AI-powered fintech and communication platform serving 150M+ users across MENA
Astra Tech operates botim, a fintech communication platform combining VoIP, payments, and lending across the MENA region. The tech stack reveals a modern AI-native architecture: LLM integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Llama) with RAG and LangChain/LangGraph for reasoning, paired with cloud data warehousing (Snowflake, BigQuery) and analytics (Looker, Grafana, Power BI). Hiring acceleration across engineering, data, and product—with senior and lead positions dominating—indicates scaling to handle fraud detection, credit scoring, and compliance complexity at platform scale.
Notable leadership hires: Customer Service Lead, Team Lead Escalations, Partnerships Lead, Head of Product
Astra Tech is a UAE-based fintech and digital services company founded in 2022, headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Its flagship platform, botim, combines secure communication with financial services—offering VoIP, payments, transfers, and lending through the botim money and Quantix credit scoring engine. The company serves 150M+ users globally. The operating footprint spans engineering, data, product, and partnerships, with active hiring in the UAE, Brazil, France, and Georgia. Core challenges center on fraud prevention across channels, regulatory compliance (KYC/AML), data consistency across departments, and balancing growth velocity against risk controls.
Python, SQL, JavaScript (mobile: Android/iOS) on AWS and Azure DevOps. Data: Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt. AI/ML: OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Llama, LangChain, LangGraph, RAG. Analytics: Looker, Grafana, Power BI, Tableau. Testing: Postman, Appium, Robot Framework.
Abu Dhabi, UAE. Founded 2022. Currently 201–500 employees with active hiring in four countries.
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