Senior Graph Systems Engineer - Remote/Hybrid

TigerGraph; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Hybrid in-office 2-3 days

Job summary

TigerGraph, a leading graph database platform for real-time analytics and ML on connected data, is hiring a senior software engineer to architect and evolve distributed systems.

The role focuses on data ingestion, indexing, and low-latency query pipelines, with responsibilities including production issue resolution, design reviews, mentoring, and driving engineering best practices. Remote work is primary, with potential hybrid arrangements for local candidates in Milpitas, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep hands-on experience with vector databases or similarity search libraries.
• Experience with graph databases and query languages like Cypher.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts: consensus, replication, sharding, fault tolerance.
• Strong programming fundamentals; proficient in C++ or Go.
• Familiar with Kafka, ETCD or similar technologies.
• Proactive and collaborative team player with strong communication skills.
• Open to AI-assisted engineering practices to improve productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems for graph data.
• Drive optimization of data ingestion, indexing, and query pipelines, leading performance analysis and scalability improvements for low-latency, high-throughput workloads.
• Lead the diagnosis and resolution of complex production issues, driving root cause analysis, operational improvements, and preventive engineering practices.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and driving engineering best practices across the team.
• Other responsibilities as required.

Skills

Graph database

Distributed systems

C++

Go

Kafka

AI-assisted engineering

Code reviews

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cypher

Docker

gRPC

REST APIs

ETCD

Job description

TigerGraph, a leading graph database platform for real-time analytics and ML on connected data, is hiring a senior software engineer to architect and evolve distributed systems.

The role focuses on data ingestion, indexing, and low-latency query pipelines, with responsibilities including production issue resolution, design reviews, mentoring, and driving engineering best practices. Remote work is primary, with potential hybrid arrangements for local candidates in Milpitas, CA.