Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Platform squad
About the job
- Significant experience as a full-stack engineer building frontends and application programming interfaces, potentially with different levels of seniority across backend and frontend work.
- Very good knowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, React or another frontend framework, and NestJS or another server-side framework.
- Interest in infrastructure as code.
- Very good knowledge of SQL.
- Interest in code quality and development best practices, including testing and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
- Familiarity with agile processes and a product-oriented approach.
- Commitment to building an excellent user experience.
- Commitment to delivering highly reliable and highly available applications.
- Propose changes to the software architecture in terms of frameworks and tools, and participate in implementing them.
- Maintain and evolve the authentication and authorization of the company’s platforms, including single sign-on support and its user experience.
- Automate application deployments to make product teams more autonomous.
- Improve developer experience and productivity across product teams.
- Participate in the squad on-call rotation to ensure the availability of doctrine.fr.
- Perform code reviews and write tests to maintain quality standards.
- Instrument code so that it can be monitored in production.
- Contribute to infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Implement and maintain information systems and information management systems.
- Write technical documentation.
- Share and consolidate internal best practices and contribute to the Engineering strategy.
- Participate in the Software Engineering chapter’s internal projects to improve processes and long-term vision.
- Participate in recruiting through technical tests or interviews.
- A willingness to share knowledge and give feedback to help colleagues develop further.
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
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Company News
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