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Thndr

thndr.app · Fintech · Egypt's #1 investing platform by active users. Stocks, gold and mutual funds in one app, licensed and regulated by the FRA. Start with what you have.

16open roles
11new in 30 days
0closed in 30 days
9remote-eligible
steadyhiring velocity

What they're building

Rumble, the subscription-based investment recommendations platform strong signal

Today: Site describes 'Stocks, gold and mutual funds in one app'; Rumble is not mentioned on the site

Roles: Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer · Senior Cyber Security Engineer / DevSecOps

Requirements mention: infrastructure-as-code · Kubernetes · penetration testing · threat modeling

Inference: both postings name Rumble, and the DevOps posting refers to 'the launch of Rumble', which suggests the subscription recommendations product is being prepared for launch, with infrastructure and security work ahead of it.

Money-movement services on an in-house ledger (deposits, withdrawals, settlement, reconciliation) moderate signal

Today: Site lists 'Top up with a bank transfer, instapay, Vodafone cash, or debit card.'; the posting covers Egypt and the UAE

Roles: Senior Backend Engineer - Money Movements Squad

Requirements mention: in-house ledger · TigerBeetle · payment gateways · distributed systems

Inference: one posting for services already 'built on an in-house ledger on TigerBeetle' across Egypt and the UAE points to continued investment in that money-movement stack; it does not by itself indicate a new product.

Unified market data feed across markets strong signal

Today: Site describes investing in Egypt; the posting says the feed serves 'Egypt, UAE, US, and soon KSA' and powers 'the Thndr investing app'

Roles: Lead Backend Engineer - Feed Squad · Senior Backend Engineer - Feed Squad

Requirements mention: unified feed · latency and throughput · ClickHouse · graceful failover

Inference: two feed roles in Sofia, Bulgaria, with one posting stating the feed serves 'Egypt, UAE, US, and soon KSA', suggest the feed is being extended to Saudi Arabia next.

Saudi brokerage and compliance build-out (Thndr KSA) strong signal

Today: Site says Thndr is 'licensed and regulated by the FRA' in Egypt; the compliance posting names 'Thndr KSA' and the Trader posting describes a Saudi brokerage dealing desk on Tadawul

Roles: Trader · Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Requirements mention: Tadawul trading systems · trade surveillance · Saudi AML/CTF law · CMA regulations

Inference: a dealing-desk role and a compliance role, both at the Riyadh Office, suggest a Saudi brokerage operation is being set up with its own compliance function.

Finance and regulatory reporting build-out across group regulated entities moderate signal

Today: Site says 'licensed and regulated by the FRA'; the finance posting describes Thndr as 'Egypt's Home for Deposits' and names 'Investment Banking 2.0', which 'originates retail-first investment products and advises startups and SMEs'

Roles: Strategic Finance & Investment Banking Manager · Statutory & Regulatory Reporting Accountant

Requirements mention: statutory audits · IFRS · regulatory reporting · unit economics · IC memos

Inference: a strategic finance manager (Investment department) and a statutory reporting accountant (Finance department), both at the Cairo Office, suggest finance and regulatory reporting processes are being built out as Thndr operates more regulated entities. Investment Banking 2.0 appears in one posting only, so no further inference is drawn about it.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Tech6
Investment2
Finance2
Brokerage2
Bunker 2
Custody Operations1
People1

Half of the 10 open roles are engineering (Tech, 5), and the rest are spread across a Saudi brokerage and compliance build-out (Brokerage, and Bunker, the department holding the compliance role) and finance and regulatory reporting (Finance, Investment), plus one People role. The postings cover Egypt, the UAE, the US and KSA, while the site describes only Egypt.

Who they need

Seniority: 5 senior, 2 mid, 1 manager, 1 junior, 1 unknown

Skills named most: Python, RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, AWS, C#, Docker, Kubernetes, observability, transaction monitoring tools, Tadawul trading systems

Locations: Cairo Office has 6 roles, 5 of them marked remote in the posting data (Facilities Coordinator is not). Riyadh Office has 2 roles: Compliance is marked remote and Trader is not. Sofia, Bulgaria has 2 roles with no remote status stated. Confirm the working arrangement with the company, since office-listed roles are flagged remote.

How to use this

If you're applying: Match your background against the fit lines for the role you want, and check the location and remote notes before applying. The Cairo Office has the most open roles.

If you're selling or recruiting: Focus on the Tech roles at the Cairo Office and in Sofia, and on the Riyadh Office brokerage and compliance roles. 5 of the 10 roles opened in the last 30 days, 5 opened in the 30 days before that, and none closed.

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Open roles (16)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Senior Backend Engineer - Experience squadTechCairo Office (remote)2026-10-22
Fixed Income AssociateInvestmentCairo Office2026-10-20
Senior Revenue Accountant FinanceCairo Office (remote)2026-10-15
Head of Custody Operations - KSACustody OperationsRiyadh Office2026-10-12
Head of Brokerage - KSABrokerageRiyadh Office2026-10-12
Compliance Officer & MLRO (COMLRO)Bunker Abu Dhabi Office (remote)2026-10-12
Senior Cyber Security Engineer / DevSecOpsTechCairo Office (remote)2026-10-11
Senior DevOps/Infrastructure EngineerTechCairo Office (remote)2026-10-08
Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer - KSABunker Riyadh Office (remote)2026-10-08
Trader - KSABrokerageRiyadh Office2026-10-07
Facilities CoordinatorPeopleCairo Office2026-09-30
Strategic Finance & Investment Banking ManagerInvestmentCairo Office (remote)2026-09-19
Senior Backend Engineer - Money Movements SquadTechCairo Office (remote)2026-09-14
Lead Backend Engineer - Feed SquadTechSofia, Bulgaria2026-09-11
Senior Backend Engineer - Feed SquadTechSofia, Bulgaria2026-09-11
Statutory & Regulatory Reporting Accountant FinanceCairo Office (remote)2026-09-03