Staff Engineer Tech Lead

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. 

Youll 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 youll drive the technical vision for legacy modernization while mentoring engineers and enabling organizational-wide transformation. 

Youll 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 

Cross-functional Collaboration 

• 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 

Technologies 

• Languages: Python 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

Qualifications :

Required 

• Extensive years of backend engineering experience with Python and PHP 

• 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 

• 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 youre 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 :

• New-York office - BuiltIn

• Offices in France - Welcome to the Jungle

• Our articles  

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

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time