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Engineering Manager - Managed Databases

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
A few days at home

Scaleway
Scaleway

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Fondée en 1999, Scaleway est la filiale cloud du groupe Iliad, l’un des leaders des télécommunications en Europe. Notre mission est de favoriser une industrie numérique plus responsable en aidant les développeurs et les entreprises à créer, déployer et adapter des applications à n'importe quelle infrastructure.

Depuis nos bureaux situés à Paris et à Lille, nous perfectionnons quotidiennement l'écosystème cloud de Scaleway, dont nous sommes les premiers utilisateurs.

Nos quelques 25 000 clients nous choisissent pour notre redondance multi-AZ, notre expérience-utilisateur fluide, nos datacenters neutres en carbone ainsi que nos outils natifs de gestion d'architectures multi-cloud. Nos produits incluent des solutions entièrement gérées pour le bare metal, la conteneurisation et les architectures serverless, offrant ainsi un choix responsable dans le domaine du cloud computing.

Rejoignez notre équipe dynamique de près de 600 collaborateurs venant de divers horizons, dans un environnement stimulant et international alliant excellence technique, créativité et partage.

About the Job

Managed Databases is composed of our Relational DB (PostgreSQL, MySQL) & Redis offers. They are pillars of our cloud ecosystem. They allow our customers to safely store & access their data, without worrying about infrastructure. You will be responsible for all the technical production of these products, and you will be working with our dedicated Product Manager.

As an Engineering Manager, you will manage both your team of engineers, and the general engineering for the team. This position is equally balanced between managerial and technical roles and skills. All teams work with Agile methods, and often with Scrum. You will monitor collaborative projects via these platforms.

As a manager, you will take care of your team. You will be in charge of administrative tasks like planning, approving vacations requests, and more. An important part of the position is to improve the skills and knowledge of each member of your team by getting to know them well (strengths, limitations and goals). Together, you will find the most efficient way of working as a team. You will also be responsible for monitoring and optimizing the velocity and delivery capacity of your team with the help of your Product Manager.

Your goal as an EM will be to speak to the other teams and their managers to carry out your technical tasks, for instance by requesting what your team needs for its products. You need to be aware of the internals of database servers. Your team’s main programming language are Python & Golang. As an Engineering Manager you will also code, handle customer escalations from our support team, and manage the infrastructure required by the product (software upgrade & reliability).

One of your key responsibilities will be to avoid over-engineering, and always find a pragmatic approach when a technical problem arises. More than a cloud user, you will be a cloud builder.

You will also be the facilitator of the team, providing them with everything they need to focus on their tasks, by synchronizing with the other managers of the company.

Important note: if you don't see yourself ticking all the boxes don't hesitate to apply anyway. Don't limit yourself to a job description, you never know! 

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience in Python and/or Golang development, REST and gRPC APIs
  • Database clustering and management, Database Troubleshooting, System and Database tuning, High Availability Mechanisms,
  • Understanding of Linux System Administration and Container technology
  • Knowledge of the Cloud Ecosystems
  • Have a DevOps mindset
  • Open minded and ready to adapt quickly
  • Demonstrate strong empathy
  • Result-oriented attitude
  • Clear communication
  • Good command of English
  • Responsabilities

  • Embody the activities of Engineering within the company, and within your team
  • Hire, manage, support and develop a team (career path, salary and compensation, personal knowledge and skills improvement)
  • Build innovative features for our products on the latest technologies with the help of your team
  • Coordinate the team, monitor the progression of ongoing projects, organize the team’s work (using Agile methodologies)
  • Make suggestions to balance the team's workload between technical debt management, rollouts, and new projects
  • Strong collaboration with our Product Managers & Marketing teams in order to help the team to do the “right” things (the “why”, then the “what” and finally the “how”)
  • Be a messenger, both up & downstream to help the team be aligned with the company objectives and make sure that the team’s voice is heard
  • Monitor and optimize team velocity and its capacity to deliver quality products and services on time
  • Ease collaboration with other Engineering teams
  • Stay grounded by coding as a “doer” with your team.
  • Work on transversal initiatives within Scaleway’s Engineering Manager Guild
  • Our Technical Stack

  • Relational Databases : MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
  • Redis
  • Python / GoLang
  • DCS Systems (consul, etcd)
  • Linux, Container Technologies
  • Ansible
  • Gitlab, CI-CD
  • Micro-Services architectures
  • Localisation

    This position is based in our offices in Paris or Lille (France)

    Si vous ne vous voyez pas cocher toutes les cases, n'hésitez pas à postuler tout de même. Ne vous limitez pas à une description de poste - on ne sait jamais !

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