Cypher Software Engineer - Optimizing Graph Queries

Neo4j, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j, Inc. in the United States is hiring a Cypher Software Engineer to help optimize the query planner and expand Cypher capabilities across the database, parser to storage.

You will work on performance-focused development, profiling, benchmarking, and collaboration in an Agile environment with potential Scala exposure.

The role offers a distributed team setup, opportunities to impact a leading graph database platform and production-grade systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing code.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes (TDD, kanban/scrum, pair programming).
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn Scala.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and optimize the query planner for Cypher.
• Contribute to the development of features that extend Cypher language capabilities and Neo4j database.
• Work across the codebase from parser to storage files and indexes, anticipating edge cases in design.

Skills

Performance-driven development

Agile development

Scala

Education

Bachelor's or deeper Computer Science

Tools

Java

Job description

Neo4j, Inc. in the United States is hiring a Cypher Software Engineer to help optimize the query planner and expand Cypher capabilities across the database, parser to storage.

You will work on performance-focused development, profiling, benchmarking, and collaboration in an Agile environment with potential Scala exposure.

The role offers a distributed team setup, opportunities to impact a leading graph database platform and production-grade systems.