System Engineer, Scaleway
Object Storage
1-3 days a week in office
Complete cloud ecosystem
Job no longer available
Complete cloud ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
1-3 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
- 5+ years of experience operating large-scale Linux infrastructures
- Strong understanding of high-load, distributed infrastructure (hardware, networking, low-level storage like SSDs/NVMe/RAID, or Ceph/S3 APIs)
- Solid experience with Linux system administration, networking and infrastructure automation
- Ability to read and understand Go code to debug internal tooling, contribute to its evolution, or propose architectural improvements
- Hands-on experience with Ansible, GitLab CI/CD and scripting
- Good knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
- Curious and eager to continuously learn
- Autonomous, proactive and solution-oriented
- Rigorous, with strong attention to reliability and operational excellence
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving technical environment
What the job involves
- Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Storage team to enhance, maintain, and scale our homegrown object storage platform
- Your mission will be to collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, automate, and scale distributed storage systems in order to ensure the delivery of robust, high-performing solutions that meet operational and product requirements while supporting Scaleway’s massive customer data needs
- 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 up to 5 engineers. The team owns Scaleway's Object Storage product and is responsible for expanding its capabilities, improving its reliability and performance, and enabling the deployment of new regions and service classes
- You will work closely with the Beekeeper engineering team, which develops our in-house Software Defined Storage solution, and with the Storage SRE team responsible for production operations
- Design, deploy and operate new features for Scaleway's in-house Object Storage platform
- Contribute to the opening of new Availability Zones and Regions
- Improve the performance, scalability and reliability of a storage infrastructure
- Ensure the operational excellence of the platform through preventive and corrective maintenance
- Participate in the Level 2 on-call rotation and troubleshoot complex production incidents
- Collaborate with Data Center teams on hardware-related operations
- Automate infrastructure deployment and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code practices
- Contribute to technical documentation and onboarding materials
Application process
- Discovery call with a recruiter
- Interview with the manager to understand your technical skills and approach to the role
- Interview with the Architects to validate your expertise, deepen discussions, and assess your fit with the team
- Interview with the Head of Storage to tour our offices and meet your future colleagues
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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