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Tech Lead - Trading Squad

ThndrCairo OfficePosted 3mo ago
Full time
About ThndrThndr is on a mission to make investing simple and accessible for everyone across the Middle East and North Africa. Since launching in 2019 and going through Y Combinator shortly after, we have grown into Egypt's number one investing app, with millions of people putting their money to work in stocks, gold, mutual funds, and more, many of them investing for the very first time.We are licensed by Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority and are a member of the Egyptian Exchange. In 2024 we expanded into the UAE under an ADGM license, and in 2025 we became the first remote retail trading member of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. That same year, the World Economic Forum named us a Technology Pioneer, the only Egyptian company alongside Apple, Google, Dropbox, and others. In 2026, The Financial Times named us the fastest growing company in Africa. We are backed by investors including Tiger Global, Prosus Ventures, BECO Capital, and Y Combinator, and we are only getting started.The Team You Would LeadToday, roughly 40% of all transactions on the Egyptian Exchange flow through Thndr. That happens because of the Trading team, the group responsible for the systems at the very core of our platform.We are directly connected to the exchanges and to asset managers, and we write and maintain our own OMS and backoffice systems across both Egypt and the UAE, with Saudi Arabia coming next. This is a sensitive system where throughput, latency, and correctness are not nice-to-haves.This is a one-of-a-kind team in the region, and one we are incredibly proud of. You would be managing a group of superstars and working alongside some of our strongest technical staff on problems that genuinely do not exist anywhere else in the market. You would also work directly with the technical teams and senior leadership at the local regulators and exchanges, partnering with them to deliver the best possible experience to our users.What You'll DoLead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers who build and operate our trading platform.Own th…