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.

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.
Benevolent Leader: You prioritize the well-being and growth of your team.
Pragmatic Problem Solver: You are an expert at "rubber ducking" and can simplify complex technical situations.
Abstract Thinking: You are capable of high-level abstraction while retaining a love for computers and deep-tech details.
Open-Minded: You remain curious and adaptable in a fast-evolving cloud 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.

Hybrid — Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux, Lyon

Scaleway is hiring a Head of Storage