Postdoc Research Engineer: Graph Databases

Neo4j, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Neo4j is expanding its UK-based team with post-doctoral researchers to build the Aurendil prototype, a radical new graph database runtime for scalable query processing. You will work across theory and implementation, shaping a next-generation system from core research to evaluation and dissemination.

Based in London, the role emphasizes collaboration with academic partners and Neo4j product teams, with visa support for exceptional international applicants.

Qualifications

• Post-doctoral researchers with a strong research track record.
• Experience designing and evaluating novel database architectures.
• Familiarity with languages such as C++, Java, or Rust is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end development of the Aurendil prototype.
• Collaborate with Neo4j product teams and academic researchers.
• Design and implement a radical new graph database runtime.

Skills

Research experience

Post-doc experience

C++/Java/Rust

Query languages

Distributed systems

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

LLVM

GraalVM

JVM

Job description

Neo4j is expanding its UK-based team with post-doctoral researchers to build the Aurendil prototype, a radical new graph database runtime for scalable query processing. You will work across theory and implementation, shaping a next-generation system from core research to evaluation and dissemination.

Based in London, the role emphasizes collaboration with academic partners and Neo4j product teams, with visa support for exceptional international applicants.