Hardware Engineer; f​/m​/d

Exoscale is the leading Swiss/European cloud service provider. With services covering the full cloud infrastructure spectrum — from fast deploying virtual machines to S3‑compatible object storage — Exoscale provides a simple and scalable experience that lets its clients focus on their core business. Exoscale’s headquarters are in Lausanne, and the company fosters a dynamic, multicultural, cutting‑edge team distributed across Europe. Exoscale is growing its infrastructure footprint and is hiring a Hardware Engineer.

Location:

Lausanne, Switzerland

The Hardware Engineer plays a critical role in designing, deploying, and maintaining the physical infrastructure that powers our cloud services. Working at the intersection of hardware and software, the engineer ensures that Exoscale’s data centers operate with maximum efficiency, reliability, and performance while continually improving products.

• Design and specify hypervisor and storage chassis, servers, and hardware configurations.
• Evaluate and qualify new hardware technologies and vendors for deployment at scale.
• Develop hardware standards and best practices.
• Plan and execute hardware refresh cycles and participate in capacity expansions.
• Analyze hardware utilization and performance data to optimize configurations.
• Monitor hardware performance, reliability metrics, and failure rates across the fleet.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex hardware issues in production environments.
• Coordinate with vendors, providers, and manufacturers.
• Drive cost optimisation initiatives through hardware lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with site reliability and software engineers to optimise hardware‑software integration.
• Research emerging technologies and conduct technology watch.

• Strong understanding of x86/ARM server architectures, memory hierarchies, and I/O systems.
• Experience working in large‑scale data centre environments.
• Experience with hardware automation and monitoring tools.
• Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and hardware management tools (IPMI, BMC, etc.).
• Experience with the Open Compute Project.
• Understanding of power and cooling systems in data centres, including liquid cooling.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, and switching.
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Curious, autonomous, and eager to learn new things every day.
• Team player comfortable working in a distributed team.
• Good written and spoken English communication skills.

• Flexible working hours.
• Autonomous working conditions with significant freedom to create and innovate.
• Collaborative culture, working alongside talented engineers in a supportive environment.
• Modern working atmosphere and centrally located office with excellent public‑transport connection.
• Team events, plus training and further education opportunities.
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic, multicultural, cutting‑edge team distributed across Europe.
• Candidates who are not familiar with all the topics above but are willing to learn are encouraged to apply.

We are looking forward to your application!