Engineer Neo4j Aura (Cloud Graph Database)

Senior Software Engineer / Platform Engineer – Neo4j Aura (Cloud Graph Database)

Location: London or Edinburgh (Hybrid / Remote within UK)

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong Neo4j Aura expertise to design, build, and operate scalable graph-based data platforms in the cloud. You will work on high-impact systems that leverage managed Neo4j AuraDB for real-time insights, relationships, and complex data modelling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement graph data models using Neo4j AuraDB (Professional / Enterprise)

• Build and optimise Cypher queries for performance and scalability

• Integrate Neo4j Aura with cloud-native applications (REST, GraphQL, event-driven systems)

• Manage data ingestion pipelines (Kafka, Spark, ETL tools, APIs)

• Monitor, tune, and troubleshoot Neo4j Aura performance and availability

• Implement security, access control, and data governance best practices

• Collaborate with product, data, and backend teams to translate business problems into graph solutions

• Support production workloads with high availability and disaster recovery requirements

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience with Neo4j, specifically Neo4j Aura

• Expert knowledge of Cypher and graph data modelling

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Backend development experience (Java, Kotlin, Python, or Node.js)

• Understanding of distributed systems and database performance tuning

• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation, and infrastructure-as-code

Desirable / Nice to Have:

• Neo4j Certified Professional or Advanced Certification

• Experience with real-time analytics, fraud detection, recommendations, or network analysis

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, or Pulumi

• Exposure to event streaming (Kafka, Pub/Sub)

• Prior experience with regulated industries (finance, telecom, healthcare)