Neo4j
Software Engineer - Kubernetes & Go
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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.
Our Vision
At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.
As business, society, and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive, and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.
The Team
Neo4j’s Aura, our managed cloud offering, brings the power of graph databases to the cloud. We are seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join our Identity and Access Management team to help rebuild our IAM platform. This role is a great fit for someone with strong backend development and Kubernetes expertise and who thrives on building custom operators, controllers, and platform components. We want you to help us build secure, scalable, and compliant IAM solutions for AuraDB. Our product is deployed on all three major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
You will work closely with various product teams, infrastructure, and security to enhance management of AuraDB IAM capabilities. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in hands-on execution.
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The Role
- Build, deploy, and manage cloud-native services in Golang that serve as the backbone of our IAM platform.
- Develop custom Kubernetes operators, controllers, and resources.
- Drive the architecture of our in-flight IAM platform revamp, contributing fresh perspectives to its design and evolution.
- Secure service-to-service communication across distributed infrastructure by applying modern authentication patterns — JWT, mTLS, workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE), and client credentials.
- Produce clear, well-structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience
- 5+ years of backend development or software engineering experience.
- Experience in GoLang and Kubernetes.
- Experience with at least one of the major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure).
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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. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
- 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 Nordisk, Worldline, and others.
- Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
- Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
- A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
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One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.
Neo4j Values
Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:
- (we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships)
- (we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess)
- (we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: ['Open', 'Inclusive']})
- (we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:'Positive'})
- (we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: 'IntellectuallyHonest'})
- (we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)
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