Database Migrations Engineer - EMEA

Laravel is the most popular PHP framework in the world. 500M+ lifetime downloads. Thousands of packages. A developer community that shows up at conferences, in forums, on Twitter, in Discord servers, in every "what framework should I use?" thread on the internet.

But Laravel is more than a framework. It's a complete platform. From choosing a stack, to building an app, to deploying it, monitoring it, and scaling it. Laravel Cloud is our managed PaaS, and enterprise customers moving onto it face a common, stubborn blocker: database migration. We need someone who solves that problem directly.

• Genuine strength across both MySQL and Postgres. We are deliberately optimising for ~80% capability in each over 100% in one. Database specialists tend to plant a flag, and we need coverage across both camps.
• Direct experience with database migrations in a customer-facing capacity. You have been on the calls, you have run the process alongside engineers and customers, and you are comfortable owning the technical execution rather than advising on it.
• A productisation instinct. You see the repeatable pattern inside bespoke work and know how to package it without over-engineering.
• Strong written and async communication. We are fully remote and documentation is how knowledge compounds.
• Comfort operating in a role where part of the scope is yours to define. There is a clear immediate need, and you will also be shaping what the function looks like from here.

• Experience at a database tooling or infrastructure company - PlanetScale, Percona, Vitess, or similar
• Experience building tooling or automation around migration workflows
• Familiarity with AWS-based infrastructure or PaaS environments
• Experience with AWS DMS or comparable migration tooling — DMS has a role in certain migrations and prior use is a strong signal of hands-on production database migration experience
• A track record of writing, speaking, or teaching publicly about database topics
• Some familiarity with PHP applications