IT Architect, Scaleway
$148-185k
+ Equity + Bonus
3 days a week in office
Complete cloud ecosystem
Job no longer available
Complete cloud ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$148-185k
+ Equity + Bonus
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
- Clear and structured communication
- Business-oriented mindset and ability to step back
- High curiosity and ability to think outside the box
- Pragmatism and prioritization skills
- Strong synthesis and structuring capacity
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
- 8+ years of experience in IT architecture or similar strategic technical roles
- Deep understanding of IT landscapes, application governance, and enterprise architecture best practices
- Proven ability to design scalable and secure IT systems
- Strong project management and orchestration skills
- Comfortable working with modern collaboration and productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace, and Slack
- Familiarity with AI & low-code/no-code automation tools such as n8n, Zapier, Gemini, Claude, Mistral, or similar platforms
- Proficiency in prompt engineering
What the job involves
- Our growth is driving us to strengthen our IT department team to support the strategic alignment of our information systems with business needs
- Your mission will be to design and govern the enterprise IT architecture in order to ensure scalability, coherence, and performance of our information systems
- 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 join the IT department, which is composed of around 35 team members, structured into six specialized teams: GRC, Trust & Security, IT Workplace, IT Tooling, Internal Services, and the newly created IT Architecture team
- This is a highly transversal role, directly reporting to the CIO, Stéphane Gomez, and closely collaborating with all business departments (Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc.) to align our IT strategy with organizational needs
- Act as lead architect on business-critical IT projects, ensuring proper design and integration with our information systems
- Define and implement IT architecture standards and governance processes
- Maintain and optimize our application catalog and landscape governance
- Own and lead AI-related initiatives by identifying and supporting impactful use cases
- Take ownership of strategic applications, ensuring their continuous improvement and performance
- Act as the IT-business liaison, translating business needs into scalable IT solutions
- Support project scoping and prioritization across teams
- Lead alignment efforts between departments on tool usage and IT standards
- Evaluate and improve the coherence, cost-efficiency, and long-term scalability of the IT stack
- Drive clarity and ownership across the internal IT ecosystem
- Collaborate closely with the AI Tooling team and AI Engineers across departments (Sales, Operations, etc.) to ensure alignment and maximize value from internal AI tools
Application process
- Screening interview (30 min)
- Manager interview with Stéphane Gomez to understand your technical background and leadership style (45 min)
- Case study to assess your technical expertise and decision-making (1h)
- Culture fit interview with IT and Engineering stakeholders to evaluate team alignment (45 min)
- Onsite visit to meet the team and tour our offices
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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