Head of Storage

OUR STORY

🇪🇺 Join Scaleway and shape the sovereign cloud of tomorrow. Since 1999, we have designed secure, sustainable infrastructures aimed at supporting the most ambitious companies.

WHY WE NEED YOU?

Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Storage Tribe to lead the engineering department responsible for our foundational storage products.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

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 30 to 50 people. 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, the team develops homegrown object and block storage platforms using technologies like Ceph and distributed encoding. The team is organized into squads led by Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, covering low-level development, SRE, and production stability.

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

YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

• 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 benevolence and engineering 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 ("rubber ducking") to resolve complex blockers.
• Talent Development: Oversee recruitment and career paths, ensuring the growth of high-potential profiles in a specialized technical population.

ABOUT YOU

HARDSKILLS

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

SOFT SKILLS

• Benevolent Leader: Prioritizes the well-being and growth of your team.
• Pragmatic Problem Solver: Expert at "rubber ducking" and simplifying complex technical situations.
• Abstract Thinking: Capable of high-level abstraction while retaining a love for computers and deep-tech details.
• Open-Minded: Curious and adaptable in a fast-evolving cloud environment.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SCALEWAY

• Hybrid work: Up to 3 days of remote work per week.
• Offices: Spacious, dynamic workspaces with bold design, conveniently located near public transport. Most offices feature outdoor spaces (terraces) and bike parking facilities.
• Dining: A healthy meal service at headquarters and breakfast available across all sites year-round. Scalers working from 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: English widely spoken alongside French.
• Career & Mobility: Managers value internal mobility; opportunities to transition to other entities within the Iliad Group are accessible to all Scalers.

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 is encouraged to apply.