Dailymotion SA
Tech team
Dailymotion is wants to challenge the online platform ecosystem and building safer and more meaningful online spaces. They take on product innovation challenges such as developing more virtuous algorithms and building innovative new features. With over 100 people working in dev and product teams, the mission of Dailymotion’s tech teams is to build outstanding video content experiences with a focus on performance and image quality while seamlessly monetizing the video content. To build unique experiences, Dailymotion develops its own products:
- Native Application
- Dailymotion’s Website
- Video Player
- Video Storage, Encoding, and Streaming
- In-house Monetization Platform
- Saas Player
- Data Analytics Platform
Employee breakdown
Software dev
45%
Platform
18%
Data Product
16%
Design
11%
QA
7%
Security
3%
25%
increase in the workforce over two years
Technologies and tools
Python
80%Go
50%PHP
40%Java
20%Groovy
10%Redux.js
100%React JS
100%JavaScript
100%SaltStack
100%Kubernetes
100%Docker
100%Shell
80%Google Cloud Platform
70%AWS
70%PagerDuty
50%Prometheus
40%Terraform
30%Bash
10%
Backend
Frontend
Devops
Atlassian ⚙️
Miro ⚙️
Slack ⚙️
Organization and methodologies
Dailymotion cares about their employees' well-being. To achieve their business goals while preserving teams from exhaustion and discouragement, they created their own project management framework to structure their teams and how they work.
Each cycle lasts six weeks and is divided into three sprints, plus one additional sprint for cooldown, focusing on time-to-market and day-to-day work. Each sprint has specific goals, timelines, teams, and rules:
- Discovery lanes last two weeks and aim at reducing uncertainty and defining the work to be done
- Delivery Missions last six weeks and are meant to deliver value
- Ground Lanes ensure that day-to-day business is supported within each craft
Recruitment process
While the interview process may vary from team to team, here is what you can expect:
HR interview
- A preliminary call with the HR team to get to know your potential future role, its challenges, and expectations.
Technical Interview
- A chance to demonstrate your industry knowledge and technical capabilities while being confronted with real-life situations
- The tests are adapted to each position and its particular challenges, followed by a Q&A
Manager interview
- Get tested on your experiences, role understanding, and motivation
- Learn more about the organization framework and your potential team
- A cultural and team fit assessment