Senior Software Engineer, PHP

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.

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

This role can be based out of our Dublin office or remotely in Ireland.

In This Role You Will

Maintain the MongoDB PHP Extension

Work with the libmongoc team to design APIs the PHP driver can leverage

Interface with PHP core developers to stay up-to-date on internal changes in the PHP language

Support our Developer Relations, Documentation, and Education teams in creating high-quality content for PHP developers

Seek out speaking and writing opportunities to engage with the PHP 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 (Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands)

For This Role You Must Have

5+ years of experience working with PHP

3+ years of experience maintaining PHP extensions

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 the PHP project itself

Have good experience with build tools like autotools and make

Worked with MongoDB and the document model

Success Measures

Within three months, you will be contributing effectively day-to-day, fixing bugs, implementing planned features, and thoroughly reviewing