At Thndr we believe that investing should be easy and accessible to everyone. We started our journey to democratize investment in the region by removing commissions, account opening minimums, and launching an intuitive platform with a focus on education. This way investing opportunities can be attainable to all, no matter their income level or expertise.
Thndr is an investment platform that aims to democratize access to investing for everyday individuals in MENA. For the people who use Thndr, our app represents a seamless way for them to achieve financial independence and growth, without the need to have prior financial knowledge or access to huge capital.
The company was formed to primarily address 2 problems: 1) Existing products are not relevant and 2) Financial literacy is low. We’re looking to solve this by focusing on education, offering a seamless and intuitive product, removing barriers and building an investment supermarket.
We launched in Egypt in late 2020 and currently allow our users to learn, connect & invest in the Egyptian Exchange, Egyptian mutual funds and the US Stock Market.
The journey ahead will be long and painful - it’s not everyday that you solve a basic societal necessity and at the same time change cultural norms. But the reward will be priceless. In our short journey we’ve validated this, as illustrated by these key figures:
- 96% of our investors are investing for the 1st time through Thndr.
- 54% come from outside of capital cities and have previously had limited access to financial institutions.
- 86% of new stock market investors in Egypt during 2022 came through Thndr.
- #1 platform in terms of local trades with 25% of EGX trades happening through Thndr.
We recently raised our Series A and our next steps as a company include the following:
- Continuing to focus on building the infrastructure. Sadly, existing solutions are outdated and don’t cater to scalable business.
- Expanding beyond Egypt and into the rest of MENA. We’d like to extend our impact to all Arabic speakers.
- Adding more products for people to invest in. To be relevant, we believe that we need to cater to all walks of life.
We’re still in the very early stages of our story, but we know for a fact that we won’t stop until everyone in MENA has equally opportunity to generate and grow their wealth in an ethical manner.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for maintaining and enhancing our distributed infrastructure ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Automating our development process through optimizing our CI/CD pipelines and other automation.
- Using the right tools for observability and monitoring in our infrastructure.
- Offer customer support when needed.
- Improve and assist SWEs with CI/CD tooling and automation.
- Consulting with management on the operational requirements of software solutions.
- Contributing expertise on information system options, risk, and operational impact.
- Mentoring junior software developers in gaining experience and assuming DevOps responsibilities.
- Completing code and script updates, as well as resolving product implementation errors.
- Manage CI/CD tooling.
- Lead and guide the team in identifying and implementing new technologies.
- Overseeing routine maintenance procedures and performing diagnostic tests.
- Documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
- Conforming to best practices in network administration and cybersecurity.
- Build and maintain highly available production systems.
What You'll Need
- Computer Science or similar degree background.
- Previous experience with one or more of the following languages (python, Java, golang, javascript).
- Extensive experience in DevOps Engineering, team management, and collaboration.
- Previous experience with kubernetes.
- Previous experience in a production environment.
- Strong Linux system administration background.
- Worked with another engineer(s) on a product feature.
- Worked In an agile process (or aware and want too).
- Managing production infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
- Ability to present and communicate the architecture in a visual form.
- Ability to oversee and mentor junior software developers, as well as report to management.
- Ability to install and configure software, gather test-stage data, and perform debugging.
- Proficiency in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
- Advanced knowledge of best practices related to data encryption and cybersecurity.
- Strong knowledge of AWS or GCP.
- Ability to keep up with software development trends and innovation.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good knowledge of Restful API design.
Bonus
- Previous experience with prometheus and grafana.
- Previous experience with service mesh technologies (i.e istio).
- Previous experience with AWS.
At Thndr, we’re looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes. We’re looking for people that are hungry to become agents of change and that understand the huge responsibility associated with dealing with people’s money.