Senior Software Engineer - Managed Database (h/f)

Scaleway est le fournisseur européen de cloud et d’IA souverains, proposant une plateforme sécurisée, transparente et durable.
Nous accompagnons les organisations de toutes tailles grâce à des technologies ouvertes et indépendantes et une innovation continue, afin qu’elles puissent concevoir et déployer leurs projets à leur propre rythme et selon leurs priorités.
Avec un portefeuille complet de plus de 100 produits cloud, IA et quantique haute performance, nous soutenons nos clients dans leurs usages les plus exigeants et au sein des industries les plus sensibles.
Filiale du groupe iliad, Scaleway est actuellement présent en France, en Pologne, en Italie et aux Pays-Bas, avec de prochains déploiements en Suède et en Allemagne.

Your mission: Own and evolve both the internal and public‑facing managed‑database platform, driving scalability, security and long‑term performance while shaping the next generation of our cloud database offer.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

We work in a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing and mutual support are key to driving our ambitions forward.
You’ll join a tight‑knit team of six, distributed across our French sites: three developers, one DBA, one product manager, and one engineering manager. In this role you’ll write production‑grade code and build and maintain the infrastructure that runs it—from Python & Go‑based APIs to Ansible playbooks, CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks.
The team owns both an internal database platform that powers other Scaleway products and the public‑facing managed‑database service.

YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

• Design, implement, and ship new features for the managed‑database service while continuously improving the existing codebase

• Maintain and evolve internal database platforms (new deployments, automated upgrades, performance optimizations, …)

• Contribute to design reviews and propose improvements to internal architecture and tooling

• Improve the technical stack used for database management and automation

• Work with tools like Terraform, Ansible and Docker to support infrastructure and automation

• Collaborate with other developers and DBAs to guide database usage and best practices

• Diagnose and resolve incidents and bugs affecting databases

• Participate in a second‑level on‑call rotation (approximately 1 week / month), stepping in when first‑level alerts need deeper investigation and ensuring rapid restoration of our managed‑database services

• Resolve critical production issues, working closely with our SRE team to restore service and implement long‑term fixes
  
  
  

About You
HARD SKILLS:

• Strong Development experience in Python or Go

• Strong Linux system administration skills and experience with Bash scripting

• Solid experience in administering at least one major RDBMS in production environments (ideally PostgreSQL or MySQL)

• Deep understanding of database administration mechanisms: high availability, security, access control, disaster recovery, and service continuity strategies

• Comfortable working with automation and infrastructure tools: Ansible, Docker, Git & CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus
  
  
  

SOFT SKILLS:

• Excellent communication and synthesis skills: ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Strong sense of rigor and high standards, especially when working on critical infrastructure

• Proactive and autonomous, with the ability to work effectively in a distributed team

• Ability to collaborate with empathy and contribute to a caring, respectful work environment

• Professional written communication in English; comfort in French-speaking teams