Senior Analytics Engineer (All Genders)

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

Dailymotion is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to strenghten our Analytics team within the Data department. This cross-functional team—composed of Data Product Managers, Analysts, and Analytics Engineers— is responsible for delivering end-to-end data solutions: from ingestion pipelines and transformation logic, to analytics products powering both internal and client-facing experiences. Our mission: build a modern data ecosystem that empowers autonomous, data-driven decisions and drives value across all products and business units.

As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will help define the vision for analytics at scale, drive data architecture decisions, and mentor fellow engineers. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to shape Dailymotion’s data culture and contribute to a dynamic ecosystem that powers decision-making across the entire organization.

Your responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Data Product Managers, Analysts, Engineers, Business & Product stakeholders) to understand needs, define data requirements, and deliver impactful data products.
• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable data models and transformation logic that translate business needs into trusted, reusable assets.
• Own and continuously improve analytics pipelines — from data ingestion to transformation and delivery — ensuring performance and reliability.
• Mentor junior team members and act as a go-to expert on core business entities, data modeling strategies, and analytical architecture.
• Establish and uphold best practices in analytics engineering, ensuring data quality, scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency through monitoring and optimization.
• Document and catalog key business concepts (datamarts, dimensions, metrics, business rules) to promote data discoverability and support governance initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on core datasets and coach internal users on SQL and analytics best practices.
• Contribute to Dailymotion’s AI and advanced analytics strategy by experimenting with new tools, proposing innovative processes, and exploring emerging technologies.

Our Stack

You’ll work in a modern data environment powered by Google Cloud Platform, including:

• DataLake: BigQuery
• Orchestration: Airflow
• Containerization & Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, JenkinsX
• Data Modeling & Transformation: SQL, dbt
• Data Quality & Observability: Sifflet
• Data discoverability: Coalesce Catalog
• BI / Reporting: Looker, LookerStudio, Amplitude

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data analytics or analytics engineering
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate functional requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
• Experience designing and maintaining analytics pipelines, from ingestion to production-ready datasets
• Proficient in data modeling (star, snowflake, medallion) and in writing robust technical specifications
• Skilled in at least one programming language such as Python, Golang (preferred), or Java
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms, especially BigQuery and/or Snowflake
• Proven track record in data quality monitoring, anomaly detection, and implementing observability solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive, team-oriented mindset with a passion for innovation and mentorship
• Fluent in English

If you’re passionate about building high-quality data products, enabling self-service analytics, and exploring new technologies—we’d love to hear from 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: Issy-Les-Moulineaux

• Start Date: Asap

• Contract Type: 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, 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