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
We're seeking an exceptional VP of Engineering to lead our Studio engineering organization. Studio is the foundational platform powering all Dailymotion offerings—from our consumer and creator facing properties (Dailymotion.com, Dailymotion apps) to our enterprise solutions (Dailymotion For Business). This is a high-impact role where you'll shape the technical strategy that enables our entire product ecosystem.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team of frontend and backend engineers
- Partner with Product leadership to deliver on ambitious roadmaps with velocity, agility, and uncompromising quality
- Lead the adoption of AI-driven development practices to accelerate time-to-market and maintain competitive advantage
- Champion technical debt reduction by building compelling, data-driven cases for infrastructure investments alongside feature development
- Use data and metrics as the foundation for technical decisions, prioritization, and team performance discussions
- Create an environment where engineers thrive, take ownership, and deliver their best work
- Build strong partnerships with engineering leaders across the company to ensure seamless platform integration
- Ensure reliable, scalable delivery of features and platform capabilities that support multiple product lines
- Balance speed of delivery with code quality, system reliability, and maintainability
- Drive engineering best practices including code review, testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence
Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong technical foundation in both frontend and backend development
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing teams of 10+ engineers
- Expertise in modern web technologies, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with AI/ML tools and their application to software development workflows
- Comfort with metrics, analytics, and using data to drive decisions and communicate impact
- Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Adaptability and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
- Strong architectural thinking with experience designing scalable, distributed systems
- Experience working in high-growth environments
- Experience working in video platforms, content management systems, or media technology (preferred)
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: March
- Contract Type: CDI
🔍 Want to learn more about us:
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