Business Development Representative
About the job
- Be a recent graduate of business school, university, or equivalent and looking to begin a sales career.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills and be a native German speaker.
- Be able to listen actively and communicate with empathy, precision, and directness.
- Be organized and self-driven, with the ability to multitask and prioritize work effectively.
- Enjoy debating and persuading people and be comfortable making phone calls.
- Present Doctrine’s value proposition to arrange meetings and demonstrations with Account Executives.
- Identify potential customers and gather relevant information about them.
- Qualify prospects and understand their needs to accelerate the sales cycle.
- Engage key decision-makers in selecting the Doctrine solution.
- Maintain strong market, prospect, and opportunity information and documentation.
- Coordinate with the Sales team and Marketing to optimize the lead acquisition strategy.
- Represent Doctrine at events organized by Marketing.
- Internship or work-study experience in sales, customer success, or another client-facing role, especially in B2B SaaS.
- Knowledge of a customer relationship management system, especially Salesforce.
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