Senior Data Backend Engineer (Graph, Knowledge Systems)

  • Thomas Ren Associates
  • 27/07/2026
Contractor Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Do you enjoy building high-throughput pipelines, optimizing queries, and working with cutting-edge graph databases?

Join this company and help construct the core Neo4j infrastructure powering intelligent applications.

What You'll Do

  • Build Graph Databases: Design and construct Neo4j database schemas, translating target ontologies into concrete node/relationship structures.
  • Develop Ingestion Pipelines: Create and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data from diverse source systems.
  • Optimize Queries: Write and tune Cypher queries for data loading, transformations, and ultra-fast application-facing retrieval.
  • Expose APIs: Build integration layers and APIs to serve graph data to downstream consumers, including AI chatbots.
  • Automate & Scale: Automate data refresh processes, support Neo4j scaling, indexing, and performance tuning, and implement ontology changes as code alongside the Architect.
  • Maintain Quality & Lineage: Troubleshoot data integrity issues with Quality Engineers and document graph schemas and data lineage.

What We're Looking For

  • Hands-on experience with Neo4j, Cypher query optimization, and graph modelling.
  • Strong pipeline development skills using modern ETL/ELT frameworks and automated data synchronization techniques.
  • Experience integrating graph data with external microservices, APIs, and AI/chatbot interfaces.

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