Team Leader
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:
The Team Leader is responsible for guiding a product or platform development team in delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions. The role involves hands-on technical leadership, people management, delivery coordination, and active collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product Managers, MM, QA, DevOps, Engineers).
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.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Architects.
- Participate in technical planning and reporting processes, 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.
- Analyze and fill detected/predictable resource gaps to prevent delivery bottlenecks.
- Manage resources and budgets within the team for cost efficiency (example: external services, tools, etc).
- Assessment and implementation of technologies and tools within the team; is the final decision-maker.
- 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 implement changes to predict and prevent future incidents.
- Ensure technical support and software quality comply with standards and reqs appropriate to their level.
- Follow company standards, best practices from architecture, DevOps, SRE, QA.
- Implement and manage quality assurance processes, conduct code reviews, and enforce best practices aligned with QA.
- Define procedures and technical standards with the team.
- 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 an advantage.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in software development, 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.
- Solid experience with backend or frontend technologies (e.g., Python, Golang, React, etc.)
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and system design.
- Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, unit and integration testing.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- 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 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
At Exness, we know that changing jobs - and changing countries - is a big step. That’s why relocation with Exness is different. We make it smooth, supported, and truly life-changing.
What your journey looks like
- Intro call with Recruiter (30 minutes)
- HM Interview (60 minutes)
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