Senior Backend Python Engineer (All Genders)

Location: Paris, IDF, fr

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

The Mission

Join a dedicated product team operating in full startup mode, building the next breakthrough social platform. We're creating something that's never existed before – and we need you to make it happen.

As a Backend Engineer in our mobile team (3 iOS devs, 3 Android devs, 2 backend devs), you'll be at the heart of product innovation. Here, code is a means, not an end: what matters is the impact on our millions of users.

We're not looking for architects obsessed with technical debt or building the perfect stack. We're looking for builders who want to iterate, test, and ship features that users love. Your code will directly power experiments that reach real audiences, giving you immediate feedback on what works and what doesn't.

What You'll Do

• Iterate at high velocity: experiment, test with our audience, then consolidate what works speed and learning over perfection
• Ship features that create real user value, taking calculated risks and smart shortcuts to maximize business impact
• Build and scale backend services and APIs (REST/GraphQL) that power a world-class mobile experience
• Collaborate closely with iOS/Android, Product, and QA teams with a shared product ownership mindset
• Evolve the architecture (async, event-driven, messaging) pragmatically to support growth without over-engineering
• Drive performance, reliability, and observability with full ownership and proactivity
• Shape the product culture and push the entire team toward excellence

You'll have the autonomy to make decisions, the freedom to experiment, and the responsibility to deliver results. This is not a role where you execute someone else's plan you'll be co-creating the product strategy.

Tech Stack

Core: Python (asyncio), FastAPI, REST/GraphQL, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker/K8s
Legacy/Bonus: PHP, Elasticsearch, MongoDB

Qualifications

The Must-Haves

• Strong backend programming skills with deep knowledge of Python (asyncio) and SQL databases
• Proven experience designing scalable APIs and event-driven architectures (queues/messaging)
• Data-driven approach to decision-making with a strong interest in analytics
• Results-oriented mindset: you constantly find relevant shortcuts and pragmatic solutions
• Fluent in English + French mandatory
• 5-10 years of experience minimum

The Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in B2C startups where you've seen products grow from 0 to 1
• Interest in AI and ML applications in consumer products
• Side projects that show your passion for building and experimenting
• Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with mobile-first architectures and constraints

What Will Really Make the Difference

This isn't about maintaining systems you'll be building a social experience with creative freedom to shape it. The ideal candidate has an experimentation mindset, product passion, and genuine ownership. You get excited about A/B test results and user metrics because you want to see your work in millions of hands. If you see code as a craft but features as the art this role is for you.

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 (Sebastopol)

• Start Date: ASAP

• Contract Type: Permanent (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

💰 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