Engineering Manager - Lille

About the JobEngineering Manager are keys at Scaleway. They create the conditions for engineering teams to focus on creating a cloud that makes sense. At Scaleway, we are constantly searching for engineering management talents. If you are not sure which team would fit your profile, this is where you should apply and we will come back to you.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. You won’t be 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.Minimum QualificationsEmbody the activities of Engineering within the company, and within your teamHire, manage, support and develop a team of up to ten engineers (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 teamCoordinate the team, monitor the progression of ongoing projects, organize the team’s work and sprints through ritualsMake suggestions to balance the team's workload between technical debt management, rollouts, and new projectsStrong 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 heardMonitor and optimize team velocity and its capacity to deliver quality products and services on timeEase collaboration with other Engineering teamsWork closely with our local Architect to deploy internal stacks within your products and guarantee that global engineering initiatives are used within your product process and stackStay grounded by coding as a “doer” with your team.Work on transversal initiatives within Scaleway’s Engineering Manager GuildPreferred QualificationsOpen minded and ready to adapt quicklyDemonstrate strong empathyResult-oriented attitudeClear communicationAssertiveFacilitatorDevOps mindsetTechnical SkillsAgile methodsDatabases : PostgreSQL, MySQLCloud environmentPython / GoLangDCS Systems (consul, etcd)Container TechnologiesAnsibleLinux System & Network knowledgeGitlab, CI-CDMicro-Services architecturesScriptingJira, Confluence, SlackBonus: solid knowledge of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Alicloud or GCP)LocationThis position is based in our offices in Paris or Lille (France) #J-18808-Ljbffr