Scaleway

Senior Software Engineer - Managed database

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8 months ago
Paris, France or Lyon, FranceSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and ship features for the managed database service while improving the existing codebase.
  • Maintain and evolve internal database platforms, including deployments, automated upgrades, and performance optimization.
  • Build and maintain APIs, infrastructure, automation, observability, and database management tooling.
  • Contribute to architecture and design reviews and collaborate with developers and DBAs on database best practices.
  • Diagnose database incidents and bugs, participate in second-level on-call, and resolve critical production issues with the SRE team.
  • Implement long-term fixes that improve scalability, security, reliability, and service continuity.

Requirements

  • Strong development experience in Python or Go.
  • Strong Linux system administration skills and Bash scripting experience.
  • Production administration experience with at least one major relational database, ideally PostgreSQL or MySQL.
  • Deep understanding of high availability, security, access control, disaster recovery, and service continuity for databases.
  • Experience with Ansible, Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines, plus familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus.
  • Excellent communication, technical explanation, rigor, autonomy, collaboration, and professional written English skills; comfort working with French-speaking teams.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work with up to three remote workdays per week.
  • Offices near public transport, with outdoor spaces and bike parking at many locations.
  • Healthy headquarters meals, breakfast at all sites, and a Swile lunch card for regional-site employees.
  • Access to well-being benefits such as gym access, daycare places, and discounted care services.
  • International work environment with English and French widely spoken.
  • Internal mobility and opportunities to transition to other Iliad Group entities.
  • A background check is mandatory.

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501-1,000 employees
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