Doctrine
Open-source PHP ORM and DBAL libraries
Account Manager
Hybrid role in Milan; up to three days remote per week depending on team.
About the job
- You have at least 2 years of experience in sales, customer success, or account management.
- Native in Italian, with proficiency in French or English.
- Ensure the onboarding and training of new customers on our platform, guaranteeing an optimal user experience.
- Generate additional ARR and drive growth by addressing new client needs and strategically expanding accounts.
- Build strong relationships by being the main point of contact for your clients (users and decision-makers). Understand their needs and anticipate their business concerns.
- Prevent and minimize churn. Analyze relevant data to make the best recommendations, ensuring proper adoption and optimal usage of Doctrine.
- Customer feedback is precious. Collect and share client insights with internal technical and product teams to drive continuous improvement. Encourage client participation in case studies, testimonials, presentations, and events.
- You love to sell and convince your interlocutors: you don't stop until you hear a 'yes.' You understand clients' core challenges, demonstrate product value, offer tailored solutions, and expertly identify upselling opportunities.
- You combine strong commercial instinct with consultative selling skills. You deeply understand business challenges, articulate ROI clearly, and position value with confidence.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in a clear, assertive way. You have great active listening skills, the ability to explain complex concepts simply, You can't wait to pick up the phone and chat with them.
- You are autonomous, curious, learn quickly, and thrive in a dynamic, evolving scale-up environment.
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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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
Company News
Last week Doctrine Project has released Doctrine 3.4.0 which primarily adds support for PHP 8.4 functionality:
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