Lead Frontend Engineer (Web - React)

Who Are We? Thndr was founded with the dream to democratize access to investing through smart tech and human design, which is just a fancy way of saying giving anyone with a smartphone easy access to preserve and grow their wealth. At the same time, we’re promoting local investment products to propel the economies that we serve
History has shown that investing is the single greatest way to build long term wealth - but before Thndr, only a very small percentage of people had access to investing due to:

• High barriers to entry - In the form of minimum account balances, brick and mortar onboarding and low financial literacy.
  
• Irrelevant experience - Catered towards traders and financial experts, therefore alienating the majority of the population.
  
• Fragmented offering - Investment products are not gathered in a single outlet.
  

On our short journey we’ve validated that there is a need for our solution, as illustrated by these key figures:

• 3 million app downloads
  
• $8.8bn in annualized traded value
  
• #1 platform in terms of traded value 
  
• 84% of our users are investing for the first time
  
• 65% of our users come from outside of capital cities and have previously had limited access to financial institutions
  

We’re proud of how far we’ve come and the size of our impact in just a few years - but we’re just getting started and are excited for what’s to come.
It’ll take a lot of passion, bold risks, and hard work to fulfill our mission of democratizing investing in MENA and giving everyone an equal opportunity to generate and grow their wealth.
About the Engineering TeamWe’re building cutting-edge trading and investment products for both web and mobile platforms, leveraging React and React Native to deliver seamless, high-performance experiences. Our mission is to redefine how users interact with trading and investment solutions by providing intuitive, scalable, and reliable applications. We are looking for a Frontend Lead to oversee all frontend development projects and ensure technical excellence across the board.
Role in A Nutshell 

As the Frontend Lead, you’ll drive frontend development, ensuring technical excellence and delivering user-focused solutions.

What You'll Do

• Frontend Leadership: Oversee and manage frontend development processes, define technologies, provide technical support to the team, and ensure alignment with organizational goals and best practices.

  
  

• Technical Oversight: Identify and address patterns or practices that could impact the development process or product performance.

  
  

• Roadmap Development: Define and maintain the technical roadmap for frontend teams, ensuring alignment with product, technical and business objectives.

  
  

• Scoping Review: Review technical scoping documents before implementation to ensure clarity, feasibility, and alignment with project goals.

  
  

• Mentorship and Growth: Mentor team members, support their technical and professional development, and help set up individual growth plans to encourage career advancement.

  
  

• Support Hiring: Participate in the hiring process by conducting technical interviews, reviewing tasks, and onboarding new team members to ensure team growth and technical alignment.

  
  

• Incident Management: Lead the response to frontend incidents, ensuring fast resolution follow-ups, including Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and postmortems to prevent recurrence.

  
  

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of experience in frontend development, including leadership or senior-level roles.

  
  

• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of modern frontend technologies, particularly React.

  
  

• Experience with Live Products: Hands-on experience working on live, user-facing products, ensuring performance, reliability, and rapid issue resolution.

  
  

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and mentor teams, manage priorities, and deliver high-quality results.

  
  

• Collaboration: Strong communication skills with experience working closely with product and engineering teams to achieve technical excellence.

  
  

• Focus on Quality: A commitment to delivering intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces that meet performance and accessibility standards.

  
  

Bonus - Nice To Have

• Domain Knowledge: Experience in trading, investment, or finance applications.

  
  

• Real-Time Systems: Familiarity with building or integrating real-time features.

  
  

• API Gateways: Experience working with API gateways.

  
  

• Design Systems: Experience in building or working with independent design systems.

  
  

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.