Senior Backend Engineer — Core Components (Full remote France)

About the team 

The Core Toolkit team sits within Core Video & Operations and acts as a force multiplier for engineering at Dailymotion. We build the self-serve APIs platforms and operational components that every team relies on daily to ship safely and efficiently. 
 

Our scope covers four critical internal systems: 

• Administration BFF :  the central gateway for all internal operations with built-in security request traceability and full change historization 

• Async task orchestration :  the backbone of our micro-service stack handling scheduling queuing and orchestration for all asynchronous and recurring workloads across the platform 

• Feature flipping system :  managing 500 feature flags and enabling safe rollouts and experimentation across the entire platform 

• Operational logging infrastructure :  providing audit trails and observability for internal operations 

Were a small autonomous team where each engineer has real ownership and direct impact on how Dailymotion operates at scale. 

What youll do

Build and own critical infrastructure

• Take full ownership of our administration BFF  from security architecture and request traceability to change historization and API design that powers internal teams

• Lead the evolution of our async task orchestration platform  the backbone of our microservices ecosystem  making it more reliable scalable and developer-friendly

• Scale our feature flipping system to fuel experimentation across all product teams

Drive technical modernization

• Dissect legacy architectures and craft pragmatic modernization strategies  deciding what to refactor rebuild or strategically leave untouched

• Shape the technical roadmap by partnering with internal stakeholders turning their pain points into impactful improvements

Leverage cutting-edge tools and practices

• Use AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot Claude ChatGPT) strategically to accelerate delivery from development and testing to documentation and debugging

• Elevate engineering standards through thoughtful code reviews testing strategies clean documentation and active knowledge sharing

Enable and empower teams

• Support engineers across the organization by providing expert guidance on the administration API task orchestration logging systems and feature management

Our current stack

• Core Python (microservices) PHP (legacy) REST GraphQL OpenAPI
• Infrastructure Docker Kubernetes Helm AWS GCP JX (Jenkins X)
• Data Elasticsearch MySQL MongoDB RabbitMQ NSQ
• Security OAuth JWT RBAC Vault
• Observability Datadog distributed tracing GitHub

Coming soon : Go is joining the stack with multiple upcoming projects so experience with it is a strong plus

Qualifications :

Required

• 5 years of backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale

• Polyglot engineering mindset :  youve worked with multiple languages throughout your career and pick the right tool for the job (e.g. Python Go PHP Java TypeScript)

• Strong backend fundamentals : API design (REST GraphQL) authentication/authorization distributed systems async processing and queueing systems

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development workflows : you know how to use AI tools strategically while understanding their limitations

• Database expertise across relational and NoSQL systems :  data modeling query optimization and operational trade-offs

• Cloud & infrastructure fluency : (AWS GCP or Azure) with hands-on experience in containerized environments (Docker Kubernetes)

• Architectural judgment : you can dissect a legacy system identify what matters and design a pragmatic path forward

• Ownership & communication : you drive topics end-to-end and communicate clearly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

• Fluent in French (Mandatory)
   

Nice to have

• Experience migrating or modernizing legacy systems in a production environment

• Background in audit logging traceability and compliance-oriented architectures

• Familiarity with high-throughput systems handling millions of requests per day

• Strong interest and hands-on experience with Go  its a key part of Dailymotions tech stack and will be central to many upcoming projects

• English proficiency is a strong plus as its one of the main languages spoken at Dailymotion and you may collaborate with colleagues from other countries or France-based team members who dont speak French
   

Work arrangement

• This position is open to fully remote (France only) or Paris-based

• No on-call duties required

Informations supplémentaires :

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Were looking for the right person to join the team not just a perfect resume. If this role excites you but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every requirement we still want to hear from you.

Dailymotion is an equal opportunity employer. We value inclusion and want you to help us build a more diverse community. All positions are open to people with disabilities and we encourage everyone to apply. Need accommodations during the hiring process Just let us know in advance.

Interview process

• HR Interview with Marvin (30 min): Get to know each other discuss your motivations and align on role expectations

• Manager Interview with Raphaël your future manager (45 min): Deep dive into the role requirements assess your technical background and problem-solving approach and challenge your skills through concrete scenarios

• Technical Case Study (1 hour) : Work on a take-home case study followed by a presentation to Raphaël and a team member this gives you a chance to showcase your technical thinking and understand what youd be working on while helping us evaluate the fit with our needs

• Leadership Interview with N2 (1 hour) : Discuss long-term career goals understand how this role fits into Dailymotions broader strategy and explore growth opportunities within the organization

Welcome at Dailymotion 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time