Senior Software Engineer - job 1 of 2

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build and run applications anywhere—on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 new developers signing up to use MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

Our Database Experience (DBX) Team

The Database Experience team builds the libraries and tools that developers use day-to-day working with MongoDB. Our mission is to increase developer adoption, satisfaction and retention by providing a reliable, enjoyable interface for developers and other end-users.

Our senior engineers are typically specialists in a particular programming language, but are capable of contributing to projects in other languages as well.

For our PHP team, we are looking to hire an engineer in EMEA for a fully remote position. You will be joining a team of three engineers to help streamline and increase the adoption of MongoDB in the PHP community.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Paris for our hybrid working model.

In This Role You Will…

• Design and develop features for the MongoDB Laravel Integration
• Build features for the MongoDB Driver for PHP to better support framework integrations
• Support our Developer Relations, Documentation, and Education teams in creating high-quality content for Laravel developers
• Seek out speaking and writing opportunities to engage with the Laravel Community

You’re Right For This Role If You…

• Enjoy creating libraries to allow developers build and ship applications faster
• Think developers deserve better tools for working with databases
• Advocate for testing and agile, iterative software development
• Are passionate about Open Source, including giving back to the community
• Enjoy working in a small, distributed team (France, Germany, NYC)

For This Role You Must Have…

• 5+ years of experience working with the Laravel framework
• Significant experience working with PHP
• Experience with databases, relational or non-relational
• Experience with testing and static analysis
• Good written and spoken English communication skills

It Helps If You Have…

• Contributed to Laravel or a similar open source project
• Good knowledge of the internals of Eloquent
• Worked with MongoDB and the document model
• Have experience with tools in the Laravel ecosystem, like Telescope or Scout

Success Measures

• Within three months, you will be contributing effectively day-to-day, fixing bugs, implementing planned features, and thoroughly reviewing your colleagues’ pull requests
• Within six months, you will contribute to the roadmap and lead the design and specification of new features. You will have the trust of the team and our customers
• Within a year, you will have made significant contributions to our codebase, and will be taking the lead in designing new features and presenting them to our customers at community events

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Req ID: 1263083620