
Everyone here is a full owner: their own PM, their own analyst, their own closer. The growth track is simple and real: own something small, finish it, then own something bigger. You work directly alongside the founders on live deals from your first week, and the pace of learning that creates is the strongest reason people join.
Work with us
We are hiring people who want to own real outcomes early. You will ship in your first week, sell what you build, and learn on live deals with the founders. If this page felt like a description of you, we would love to meet you.
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