Senior backend engineer – Creator platform - Issy-les-Moulineaux - Dailymotion

Description

Company Description

Dailymotion is more than a video app, it's a visual conversation in motion, based on a unique algorithm designed to broaden users' horizons. Dailymotion brings nuance to the debates that animate young people and puts listening, discovery, and kindness back at the heart of interactions to help build a better and safer Internet.

Dailymotion is also "Dailymotion Pro", a video hosting and broadcasting solution for professionals in all sectors; and "Dailymotion Advertising", a powerful, proprietary video advertising platform, offering a high-quality, secure environment for brands.

Our team is made up of 400 people in France, New York, and Singapore, all united by the same ambition: to visibly shake up the global video platform ecosystem.

What brings us together?

At Dailymotion, our team of talented individuals from over 40 nationalities embraces four core values every day:

• Opening perspectives -We are building bridges between different sides of the spectrum. We believe in freedom of speech, inclusivity, and a mix of cultures.
• Building a safer world -Empathy is the key to understanding alterity. Caring for each other is our driver to creating a safe community.
• Making bold moves -We are ambitious challengers. We are making against-the-flow choices to make visible changes in the platform's ecosystem
• Creating meaning -We spark joy and curiosity, we feel good about what we do and we want everyone else to feel the same fulfillment

Job Description

We're looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Engineer to join our Creator Platform team within Studio. The Creator Platform is a critical part of our Studio organization, focused on building and maintaining the tools and services that help creators succeed across the entire Dailymotion ecosystem.

As a member of this team, you'll work alongside product, design, data and other engineers on features that directly impact how creators upload, manage, monetize, and grow their content on Dailymotion. Your work will empower creators—from independent artists to major media companies—to reach their audiences and build successful channels.

This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in ambiguity, love diving into uncharted territory, and can navigate complex systems with limited documentation. If you're energized by exploration, prefer autonomy over hand‑holding, and can turn messy problems into elegant solutions—all while keeping creators' needs at the center of your work—we want to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that power creator-facing features across Dailymotion
• Work across our technology stack—primarily Python with legacy PHP systems—in both monolithic and microservices architectures
• Tackle complex technical challenges in video processing, content management, creator workflows, and platform scalability
• Make pragmatic architectural decisions, balancing technical excellence with creator needs and business objectives
• Produce clear, comprehensive technical specifications that enable seamless collaboration across multiple engineering teams
• Be highly responsive in your communications—answer questions promptly, provide timely updates, and keep stakeholders informed
• Participate actively in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and learning from others
• Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code that others can understand and build upon
• Champion engineering best practices including testing, documentation, observability, and operational excellence

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping production systems at scale
• Strong proficiency in Python. Experience with PHP (or willingness to work with legacy PHP codebases)
• Comfort leveraging AI‑assisted workflows for prototyping, debugging, testing, or documentation, with a clear understanding of their limitations and competitive advantage
• Deep understanding of backend fundamentals: APIs, databases, caching, queuing systems, distributed systems
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts, async processing, and event‑driven architectures
• Understanding of API design principles (REST, GraphQL, or similar)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools
• Comfortable with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows
• Track record of working independently and delivering results with minimal supervision
• Experience at a product company or startup where you've had to figure things out with limited resources

Key Differentiators

• Comfort with Ambiguity: You don't freeze when requirements are unclear—you ask clarifying questions and move forward with confidence despite uncertainty
• Exploratory Mindset: You're genuinely curious, love digging into unfamiliar codebases, and see investigation as part of the fun rather than a chore
• Autonomy & Initiative: You don't wait to be told what to do—you identify problems, propose solutions, and execute without constant check‑ins
• Excellent Written Communication: You can write technical specs that are clear, comprehensive, and useful to other teams
• Responsiveness: You're reliable in your communications—teammates can count on timely responses and updates from you
• Ownership Mentality: You treat the code and systems like they're yours—you care deeply about quality, reliability, and the experience of those who come after you

Additional Information

Dailymotion est fier d'être un acteur promouvant l'égalité des chances et valorisant la diversité et l'inclusion : votre rôle est clé pour nous aider à construire une communauté plus inclusive.

Toutes nos offres d'emploi sont ouvertes aux personnes en situation de handicap, et nous encourageons activement tout le monde à postuler.

Si vous avez des besoins en matière d'accessibilité ou si vous avez besoin d'aménagements pour le processus de recrutement, n'hésitez pas à nous en informer par avance afin que nous puissions prendre les dispositions nécessaires.

• Localisation: Issy-les-Moulineaux OR Valbonne
• Start Date: ASAP
• Contract Type: CDI

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