System Engineer (Object Storage)

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.

• 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.

• 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.

Hybrid work: We offer up to 3 days of remote work per week.

Offices: Our offices are spacious, dynamic workspaces with bold design, conveniently located near public transport. Most of our offices feature outdoor spaces (terraces) and bike parking facilities.

Dining: Our chef provides a healthy meal service at the headquarters, and breakfast is available across all our sites year-round. Scalers working from regional sites enjoy a Swile card for lunches.

Well-being commitments: Whether it’s access to a gym, daycare places, or discounted services for caring services, Scaleway is committed to supporting Scalers in maintaining a balanced life.

International environment: With dozens of nationalities, Scaleway offers a stimulating environment where English is as widely spoken as French.

Career & Mobility: Our managers value internal mobility, and opportunities to transition to other entities within the Iliad Group are accessible to all Scalers.

• 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