Hera

AI Motion Designer

Series ABerlin, Berlin, Germany5 peopleFounded 2025YC S25

3 open roles

Engineering · Berlin, BE, DE / Berlin, Berlin, DE / San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US / TW / Remote · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York · Engineering job in Berlin

€80k–€130kApply
Engineering · Berlin, BE, DE / Berlin, Berlin, DE / Remote (San Francisco, CA, US; New York, NY, US; TW) · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York · Engineering job in Berlin

€90k–€130kApply
Product · Berlin, BE, DE / Berlin, Berlin, DE / Remote (New York, NY, US; San Francisco, CA, US) · Remote

Remote product job · Product job in San Francisco · Product job in New York · Product job in Berlin

€80k–€130kApply

Roles are read from Hera’s Y Combinator every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

Hera hiring insights

Counted from every role read from its board, compared with every startup listed on firsthires.live.

Key findings

  • Hera has the 1742nd most open roles of 2,934 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 3 open roles is 0.3× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 67% of openings are in Engineering, then Product (33%).
  • Most roles are mid level (100%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 5, these openings would grow headcount by up to 60%.
  • Median posted pay of $113k is 31% below the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $116k) is 37% below the market median for Engineering ($184k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 100% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 100% of postings mention equity.
  • 3 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 12 months old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 1 year ago, in Y Combinator’s Summer 2025 batch.

Hiring momentum

Momentum score50out of 100Too little data

50 is flat. Blends the 4-week change, the 12-week trend and net roles added.

Added, last 4 weeks
00%
vs 0 in the 4 weeks before
Added last week
00%
Week before: 0
Weekly trend
+0.00
Roles/week, per week · R² 0.00
Net roles, 4 weeks
+0
0 added − 0 closed
Forecast this week
0
Holt exponential smoothing
Average week
0.0
σ 0.0 · CV —
4-week refresh rate
0%
New roles ÷ open roles
4-week churn
0%
Closed roles ÷ open roles
Median time listed
>90 days
0% close within 30 days
Roles added and closed per weekAddedClosed4-week avg
Week of 3 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 10 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 17 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 24 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 31 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 7 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 14 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 21 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 28 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 5 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 12 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 19 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 26 Oct (so far): 3 added, 0 closed, net +3
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

  • Hera hasn’t added enough roles in the last few months to read a trend yet.

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
3
Roles added in 30 days
3
Roles added in 90 days
3
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#1,742
of 2,934 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.60

Volume and freshness

Open roles
3
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
0
0% of open roles
Typical listing age
12 months
Oldest: 12 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$113k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$113k–$116k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
3 of 3
Mention equity
100%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
100%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
3 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month3 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Product133%
Roles by level
  1. 1Mid level3100%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote3100%
Top cities named
  1. 1Berlin3100%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time3100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Product133%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$86kLow$113k25th$113kMedian$116k75th$140kHigh
Hera vs Series A startups (annual USD)Hera median: $113k
$113kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

Pay is each role’s posted range converted to annual US dollars, midpoint. See every Hera role.