Software Engineer - Connectors

Neo4j; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j is seeking a skilled software engineer to join the Connectors team. You will design and implement connectors for the Neo4j database, build and maintain connectors for a range of technologies, and design streaming APIs to speed data ingestion.

You’ll collaborate with other teams to improve core features and may build front-ends for integrations when needed. Applicants should have 5+ years of production-grade software development experience, be proficient in Kotlin/Java/Go, and have exposure

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing production-level software.
• Experience designing multi-threaded systems and algorithms.
• Hands-on with backend languages such as Kotlin, Java, or Go.
• Experience with distributed streaming platforms and data processing pipelines.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be part of designing and architecting connectors for the Neo4j database.
• Build and maintain new and existing connectors for various technologies.
• Design new streaming and data ingestion APIs to improve Neo4j usability.
• Collaborate across teams to enhance core database features.
• Occasionally build front-ends for connectors or integrations requiring user interaction.

Skills

Backend programming

Kotlin/Java/Go

Multi-threaded design

Kafka

Spark/Beam

Cloud data warehousing

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Beam

Redshift

BigQuery

Job description

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.

Our 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:
In the Connectors team, we have six engineers. Our work enables Neo4j to connect with the data ecosystem, facilitating the movement of data from other systems into a graph for analysis and returning the results to various business systems.
We build on a vast variety of technological stacks, from building products on top of Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and Apache Beam to integrating Neo4j into Google Dataflow Templates and Microsoft Fabric. We also build backend components for our Data Importer product, including deployment of those into our Kubernetes-based infrastructure. At times, we also need to build frontends for our customers to interact with what we build.

The Role:

We are constantly building new or improving existing connectors for Neo4j, making our database accessible from a wider range of environments, including widely used big data and data warehouse products in the cloud and on-premise, while also helping improve the core database’s data ingestion capabilities with new features.

As a software engineer in the Connectors team, you’ll:

• Be part of designing and architecting connectors for the Neo4j database
• Build and maintain new and existing connectors for various technologies
• Design new streaming/data ingestion APIs to make Neo4j faster and easier to use for our customers
• When necessary, work across teams to enhance our core database features
• Occasionally, build front-ends for connectors or integrations that require user interaction

What you'll bring to this role:

• You have 5+ years of experience developing production-level software
• You have experience designing multi-threaded systems and algorithms
• You have hands‑on experience with backend programming languages, such as Kotlin, Java, or Go
• You ideally have professional experience developing software systems, either in cloud or on-premises, involving either of the following;
• Distributed event streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka or similar products,
• Data processing and analytics platforms, such as Apache Spark, Apache Beam, or their derivatives,
• Data warehouses in the cloud, such as AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery, and Azure Synapse etc.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j or other SQL/NoSQL databases
• Experience in frontend development, ideally with React and TypeScript

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have experience across all of these areas, since the team will have a mix of different skills.

#LI-Hybrid

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.

• 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.
• 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.

Neo4j Values:

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(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: ['Open', 'Inclusive']})
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(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: 'IntellectuallyHonest'})
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