Bare Metal Systems Engineer

🇪🇺 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.

Our growth is driving us to strengthen our Hardware & Bare Metal team to accelerate the automation of our server lifecycle and ensure operational excellence on our bare metal infrastructure.

Your mission will be to design, build, and maintain low-level infrastructure tools and processes in order to deliver scalable, reliable, and automated provisioning for our bare metal servers.

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 8 DevOps engineers (currently 5 active on this scope), working across the full stack of bare metal systems and automation. The team collaborates closely with Hardware Support, Hardware Design, Network, Admin Console, and Gateway teams.

Work is organized in Agile sprints (2 weeks) with all the rituals in place: daily stand-ups, grooming, retrospectives, closings/openings, and bi-weekly 1:1s.

Manager : Erwan Paillard is an Engineering Manager at Scaleway with over 5 years of leadership experience. He leads the BareMetal team and brings strong expertise in backend development (Go, Python) and distributed systems, combining deep technical skills with proven management capabilities in high-demand environments.

Tasks

- Automate OS/image build processes (legacy BIOS, UEFI)

- Debug installation, BIOS, or BMC issues with support from hardware teams

- Build and improve features for provisioning, cleaning, and full server lifecycle management

- Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitLab)

- Write, test, and maintain infrastructure automation code (Packer, PXE, TFTP, cloud-init)

- Collaborate with peers through code reviews and pair programming

- Troubleshoot bugs and suggest clean, scalable solutions

- Contribute to improving team tooling, documentation, and engineering practices

SOFTSKILLS : 

- Strong autonomy and ownership mindset

- Excellent team spirit and remote collaboration habits

- Clear and proactive communicator

- Rigorous and structured in approach

- Curious and eager to learn from peers and infrastructure challenges

💻 HARDSKILLS

- Strong experience with Linux system internals and image building (live-build, cloud-init, etc.)

- Deep understanding of bare metal infrastructure, including BIOS and BMC

- Hands-on experience with Docker, PXE boot, TFTP, GitLab CI/CD, and Packer

- Familiarity with automation and provisioning workflows

- Bonus: Experience with Go and Redfish/Guestfish tooling

- 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 interview to validate your expertise (1h)

- Interview with the Head of the Tribe to deepen your discussions and assess your fit with the team (45 min)

- HR interview to tour our offices and meet your future colleagues