Head of Engineering

Scaleway

OUR STORY:   🇪🇺 Join Scaleway and shape the sovereign cloud of tomorrow ! Since 1999, we have been designing secure, sustainable infrastructures aimed at supporting the most ambitious companies.   Historically known for our dedicated servers (Dedibox), we made a strategic shift to cloud computing in 2015. Staying true to our principles of simplicity, flexibility, and technical excellence, we have become one of the leading players in Europe in the sector.   With the rise of artificial intelligence, we have strengthened our commitment, supported by the Iliad Group, which is investing €3 billion to develop a serious, sovereign AI alternative to American and Asian giants.   Every day, thanks to our fast-growing portfolio of cloud and AI products (bare metal, containerization, serverless, AI, etc.), Scaleway proudly serves thousands of customer across the private and public sector, from corporations like France Télévisions or Hachette Livre, to fast-growing startups like Photoroom and Biolevate, to institutions like the City of Copenhagen.   📍 Our offices are located in Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux and Lyon.   WHY WE NEED YOU ?   Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Storage Tribe to lead the engineering department responsible for our foundational storage products. Your mission will be to define the global technological vision and orchestrate the engineering strategy in order to guarantee the performance, SLAs, and scalability of our distributed storage systems while managing a team of engineering managers and technical experts.   YOUR FUTURE TEAM   We work in a collaborative and international environment where the diversity of Scalers, combined with a spirit of sharing, helps bring new projects to life every day, advancing our ambitions together. You will be part of a team of 30 to 50 people. The Storage Tribe builds and operates the critical infrastructure that powers our customers' data needs at a massive scale. Managing hundreds of petabytes of data, the team develops homegrown object and block storage platforms using technologies like Ceph and distributed encoding. The team is organized into squads led by Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, covering low-level development, SRE, and production stability. Manager information: You will report directly to the Director of Engineering.   YOUR DAILY ROUTINE   - 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.   ABOUT YOU   HARDSKILLS: - 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.   SOFT SKILLS: - 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.   WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SCALEWAY ++++ -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.   🚀 Why join the Scaleway adventure? ✔ A rich and diverse product offering: Scaleway offers over 100 public cloud products in IaaS, PaaS, and AI. ✔ A cutting-edge technical environment: Scaleway provides modern infrastructures, including high-performance bare metal servers, to tackle exciting technical challenges. ✔ Commitment to responsible cloud: Scaleway is dedicated to a more responsible cloud, with data centers powered solely by renewable energy since 2017, minimizing our ecological footprint and holding top-level certification.   🔜 THE NEXT STEPS … - Discovery call with a recruiter (30 min) - Interview with the Director of Engineering to understand your technical skills and approach to the role (45 min) - Technical/Managerial interview to validate your expertise and leadership style - HR Interview to tour our offices and meet your future colleagues  

Theodo

L’histoire du groupe Theodo et son succès Theodo accompagne depuis 2009 les entreprises innovantes dans la conception, le développement et le déploiement de produits digitaux ingénieux - tels que la plateforme TF1+, l'application LCL Pro ou l'application France Identité Numérique - en tirant parti du meilleur de la technologie et de l’approche Lean.   Theodo connait une croissance exceptionnelle depuis 15 ans : nos équipes rassemblent plus de 700 Theodoers, principalement des Software Engineers, passionnés de technologie et d’amélioration continue. En 2025, le groupe Theodo génère 100M€ de CA.   Theodo lance une nouvelle practice dédiée aux Médias, Loisirs, Travel & Entertainment, avec une ambition forte : accompagner les leaders du secteur dans la conception et le développement de produits digitaux grand public, à fort trafic et à forts enjeux technologiques (web, mobile, data, IA, cloud).  Cette practice adresse des plateformes à grande échelle : streaming, contenu, billetterie, CRM, personnalisation, expérience utilisateur temps réel...  Nous recherchons un·e VP Tech pour piloter l’excellence technique de la practice et co-construire son développement avec Alice, Partner en charge du P&L, du développement commercial de la practice et de la vision stratégique   Missions Co-construction des offres & avant-vente - Concevoir, positionner et affiner les offres techniques à destination des grands comptes du secteur - Intervenir en tant que Solution Architect lors des phases d'avant-vente : cadrage, design d’architecture, feuille de route technique - Challenger les architectures existantes et proposer des approches innovantes et scalables dans des contextes à fort enjeu (IA, data, cloud, streaming, personnalisation)   Delivery - Endosser le rôle d’Engineering Manager sur les programmes stratégiques, en lien direct avec les clients (CTO, Head of Engineering…). - Garantir l’excellence technique via les bonnes pratiques engineering, la robustesse, la scalabilité, la sécurité, l’observabilité et la performance des plateformes livrées. - Accompagner et faire grandir les tech leads, structurer les standards techniques et soutenir les équipes dans les sujets complexes, en coopération avec les autres groupes managers Tech et le VP of Engineering groupe - Contribuer au recrutement des meilleurs profils et à la construction d’une culture d’excellence au sein de la practice   Veille sectorielle & Thought Leadership - Contribuer au rayonnement externe de la practice : création et partage de contenus, speaker à des conférences - Identifier les tendances majeures du média/streaming/travel et les innovations technologiques clés (IA, data, cloud) pour nourrir la vision de la practice - Surveiller les évolutions des plateformes et usages grand public afin d’anticiper les besoins et opportunités du marché   Profil recherché - 7 à 10 ans d’expérience dans des fonctions senior : Solution Architect, Engineering Manager, VP Engineering, Head of Tech… - Connaissance solide des environnements Media / Streaming / Entertainment / Travel (fortement appréciée).   Solide maîtrise des enjeux liés à : - Architectures backend modernes & microservices - Plateformes data (Snowflake, DBT, Lakehouse…) - Recommandation personnalisée / ML / IA - Cloud & migrations (AWS, GCP, Azure) - Scalabilité, performance, SRE, CI/CD - Leadership naturel, capacité à mobiliser et faire grandir des tech leads - Excellente communication, capable de passer d'un échange de haut niveau avec un CTO à un pairing avec un lead - Sens business développé, capable de prioriser, arbitrer et proposer des solutions réalistes et impactantes - Aisance dans des environnements clients complexes et exigeants   Compétences techniques - Architectures backend modernes & microservices - Plateformes data (Snowflake, DBT, Lakehouse…) - Recommandation personnalisée / ML / IA - Cloud & migrations (AWS, GCP, Azure) - Scalabilité, performance, SRE, CI/CD   Perspectives d'évolution - L’opportunité rare de construire une practice stratégique, avec visibilité, responsabilité et potentiel d’évolution vers un rôle de Partner, - Au sein d’une entreprise tech ambitieuse, à taille humaine, qui allie excellence technique, agilité et impact réel sur les usages grand public. - Un écosystème riche (700+ experts, guildes, Academy interne) qui accélère la progression et l’autonomie. - Une culture forte : exigence, bienveillance, amélioration continue et passion du produit.   Processus de recrutement - Échange informel avec la Partner pour valider le fit et l’intérêt mutuel - Entretiens techniques adaptés au niveau du candidat - Rencontre avec le VP Engineering du groupe Theodo - Rencontre avec un Dirigeant / Partner

