Staff Engineer - Tech Lead

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.
 

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

• Opening Perspectives: We love connecting different ideas and people, supporting freedom of speech, and inclusivity, and celebrating diverse cultures.
• Making Bold Moves: We’re daring and ambitious, ready to take unique steps that bring noticeable improvements to our platform.
• Building a Safer World: Empathy guides us. We care deeply about each other and are dedicated to creating a safe and supportive community.
• Creating Meaning: We spark curiosity and joy in everything we do, feeling proud of our work and eager to share that fulfillment with everyone.

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

Job Description

As part of its strategic platform evolution, Dailymotion is strengthening its Core Platform team with a Staff Engineer - Technical Lead role. You will lead the technical strategy and execution for internal tools migration and legacy system transition, playing a critical role in our transformation from monolithic to cloud-native microservices architecture. 

You'll architect and maintain critical platform components while leading a dedicated squad focused on internal tooling migration. Your mission is to ensure seamless transition of internal systems, minimize disruption to internal teams, and establish migration patterns that can be replicated across the organization. Working closely with Product teams, DevOps, QA and internal stakeholders, you'll drive the technical vision for legacy modernization while mentoring engineers and enabling organizational-wide transformation. 

You'll be joining our strategic transformation program to modernize our platform, specifically leading the internal migration workstream that serves as the foundation for our entire technical evolution. 
 

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Define and drive technical strategy for internal tools migration and legacy system transition 
• Lead architecture decisions for internal API migration and system modernization 
• Design migration patterns, frameworks, and tools that can be reused across the organization 
• Establish technical standards and best practices for legacy system decommissioning 

Squad Leadership

• Lead and mentor a squad of backend engineers focused on internal migration 
• Collaborate with other squad leads to ensure cohesive platform evolution 
• Drive technical decision-making and resolve complex architectural challenges 
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement 

Migration & Modernization

• Design and execute comprehensive migration strategies for internal tools and systems 
• Build compatibility layers and transition bridges for critical internal services 
• Coordinate with internal teams to minimize disruption during migration phases 
• Lead legacy system assessment, prioritization, and decommissioning activities 
• Partner with Product teams to understand internal tooling requirements 
• Work closely with other Technical Leads to ensure platform coherence 
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams on infrastructure transition 
• Provide technical guidance and support to internal teams during migration 
• Languages: Python, PHP 
• Build compatibility layers and transition bridges for critical internal services 
• Coordinate with internal teams to minimize disruption during migration phases 
• Lead legacy system assessment, prioritization, and decommissioning activities 
• Partner with Product teams to understand internal tooling requirements 
• Work closely with other Technical Leads to ensure platform coherence 
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams on infrastructure transition 
• Provide technical guidance and support to internal teams during migration 
• Languages: Python, PHP 

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Technologies

• Messaging: RabbitMQ, Celery, NSQ 
• Databases: Elasticsearch, MySQL, MongoDB 
• APIs: GraphQL, aioHTTP, OpenAPI, FastAPI 
• Authentication: OAuth, JWT, RBAC systems 
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins 
• Security & Config: Vault 
• Observability: Datadog, distributed tracing tools
• Extensive years of backend engineering experience with Python and PHP 
• Messaging: RabbitMQ, Celery, NSQ 
• Databases: Elasticsearch, MySQL, MongoDB 
• APIs: GraphQL, aioHTTP, OpenAPI, FastAPI 
• Authentication: OAuth, JWT, RBAC systems 
• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins 
• Security & Config: Vault 
• Observability: Datadog, distributed tracing tools
• Extensive years of backend engineering experience with Python and PHP 

Qualifications

Required

• Some years in technical leadership roles, leading engineering teams or complex projects 
• Proven experience in large-scale system migration and legacy modernization projects 
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems design 
• Strong expertise in API design patterns, RESTful services, and backward compatibility 
• Experience with authentication/authorization systems (OAuth, JWT, RBAC) 
• Experience with database migration strategies and data modeling 
• Strong system architecture and technical decision-making capabilities  

Preferred

• Experience leading internal tooling or developer productivity initiatives 
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and legacy system modernization 
• Experience with change management in technical organizations 
• Understanding of API Gateway patterns and service mesh architectures 
• Experience with observability and monitoring in distributed systems 
• Background in technical program management or technical strategy 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholder management  
• Leadership and Soft Skills 
• Experience leading internal tooling or developer productivity initiatives 
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and legacy system modernization 
• Experience with change management in technical organizations 
• Understanding of API Gateway patterns and service mesh architectures 
• Experience with observability and monitoring in distributed systems 
• Background in technical program management or technical strategy 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholder management  
• Leadership and Soft Skills 
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring capabilities 
• Excellent communication skills - able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders 
• Strategic thinking and ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term vision 
• Problem-solving expertise in complex, ambiguous technical environments 
• Change management skills and experience leading organizational transformation 
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to manage multiple complex initiatives 
• Strong level of written/verbal English 

If you're passionate about technical leadership, system modernization, legacy transformation, and empowering engineering teams through better tooling and processes, we need to meet!  

At Dailymotion, we empower candidates to take action. If this job sounds like a great opportunity for you, be confident in your skills, we are always happy to meet you! If needed, we can accommodate our recruitment process for your special abilities.  

Additional Information

• Location: Flex Office in Issy Les Moulineaux
• Start Date: depending on your availabilities 
• Contract Type: Permanent   
• 🔍Want to learn more about us :

• Dailymotion.Com

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

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For The France Offices :

💰 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