Dailymotion

Dailymotion

Tech team

Dailymotion is building safer and more meaningful online interactions. They take on product innovation challenges such as developing more virtuous algorithms and building innovative new features. With over 100 people working in dev & product teams, the mission of Dailymotion tech teams is to build outstanding video content experiences with a focus on performance and image quality while monetizing the video content at best.

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%

Technologies and tools

    Backend

    • Python
      Python
      80%
    • Go
      Go
      50%
    • PHP
      PHP
      40%
    • Java
      Java
      20%
    • Groovy
      Groovy
      10%

    Frontend

    • Redux.js
      Redux.js
      100%
    • React JS
      React JS
      100%
    • JavaScript
      JavaScript
      100%

    Devops

    • SaltStack
      SaltStack
      100%
    • Kubernetes
      Kubernetes
      100%
    • Docker
      Docker
      100%
    • Shell
      Shell
      80%
    • Google Cloud Platform
      Google Cloud Platform
      70%
    • AWS
      AWS
      70%
    • PagerDuty
      PagerDuty
      50%
    • Prometheus
      Prometheus
      40%
    • Terraform
      Terraform
      30%
    • Bash
      Bash
      10%

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 Interview processes may vary depending on the team you are applying to, you may expect the following hiring process:

HR interview

  • Preliminary call discussion with the HR team to screen suitable profiles.

Technical Interview

  • Live coding test or test assignment, depending on the team involved.
  • Live Q&A technical questions in relation to the language(s) and tool(s) required for the job position.
  • Discussion about your previous experience and qualifications for the job

Manager interview

  • Organization framework presentation
  • Team presentation
  • Cultural and team fit assessment