Head of Storage

Responsibilities

Your mission will be to define the global technological vision and orchestrate the engineering strategy in order to guarantee the performance, SLAs, and scalability of our distributed storage systems while managing a team of engineering managers and technical experts.

• Strategic leadership: define and carry the global technological vision for the Storage department, challenging the technical direction of the scope.
• Team management: manage and mentor a hierarchy of Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Contributors (30‑50 Scalers), fostering a culture of excellence.
• Operational excellence: guarantee the performance and reliability of our storage platforms, ensuring strict adherence to SLAs and production standards.
• Architecture & innovation: drive decisions on low‑level architecture and distributed systems, leveraging open‑source technologies (Ceph, ZFS, NFS).
• Cross‑functional alignment: collaborate with Product teams and other technical directions to align engineering output with business strategy and the sovereign cloud mission.
• Crisis management: act as a high‑level escalation point for critical technical incidents, applying pragmatic problem‑solving to resolve complex blockers.
• Talent development: oversee recruitment and career paths, ensuring the growth of high‑potential profiles in a specialized technical population.

Team & Leadership

You will be part of a team of 30 to 50 people, organized into squads led by Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, covering low‑level development, SRE, and production stability. The Storage Tribe builds and operates the critical infrastructure that powers our customers’ data needs at a massive scale, managing hundreds of petabytes of data and developing homegrown object and block storage platforms using technologies such as Ceph and distributed encoding.

Manager information: You will report directly to the Director of Engineering.

Qualifications

Hard Skills

• 10+ years of experience in engineering with a strong background in low‑level development, production, and storage systems.
• Deep knowledge of storage technologies (Object Storage, Block Storage, Ceph, ZFS, NFS) and system programming (C, C++, Rust, or Go).
• Proficiency in Linux/FreeBSD internals and system profiling.
• Strong track record of contribution to or usage of open‑source technologies.
• Proven experience managing managers and leading technical teams in a production environment.

Soft Skills

• Prioritizes the well‑being and growth of the team.
• Expert at simplifying complex technical situations.
• Capable of high‑level abstraction while retaining a passion for deep‑tech details.
• Curious, adaptable, and open‑minded in a fast‑evolving cloud environment.

Benefits

• Hybrid work: up to 3 days of remote work per week.
• Spacious, dynamic offices with outdoor spaces and bike parking facilities.
• Healthy meal service at headquarters and breakfast available across all sites year‑round. Regional sites enjoy a Swile card for lunches.
• Well‑being commitments: access to a gym, daycare places, or discounted services for caring responsibilities.
• International environment with English widely spoken.
• Internal mobility: opportunities to transition to other entities within the Iliad Group.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Scaleway, we are committed to building an inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone has a fair opportunity to thrive.

All applications are considered with care, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social background, religion, disability, or any other characteristic.

We believe great ideas come from everywhere, and everyone which is why you should definitely apply.