Engineering Manager
About the job
- A successful first experience managing a software or data team.
- Substantial experience as a senior software engineer, ideally as a full-stack developer.
- Strong interest in people, care, and leadership.
- Ability to share knowledge and help colleagues develop.
- Good command of French.
- Willingness to remain hands-on and contribute code while the team grows.
- Manage a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, data engineers, and machine learning engineers.
- Motivate the team, support its performance, help colleagues develop soft skills such as communication and leadership, and support their career progression.
- Ensure squad projects are tracked and delivered on time and at the expected quality level.
- Work closely with Doctrine's other engineering managers.
- Challenge technical decisions, help team members grow technically, support the team in meeting its objectives, and help resolve technical blockers.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the business challenges faced by team members to support day-to-day technical credibility.
- Spanish language knowledge is desirable because the manager will work with a team handling data in Spain.
About the company
Doctrine provides PHP libraries for database storage and object mapping, most notably the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) and the Database Abstraction Layer (DBAL). These open-source tools help PHP developers interact with databases by mapping PHP objects to database tables and by offering a unified API for database operations. The project is widely used across PHP frameworks such as Symfony, Laravel, and Laminas, and is maintained by a volunteer community under the MIT license. Unlike proprietary DB tools, Doctrine is funded through donations and sponsorships, and it also engages the developer community through blogs, events, and consulting. The goal is to give PHP developers stable, flexible database management capabilities and a reliable open-source ecosystem.
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Founded
2006
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Doctrine 3.4.0 shipped last week, signaling active feature delivery for modern PHP.
- Doctrine pushed ORM 2 EOL from February 2026 to at least February 2027.
- Packagist shows DBAL major 3 adoption around 60 percent, strengthening upgrade momentum.
What critics are saying
- ORM 2 support ends after February 2027, forcing upgrades across downstream applications.
- ORM 3 adoption sits at 25-30 percent, delaying ecosystem convergence and support simplification.
- DBAL 4 and ORM 3 deprecations break legacy code, creating migration toil for maintainers.
What makes Doctrine unique
- Doctrine ORM and DBAL anchor PHP persistence across Symfony, Laravel, and Laminas.
- Doctrine 3.4.0 added PHP 8.4 native lazy objects and property hooks support.
- Doctrine’s 2026 sponsorship program funds maintainers, infrastructure, swag, and conference travel.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Professional Development Budget
- Health Insurance
- Gym Membership
- Commuter Benefits
- Meal Benefits