Engineer Director – Dailymotion Mobile Apps (All Genders)

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

Your first mission is to shape a team that moves fast. A team able to run bold, innovative experiments while building rock-solid features that scale. You will foster a culture where innovation meets excellence. A spirit fueled by ambition, energy, and the drive to create a world-class product.

As Engineering Lead, you’ll work directly with our iOS, Android, and backend engineers (8 people today). You’ll lead by example, make key technical decisions, and work alongside the team to turn vision into reality. You’ll have full autonomy to shape how we build and grow, working hand in hand with Product. Together with QA and Design, you’ll deliver an app experience that’s fast, smooth, and loved by millions.

What You’Ll Do:

• Own the delivery of the product vision
• Make key technical calls, balancing innovation and tech debt
• Lead and support your team, encouraging ownership and collaboration
• Establish clear performance objectives and provide guidance to ensure team alignment with business and technical goals
• Continuously improve the way your team work—improving workflows, tools, and ways of building
• Provide technical direction that influences the entire company

Qualifications

• Strong track record building and scaling high-quality consumer apps
• Proven experience leading iOS and Android teams
• Expertise in streaming video, media frameworks, and performance optimization
• Sharp eye for UX and a strong passion in crafting great user experiences

Additional Information

Dailymotion is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We value inclusion and we want you to help us thrive for a more diverse community.
All our job offers are open to people with disabilities or impairments, and we actively encourage everyone to apply. If you have any accessibility needs or require any accommodations for the hiring process, please let us know in advance so that we can make any necessary arrangements.

• Location: Paris
• Start Date: ASAP
• Contract Type: CDI

🔍Want to learn more about us:

• Dailymotion.Com

• New-York office - BuiltIn
• Offices in France - Welcome to the Jungle

• Our Articles

For The France Offices :

🏡Hybrid Work Framework, depending especially on the needs of your position, ability to work 3 months abroad

💰 Saving Plan Canal +

🍼  Paternity leave or Coparental leave extended 

🕶️  Living Employee Culture (Events/Trainings/Parties/All hands,…) 

🚀  Career development support (training/internal mobility/compensation cycle/360 feedback review …)

🏥  High-end Health Insurance and Personal Services Vouchers (CESU)

⛱️  Paid Time off – RTT and Saving time plan (CET)

✅  Meal Vouchers – Public Transport and Bike refund 

🎡 European Economic and Social Committee (sport membership/cinemas vouchers/gift vouchers/discount) 

⚽Fitness Subscription thanks to our partnership with Gymlib