Senior Backend Engineer - Graph Analytics & APIs

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the core intelligence of GraphAware Hume, a graph-powered analytics platform. You will build scalable APIs, design secure access controls, and orchestrate analytics workflows in a remote-first environment.

You’ll bring 8+ years in backend systems, deep Java knowledge, Spring experience, and a strong security mindset, with exposure to CI/CD, Docker, and data modeling for relational and graph databases.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in backend systems and large-scale applications.
• Fluency in Java with solid software engineering principles (Clean Architecture, DDD, TDD).
• Spring or similar frameworks for secure, modular APIs.
• Experience designing data models (relational and graph-based).
• CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and automated deployment workflows.
• Strong security mindset with knowledge of OWASP vulnerabilities.
• Comfortable with remote team collaboration and asynchronous tools.

Responsibilities

• Build APIs for intuitive user interaction with complex data.
• Design secure, scalable access control systems for mission-critical environments.
• Orchestrate workflows to automate graph analytics, inference, and real-time insights.
• Optimize application performance and collaborate with engineers to ensure smooth UX.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design with the team.

Skills

Backend systems

Java

Spring

DDD

TDD

CI/CD

Security mindset

Remote collaboration

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

Neo4j

Job description

Neo4j is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the core intelligence of GraphAware Hume, a graph-powered analytics platform. You will build scalable APIs, design secure access controls, and orchestrate analytics workflows in a remote-first environment.

You’ll bring 8+ years in backend systems, deep Java knowledge, Spring experience, and a strong security mindset, with exposure to CI/CD, Docker, and data modeling for relational and graph databases.