Trayd (YC S23) is hiring senior engineers in NYC – scaling after major growth

A Y Combinator–backed startup, Trayd, just bragged about a big milestone—57% month‑over‑month revenue growth—and dropped a hiring bomb: senior engineers, on‑site in NYC. The product? Construction payroll and back‑office software where “99% accuracy is an F,” meaning paychecks must be spot‑on or chaos ensues. The job post lives here: link. The comments? A full‑blown soap opera. The loudest voices slammed the return‑to‑office move, joking that “NYC on‑site” now means “compensation must be Michelin‑star.” Others cheered the vertical—construction is messy and mobile time‑tracking makes sense—but begged for salary ranges and real revenue numbers. Skeptics roasted the “57% growth” as “maybe from two customers to three,” while fans argued boring software that fixes paychecks is exactly where the money is. Tech purists mocked the JavaScript‑flavored stack (“TypeScript is just safety scissors for real code”), while pragmatists clapped back: if it ships and audits clean, nobody cares what language it’s written in. Memes flew: “99% is an F?” became “If my paycheck is 99%, my landlord gives me 0% keys.” The final split: WFH diehards vs NYC office loyalists, stack snobs vs ‘just make it work’ realists, and everyone demanding the same thing—show the comp.