Team Leader (Server Engineering)

At Exness, we are not just a leading trading broker—we’ve reimagined what it takes to be a leader. With 40M+ trades a day and 2,000+ people across 13 countries, we combine scale, care, and real tech to make trading better for 1M+ clients worldwide.
Recognised globally as a Best Place to Work, we’re a people-first company where long-term wins always matter more. As part of our team, you will shape the future of fintech with real technology, care, and purpose.
Why this role matters:
This role is essential to the stability, growth, and continuous improvement of our Linux-based core infrastructure services. You will be responsible for leading the Server Engineering team , combining hands-on technical expertise with people management and delivery oversight. The role plays a key part in ensuring operational excellence and driving architectural evolution, while actively collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Product Management, QA, DevOps, and Engineering to deliver high-impact infrastructure solutions.
The role is based in our office in Limassol, Cyprus . In case of relocation, we offer full relocation support for you and your family to make your move smooth and worry-free.
What you'll actually do:
• Build and grow the team by hiring diverse talent and ensuring smooth onboarding and mentorship.
• Lead and inspire by fostering collaboration, engagement, and a high-performance culture, motivating the team to achieve and exceed results while leading by example and engaging directly in operational challenges when needed.
• Develop and support people through coaching, feedback, regular performance reviews, and tailored growth planning.
• Take ownership and make decisions with accountability and timely, informed judgment, translate company goals into clear team priorities and roles.
• Serve as a link between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders; interact with other team leaders or teams to identify interconnections between products and build compatible architecture.
• Participate in technical planning and reporting processes, and set goals for the team.
• Develop detailed project plans and timelines, manage resources, and monitor progress within the team.
• Participate in tactical planning cycles and ensure plans are delivered in time and in accordance with company standards.
• Drive the assessment and implementation of technologies and tools in the team.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical and project-related risks.
• Act as a change agent to support organizational changes and implement management decisions.
• Ensure technical debt is continuously identified, prioritized, and paid within agreed quotas.
• Support the incident management process within the area of responsibility.
• Take responsibility for analyzing and resolving product incidents and implementing changes to predict and prevent future incidents.
• Independently solve technical problems that match own expertise.
• Take a product approach to managing the team’s backlog.
• Ensure all SLIs have proper thresholds and SLOs, dependencies are mapped, and their states are visible through dashboards and CMDB.
Who we’re looking for:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Relevant certifications in software architecture, agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, SAFe), or cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure) are considered as an advantage.
• Cloud Native / Linux Professional Institute / Red Hat certifications is a plus.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience working with Linux infrastructure, including 2+ years in a leadership or mentorship role.
• Track record of managing the performance and development of highly skilled engineers, including senior and lead positions.
• RHEL / Debian expertise.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code approach.
• Experience with containerisation/Kubernetes is an advantage.
• Strong Ansible playbooking.
• HA proxy setups.
• Nice to have experience with public CDN (CloudFlare as an example)
• Expertise and hands-on experience with core infrastructure services.
• Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with monitoring, logging, and performance tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and motivate engineers.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Empathy, patience, and the ability to resolve conflicts constructively.
What we offer along the way:
• Competitive salary and annual performance bonus
• Full relocation support for you and your family — flights, housing, visas, and legal assistance included
• Top-tier health insurance with full family coverage — medical, dental, vision, mental health — plus life insurance for peace of mind
• Unlimited learning opportunities: external courses, English lessons, career and leadership development
• Education allowance covering school and kindergarten fees
• 21 working days of annual leave, plus public holidays and fully paid sick, maternity, and paternity leave
• Employee appreciation program: branded gifts, birthday day-offs, celebration budgets for weddings, newborns, and milestones
• “Get to know Team” trips — meet colleagues across our global hubs, along with company-wide offsites that raise the bar
• Employee share scheme — grow with us
• Branded MINI Cooper Countryman company car and private parking
• Free in-house sports clubs, Sanctum Club gym access, and jet skis
• Access to a Corporate doctor
• Exclusive discount program with cafes, gyms, and local services
• Expat tax perks: up to 50% income tax exemption
• Support with the naturalisation process for relocated employees
What your journey looks like
First interview with Talent Acquisition Specialist (up to 45 minutes)
Short online English test (for non-native speakers)
Leadership Assessment
Technical Interview (1,5 hours)
Final interview (1 hour)