Jeremy Mikola
Software Engineer at MongoDB
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJeremy Mikola is a seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience, currently building core systems at MongoDB from Hoboken, NJ. He specializes in backend engineering, database drivers/ODMs, and Symfony ecosystem integrations, with deep hands-on work across MongoDB’s PHP driver, libbson, and Doctrine MongoDB projects. Jeremy’s contributions span performance-focused data model refactors, robust test and error-handling improvements, and practical DevOps fixes—often improving compatibility across drivers and versions. He’s an active open-source maintainer in high-profile projects like the official MongoDB drivers and Symfony components, frequently tackling subtle bugs and refactors that boost reliability and query performance. Earlier work includes security and session subsystems, image and logging integrations, and research on virtualized network testbeds, showing a mix of systems-level and application-level expertise. Collectedly, his career blends production-grade database engineering with careful testing and documentation, making complex storage and integration concerns predictable and maintainable.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BS/MS, Computer Science, BS/MS, Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (93)
url-routing10
restructuredtext10
testing10
http10
csrf10
authentication10
process-management10
c1110
geojson10
phpunit10
security10
c1710
elasticsearchquery10
aws-elasticsearch10
bson10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
doctrine/mongodb
Jan 2012 - Jul 2017
PHP MongoDB Abstraction Layer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 411 commits, 19 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy's commits primarily focused on enhancing the query builder for the MongoDB abstraction layer. Their work included implementing polygon bound queries, adding tests for box and center bounds queries, and incorporating support for GeoJSON geometry for geospatial queries. The user also addressed issues related to database command options and command cursor preparation, demonstrating contributions to core functionalities of the library.
mongophpphp-mongodbdatabasenette
mongodb/mongo-php-library
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
The Official MongoDB PHP library
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 releases, 1048 reviews, 703 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily focused on improving the official MongoDB PHP library's GridFS functionality, refactoring the buffering mechanism by replacing memory streams with strings. Contributions included implementing features for the upload and download streams, like determining file size and handling resumable operations for improved efficiency. The user also implemented critical error handling and improvements to the stream functionality, making it more robust. Additionally, the user fixed inconsistencies in operations that use write concerns.
phpphp-mongodbmongodb-driverphp-librarymongodb
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