Senior Software Engineer, Scaleway
Managed Database
2 days a week in office
Complete cloud ecosystem
Open for applications
Complete cloud ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
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
- Strong Development experience in Python or Go
- Strong Linux system administration skills and experience with Bash scripting
- Solid experience in administering at least one major RDBMS in production environments (ideally PostgreSQL or MySQL)
- Deep understanding of database administration mechanisms: high availability, security, access control, disaster recovery, and service continuity strategies
- Comfortable working with automation and infrastructure tools: Ansible, Docker, Git & CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus
- Excellent communication and synthesis skills: ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong sense of rigor and high standards, especially when working on critical infrastructure
- Proactive and autonomous, with the ability to work effectively in a distributed team
- Ability to collaborate with empathy and contribute to a caring, respectful work environment
- Professional written communication in English; comfort in French-speaking teams
What the job involves
- Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Database & Data Platform team to increase our capacity to deliver new features and improve the reliability and robustness of our managed databases service
- Your mission: Own and evolve both the internal and public‑facing managed‑database platform, driving scalability, security and long‑term performance while shaping the next generation of our cloud database offer
- We work in a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing and mutual support are key to driving our ambitions forward
- You’ll join a tight‑knit team of six, distributed across our French sites: three developers, one DBA, one product manager, and one engineering manager. In this role you’ll write production‑grade code and build and maintain the infrastructure that runs it—from Python & Go‑based APIs to Ansible playbooks, CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks
- The team owns both an internal database platform that powers other Scaleway products and the public‑facing managed‑database service
- Design, implement, and ship new features for the managed‑database service while continuously improving the existing codebase
- Maintain and evolve internal database platforms (new deployments, automated upgrades, performance optimizations, …)
- Contribute to design reviews and propose improvements to internal architecture and tooling
- Improve the technical stack used for database management and automation
- Work with tools like Terraform, Ansible and Docker to support infrastructure and automation
- Collaborate with other developers and DBAs to guide database usage and best practices
- Diagnose and resolve incidents and bugs affecting databases
- Participate in a second‑level on‑call rotation (approximately 1 week / month), stepping in when first‑level alerts need deeper investigation and ensuring rapid restoration of our managed‑database services
- Resolve critical production issues, working closely with our SRE team to restore service and implement long‑term fixes
Application process
- Discovery call with a recruiter (30 min)
- Interview with Manager (30 min)
- Technical interview (1h min)
- Interview with Head of Tribe (30 min)
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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