Software Engineer - IAM, Aura

Neo4j, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j, Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management to architect, implement, and manage enterprise IAM strategies for Aura. You will work with security, development, infrastructure, and product teams to consolidate IAM capabilities across critical applications and systems.

The role requires strong technical skills, a passion for IAM, and collaboration across teams to build secure, scalable IAM solutions while adhering to regulatory requirements like SOC 2.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend development or software engineering experience.
• Experience with IAM systems (Okta, Auth0, Ping Identity, Oracle OAM, AWS IAM, Azure AD/Entra ID).
• Deep understanding of IAM principles, authentication/authorization protocols, and identity lifecycle management.
• Solid grasp of identity security frameworks, protocols, and secure design patterns.

Responsibilities

• IAM Architecture & Implementation: shape IAM roadmap and design architecture across Aura.
• Develop and maintain scalable IAM solutions including identity governance and authentication frameworks.
• Authentication & Authorization: implement tooling for protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, MFA); manage lifecycle (SCIM).
• Security & Compliance: apply zero trust and ensure SOC 2 compliance.
• Collaboration & Leadership: mentor team members; document for technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

IAM Architecture

OAuth2/OIDC/SAML

RBAC/ABAC

Python/Go

Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure

Security & Compliance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Okta

Auth0

LDAP

JWT

SPIFFE/SPIRE

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.

The Team:

Neo4j’s managed cloud offering, Aura, brings the power of graph databases to the cloud. We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management to architect, implement, and manage enterprise IAM strategies. This role requires strong technical skills and a keen interest in the identity and access management (IAM) domain and is a good fit for someone who enjoys working with different teams to build secure, scalable, and compliant IAM solutions for AuraDB. You will work closely with security architecture, development, infrastructure, and product teams to consolidate IAM capabilities across critical applications and systems. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in both planning and hands-on execution.

The Role:

• IAM Architecture & Implementation Contribute to shaping the IAM roadmap and design an architecture that brings together the IAM domains across Aura.
• Develop and maintain scalable IAM solutions including identity governance and authentication frameworks.
• Authentication & Authorization Implement and manage tooling for configuring authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, MFA) and lifecycle management (SCIM). Integrate with enterprise SSO providers (Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity, etc). Design and implement relevant access control paradigms for differing business use cases (RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, ReBAC, FGA). Manage application authentication via Auth0. Develop access control policies based on least privilege principles. Support various authentication and encryption methods: JWT, service accounts, workload identity including SPIFFE/SPIRE, client credentials, mTLS, request signing.
• Security & Compliance Apply zero trust principles and secure identity patterns for internal/external systems. Assess and manage IAM attack surfaces and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (SOC 2).
• Collaboration & Leadership Collaborate with engineering, UX, and business stakeholders using Agile methodologies. Mentor team members on IAM technologies and best practices. Produce clear, well-structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience:

• Required 7+ years of backend development or software engineering experience.
• Familiarity and exposure to software development with IAM systems (Okta, Auth0, Ping Identity, Oracle Access Manager, AWS IAM, Azure AD/Entra ID).
• Deep understanding of IAM principles, authentication/authorization protocols, and identity lifecycle management.
• Solid grasp of identity security frameworks, protocols, and secure design patterns.
• Experience with Python or GoLang.
• Experience with at least one of the major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Preferred 3+ years of professional experience in Identity and Access Management. Familiarity with Kubernetes #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.

• 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.
• 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…