Senior Backend Engineer - Mobile Apps (All Genders)

Your mission is to power a world-class mobile experience used by millions. As one of two backend engineers in the mobile apps team, you will drive the architecture and feature creation. You'll join a high-velocity team determined to crack the code of the next social platform to come. We value extreme ownership: you take full responsibility for your scope, driving critical projects autonomously from start to impact.

Missions :

• Design and scale geo-distributed backend services and API-centric systems (REST & GraphQL).
• Demonstrate full ownership and proactivity regarding performance, reliability, scalability, and observability.
• Continuously innovate and evolve architecture (async, event-driven, messaging) to improve the tech stack.
• Drive feature development through shared product ownership, taking calculated risks and smart shortcuts to maximize business impact.
• Collaborate closely with Front/Mobile teams, Product, and QA Engineers with a strong team spirit.
• Act as a key driver of engineering and product culture, pushing the entire team toward global excellence.

Tech Stack :

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

• Strong backend programming skills with deep knowledge of Python (asyncio) and managing 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 and constantly finding relevant shortcuts with a pragmatic approach to delivery
• Fluent in English.

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