Scaleway

OUR STORY:   🇪🇺 Join Scaleway and shape the sovereign cloud of tomorrow ! Since 1999, we have been designing secure, sustainable infrastructures aimed at supporting the most ambitious companies.   Historically known for our dedicated servers (Dedibox), we made a strategic shift to cloud computing in 2015. Staying true to our principles of simplicity, flexibility, and technical excellence, we have become one of the leading players in Europe in the sector.   With the rise of artificial intelligence, we have strengthened our commitment, supported by the Iliad Group, which is investing €3 billion to develop a serious, sovereign AI alternative to American and Asian giants.   Every day, thanks to our fast-growing portfolio of cloud and AI products (bare metal, containerization, serverless, AI, etc.), Scaleway proudly serves thousands of customer across the private and public sector, from corporations like France Télévisions or Hachette Livre, to fast-growing startups like Photoroom and Biolevate, to institutions like the City of Copenhagen.   📍 Our offices are located in Paris, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux and Lyon.   WHY WE NEED YOU? Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Marketplace team to build a brand-new product from the ground up, managing the creation and distribution of core artifacts like OS images and container images. Your mission will be to lead and develop the software components and architecture for our Marketplace platform in order to deliver a scalable, diverse, and high-performance product offering to all Scaleway users. YOUR FUTURE TEAM We work in a collaborative and international environment where the diversity of Scalers, combined with a spirit of sharing, helps bring new projects to life every day, advancing our ambitions together. You will be part of a team of initially 1 person (yourself), with the objective to recruit and grow the team to approximately 5 to 10 engineers. As this is a new initiative, you will work closely with Product Management (Marie Debard) and Engineering leadership to define the technical vision. YOUR DAILY ROUTINE Tasks Design and develop the Marketplace platform architecture from scratch Implement backend services primarily using Go and SQL Create and manage the lifecycle of artifacts, including OS and container images Develop and maintain robust APIs to power Marketplace features Architect distributed systems focused on high scalability and microservices Collaborate cross-functionally with Core Engineering and Product teams Participate in the definition of technical specifications and product roadmaps Ensure code quality through rigorous testing and documentation Recruit, mentor, and lead the future members of the Marketplace engineering team Balance hands-on development with strategic engineering management     ABOUT YOU HARDSKILLS: Strong proficiency in Go and experience with Python Solid experience in SQL and database management Expertise in Linux system administration and internals Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes Proven track record in building APIs and Distributed Architectures Deep understanding of Microservices and Scalability Proficiency with Git and CI/CD workflows Experience in creating and managing artifacts (OS images, containers) SOFT SKILLS: High level of autonomy and ownership Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset Adaptability to a fast-evolving, "start-up" style project environment Excellent leadership and communication skills Pragmatic and results-oriented approach   WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SCALEWAY ++++ 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. 🚀 Why join the Scaleway adventure? ✔ A rich and diverse product offering: Scaleway offers over 100 public cloud products in IaaS, PaaS, and AI. ✔ A cutting-edge technical environment: Scaleway provides modern infrastructures, including high-performance bare metal servers, to tackle exciting technical challenges. ✔ Commitment to responsible cloud: Scaleway is dedicated to a more responsible cloud, with data centers powered solely by renewable energy since 2017, minimizing our ecological footprint and holding top-level certification.   🔜 THE NEXT STEPS … Discovery call with a recruiter (30 min) Interview with the manager, to understand your technical skills and approach to the role (45 min) Technical deep dive (Use Case) to validate your expertise with team experts Interview with the Head of Tribe/Product to deepen discussions and assess your fit with the team (45 min) HR interview to tour our offices and meet your future colleagues