Exness

Database Engineer

Exness  •  Republic of Cyprus (Onsite)  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

Why this role matters

We are looking for a Database Engineer (DBA L2) with a primary focus on PostgreSQL and secondary experience with ClickHouse and MongoDB. You will be responsible for monitoring, supporting, and troubleshooting critical database environments, ensuring their stability, security, and performance. Working closely with senior DBAs and development teams, you will play a key role in keeping our data platforms reliable and efficient.

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

  • Accountable for monitoring PostgreSQL clusters, ensuring availability, replication health, and performance.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for production databases.
  • Provide day-to-day support and troubleshooting for PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and MongoDB.
  • Support developers and application teams with database-related requests and troubleshooting.
  • Perform routine maintenance including backups, restores, patching, and version upgrades.
  • Investigate incidents, database errors, and performance bottlenecks, escalating complex issues when required.
  • Manage database security, including creation and administration of users, roles, and privileges.

Who we’re looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 2–4 years of hands-on experience in PostgreSQL administration
  • Solid Linux administration experience (3+ years).
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL replication, backup/restore, indexing, and query troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with ClickHouse and MongoDB administration in a support/monitoring role.
  • Good knowledge of database fundamentals: HA, DR, capacity monitoring, and performance tuning basics.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Graylog).

Nice to have:

  • Exposure to other databases (Cassandra, Vertica).
  • Experience with PostgreSQL advanced features (logical replication, partitioning, extensions).
  • Experience with MinIO/Ceph object storage

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

  1. Intro call with Recruiter (30 minutes)
  2. Tech interview (90 minutes)
  3. Behavioural interview (60 minutes)

Please use your exness work email for internal applications and ensure to disclose any existing Conflict of Interest you may have.

Exness

About Exness

Exness is a global fintech company and one of the world’s leading multi-asset brokers, with 40M daily order executions and 1M+ active clients. We design, build, and run the trading infrastructure that powers the markets, combining deep financial expertise with proprietary tech to deliver speed, stability, and transparency at scale.

We’re more than a trading company. We're a product company, a data company, and a culture-first company—driven by impact and built by people who care. Our platform is engineered in-house by 700+ experts using a modern stack and is trusted by traders worldwide for its reliable execution, deep liquidity, and low and stable spreads.

Founded in 2008, Exness has grown into a truly global organization with 2,000+ professionals across 13 countries. Our largest hub is in Cyprus—home to our engineering, product, and operations teams—while our commercial and customer service teams thrive across Malaysia, Uruguay, and several other global locations.

We believe great performance starts with great care. That’s why we offer more than generous benefits—from relocation support, private healthcare, and school coverage to learning budgets, share schemes, and full ownership of your work. At Exness, people come before process, and long-term thinking wins over short-term pressure.

In 2024, Exness was recognized as one of the Best Places to Work globally and received Great Place to Work® certification in 2022-2023 in Cyprus, reflecting our culture of trust, growth, and real care.

Whether you're an engineer, quant, product lead, customer specialist, or marketing strategist—if you're serious about impact, we're serious about you.

Explore сareers at Exness → https://exness-careers.com

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Limassol, CY
Year Founded
2008
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