Software Engineer, Scaleway
Object Storage
2+ days a week in office
Complete cloud ecosystem
Be an early applicant
Complete cloud ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a more sovereign, sustainable, and human-first tech ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- Autonomy: You take matters into your own hands when necessary
- Analytical Thinking: You visualize complex systems
- Team Spirit: You share ideas openly
- Documentation: You ease onboarding for others
- Reliability: You place our clients data security above all else
- Solid foundations in Linux systems administration, low-level architecture, and in-depth infrastructure knowledge
- Deep technical understanding of Object Storage infrastructure, scale-out environments, and the Amazon S3 API protocol
- Practical experience working with DevOps and automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD)
- Strong interest or growing proficiency in production-grade development with Golang
- Familiarity with storage ecosystems, low-level hardware, or distributed system monitoring (e.g., Ceph, MinIO, Scality, NVMe/SSDs, Prometheus, Grafana) is highly appreciated
What the job involves
- Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Object Storage team to bring core DevOps and infrastructure engineering capabilities to our product squad and ramp up our team's structural autonomy
- Your mission will be to drive critical architecture projects, design new service classes, and implement new technical features for our Object Storage product in order to ensure maximum platform reliability, support new regional expansions, and handle massive workloads constraints (100+ Petabytes)
- We work in a collaborative and international environment where the diversity of Scalers, combined with a spirit of sharing, helps bring new projects to life every day, advancing our ambitions together
- You will be part of a team of 3 individual contributors (making you the 4th member of the squad)
- As part of the specialized Object Storage team, you are the technical owner of Scaleway's S3-compatible platform
- You will work closely with the Beekeeper team (developing the underlying SDS backend) and the SRE Storage team (handling live infrastructure operations), managing a massivescale deployment across over 1,000 servers
- Lead and execute major high-impact projects, such as opening new regions/Availability Zones and designing new service classes
- Integrate and deploy new functionalities for our homegrown, S3-compatible Object Storage platform
- Actively bridge the gap between low-level system administration and high-quality Devops management
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve highly complex, distributed system anomalies and infrastructure incidents
- Collect and prioritize customer feedback alongside requests from internal operations groups (like the SRS/SRE team)
- Escalate software bugs and request fundamental product evolutions from the backend SDS core engineering team (Beekeeper)
- Participate in level-2 rotating on-call support duties to guarantee product continuity and strict SLA compliance
- Support hardware-related infrastructure mutations and plan field interventions in close collaboration with Data Center squads
- Conduct constructive peer code reviews to enforce strict technical standards and overall software quality
- Maintain technical product documentation and produce clear onboarding guides for incoming teammates
Application process
- Screening (30 min)
- Manager interview with Iannis Formet to understand your technical skills and approach to the role (45 min)
- Technical deep dive to validate your expertise (1h)
- Team fit interview to deepen your discussions and assess your fit with the team (45 min). On-site meeting to tour our offices and meet your future colleagues
- Interview with the Head of the Tribe (30min)
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, containerisation, 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 38,000 businesses in 160 countries. 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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 75% reimbursement on public transportation or 200€/year for sustainable mobility
- 200€ discount & 3 domains names on Scaleway Elements
- 120€ to equip yourself at home
- Freebox refund (€50 after 6 months)
- Up to €700 support for Babilou childcare
- Profit-sharing from the Iliad Group
- FlexiFamily: help with childcare, tutoring, and household tasks
- Extended parental and caregiver leave
- Employee share ownership plan at Iliad Group
- Referral Bonus
- 360Learning, Projet Voltaire and LinkedIn Learning free accesses
- Employee benefits through the Employee Work Council (CSE)
- Daily free breakfasts & snacks
- Onsite bedrooms showers and gym
- And all the usual perks provided in the industry (health insurance etc.)
Company HQ
Madeleine, Paris, France
Leadership
Albane Bruyas
(CCO & COO)Before joining Scaleway in 2019, Albane spent nearly 5 years at Toshiba as a Procurement & Purchasing Manager and Operations Director.
Damien Lucas
(CEO)Prior to joining Scaleway in 2023, Damien served as the CPO of Ateme. Before that, he co-founded Anevia where he spent 17 years in various roles, including CEO and CEO.
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