Software Engineer - Cloud Platform (Networks)

Neo4j, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j, Inc. is expanding its Aura team and seeks experienced Software Engineers with Kubernetes to design, develop, and maintain the cloud networking foundation powering our globally scaled SaaS. You will shape a bold roadmap and influence performance, reliability, and scale.

You will work with Google Cloud, AWS and Azure, code in Go, and operate software on Kubernetes in a 24/7 environment. Knowledge of DNS, TLS/mTLS, Envoy proxies and CI/CD pipelines will help you deliver robust cloud

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Agile software development within a team environment.
• Go programming experience.
• Experience building and operating software on Kubernetes.
• Cloud Networking and Kubernetes Networking fundamentals.
• Experience in a 24/7/365 SaaS environment.
• Solid understanding of DNS, TLS, mTLS, SNI and L4/L7 proxies (Envoy).
• Build and deployment pipelines with continuous delivery.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to design, develop, and maintain the cloud networking foundation powering our solutions.
• Partner with Neo4j’s cloud organization to shape and deliver the Aura roadmap.
• Address engineering challenges to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud networking

DNS TLS mTLS

Agile development

SaaS operations

Tools

Envoy

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Job description

About Neo4j

Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter. Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business.

Vision

At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data. As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.

The Team

The managed cloud offering from Neo4j is called Aura (DBaaS) and we are now looking to expand our Aura team with more skilled Engineers. As of today, Aura is running hundreds of managed Kubernetes clusters in production across multiple CSPs and brings the power of the Neo4j Graph Intelligence Platform. Now, we are looking for experienced Software Engineers with Kubernetes experience to join our Networking team to develop the system further to handle future load and functionality.

The Role

Collaborate with your team to design, develop, and maintain the cloud networking foundation that powers our cutting‑edge solutions. Partner closely with teams across Neo4j’s cloud organization, Aura, to shape and deliver an ambitious roadmap for cloud networking as we scale globally. Tackle complex and exciting engineering challenges in a rapidly growing area of focus, where your work will directly influence the performance, reliability, and scalability of our platform.

Required areas of experience

• Advanced knowledge of Google Cloud, AWS and/or Azure
• Agile software development within a team environment
• Good working knowledge of Go
• Experience building and operating software on Kubernetes
• Cloud Networking and Kubernetes Networking fundamentals
• Working in a 24/7/365 SaaS environment
• Solid understanding of DNS, TLS, mTLS, SNI and L4/L7 Proxies (Envoy)
• Build and deployment pipelines employing continuous delivery

Nice to have areas of experience

• Multi Tenancy Environments
• GCP Private Service Connect
• AWS/Azure PrivateLink
• Writing Kubernetes Operators
• Kubernetes internal networks (Cilium, eBPF, Traefik, Calico, Linkerd, Istio, Consul)
• Kubernetes network security
• Architecting for high availability

Why Join Neo4j?

Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph intelligence platform in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j. Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years. Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world‑class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well‑funded database companies in history. 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others. Co‑founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success. Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers. Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues. One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career‑defining experience.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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