Senior Software Engineer - Managed database

Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Database & Data Platform team to increase our capacity to deliver new features and improve the reliability and robustness of our managed databases service.

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.

• 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.

• 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