Funded trading platform connecting retail traders with capital and education
The5ers operates a funded trading program: they capitalize accounts and provide educational support to retail traders across forex and other markets. The tech stack is polyglot (Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, BigQuery) with active infrastructure work on data pipelines and client visualization—a signal of internal focus on operational transparency and risk monitoring. Hiring is accelerating across product and marketing (6 of 12 roles), suggesting a pivot toward growth and user acquisition beyond the core funding mechanism.
Notable leadership hires: Product Director, Marketing Director
Founded in 2015, The5ers is a self-owned private equity firm based in London that funds trading accounts for retail participants. The model is straightforward: traders apply, The5ers provides capital and professional workspace, traders keep a share of profits. The company has worked with thousands of traders across different skill levels and trading styles. Scale includes in-house data infrastructure (BigQuery, Metabase), community-building initiatives (webinars, events), and account risk monitoring systems. Active pain points center on acquisition funnel optimization, community engagement, and operational flow—typical for a B2C fintech growing past early adopter stages.
Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, AWS, GCP, Azure, BigQuery, Metabase. They use RabbitMQ for messaging and Google Workspace + Slack for operations. Marketing runs on Google Ads, HubSpot, and Mailchimp.
Scaling the global trading platform infrastructure, building next-generation B2C products, improving data pipelines (BigQuery + Metabase), growing community engagement through webinars and events, and optimizing the acquisition funnel.
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