Hardware Engineering, Scaleway
Hardware Architect
Complete cloud ecosystem
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Complete cloud ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power our fast-growing global digital infrastructure in a smart, responsible and renewable way.
Role
Who you are
- Computer architectures (AMD, ARM, Intel, Nvidia, …)
- Various types of technology and components (DIMM, CPU, storage drives, NICs, HBA, DPUs, …)
- Familiarity with Open Compute Project (OCP)
- BMC and Firmware management (Redfish, IPMI)
- Linux-based environments and general system administration (PXE, grub, kernel, …)
- Familiarity with OpenBMC
- Interconnect topologies and protocols
- High performance and distributed storage
- Firmware management and monitoring
- Jobs scheduling and benchmarking
- Power & cooling (air and liquid) constraints at the rack and datacenter level
- The applicants must demonstrate good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and full English-language proficiency
What the job involves
- The Hardware Engineering department is responsible for most of the hardware activities of the company; from R&D and qualification to prototyping and rack level design, from tool development to hardware support, from designing to selection and documentation
- The Hardware Architect has a pivotal role interacting with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams, as well as liaising with the different manufacturers
- Reporting to the VP Hardware Engineering, your role will be to propose and assess technologies and systems from different manufacturers, develop server hardware solutions, PoC integration and validation, hands-on testing
- Your input will be essential ahead of the qualification and production phases to finalize design, validate serviceability, define service levels, and industrialize the production of new offers
- Conduct research and evaluations based on the input from the Product, R&D and Innovation teams
- Identify possible server hardware OEM or ODM solutions and the relevant components (DIMMs, HBAs, Storage, NICs, GPUs, DPUs, …)
- Design, build and evaluate server hardware prototypes from the identified solutions; answering the upstream teams’ business case (HPC, baremetal, cloud, storage, AI, etc. products)
- Evaluate and validate HPC architecture with the vendors
- Ensure that functionality and performance meet design specifications
- Document the technologies, findings, and results to support successful qualification
- Engage stakeholders (Engineering, Product, Hardware Engineering, Operations teams) in order to stay aligned
- Engagement with OEM and ODM and upstream stakeholders for next generation technologies
- Help train all the teams on how hardware functions
- The Hardware Architect manages mid and long term technical projects and can summarize/document for a non-technical audience
Our take
Cloud computing is fast increasing in popularity and use, and many companies are turning to the cloud in order to better their functions. Scaleway enables developers and businesses to build, deploy and scale their applications for the cloud, with a focus on providing a range of options so that clients can access exactly what they need.
Scaleway, which labels itself “the cloud of choice”, delivers fully managed offerings for bare metal, containerization, and serverless architectures. It is attractive especially to startups, as it offers more flexibility than alternate cloud providers, and it boasts a smooth developer experience, carbon-neutral data centers, and native tools for managing multi-cloud architectures.
Scaleway is used by over 25,000 businesses including Golem.ai and Aternos. Aligning with its focus on bringing the cloud to startups, the company has launched a “Startup Program” where participators can earn cloud credits as well as gaining access to technical expertise and masterclasses. Scaleway has also partnered with Clever Cloud, in order to deliver an efficient alternative to for the automation of app deployment, enriching the product catalogues of both companies.
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Company benefits
- Yummy: Whether you're working at La Maison or in a Datacenter, you get fresh breakfasts and snacks everyday to provide the fuel you need to innovate.
- Events, Hackathons, & Tech talks: We do believe that peer-to-peer sharing is essential, so we provide media-training courses, event planning support and conference tickets. No more excuses!
- Company outings: Work hard, play hard! We have an in-house bar with a large choice of beverages and games. Plus, we organize memorable & engaging (virtual or not) team events at least twice a month.
- MacBook Pro or ThinkPad laptop: Choose your laptop, MacBook Pro or ThinkPad 15" on your first day to get your job done.
- Flexrything & Remote: We choose to work in a flex office environment to grow new collaborative ideas and practices. We work in small product oriented teams to focus & execute faster. We don't track working hours, what matters is what you get done.
- No diplomas required: At Scaleway, we don't care about your degrees, we only care about what you know. Your skillset will be evaluated in regard to your technical experiences and skills.
Company values
- Singularity: Seek singularity. We look out for people who stand out, no matter their professional or personal background.
- Community: When we agree to disagree, we do so with passion and respect, but we’re always rowing in the same direction toward the same goal.
- Adventure: Scaleway is a challenge nobody’s ready for but we go for it anyway. Move, reinvent. The only constant is change. We never stop at the status quo.
- Leadership: Leadership is about action, not just a position. As effective leaders, we have major impacts on not only the team members we manage, but also on the company as a whole
- Excellence: We want to be customer’s first choice. We never stop iterating and looking for that 1% improvement, every day.
- Rock-Solid: Everything is connected. We take actions as a team, never in silos. We give credit where credit is due and we can always count on each other.
Company HQ
Madeleine, Paris, France
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Leadership
Albane Bruyas
(CCO and COO (Not Founder))Previously Advisory Board Member at Alyx. Previously Operations Manager at Toshiba, Consultant at Harpagon and Purchaser at LVMH.
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