Neo4j

Software Engineer - Developer Surface

London (Hybrid) - Posted August 28, 2026

Job description

<div class="content-intro"><div>About Neo4j:</div> <div> 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. </div> <div>Our Vision: </div> <div> 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. </div></div>The Team: The team owns the surface used by developers to build, manage, and experiment with Neo4j and Aura, our managed cloud service. We build: <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li> The open-source @neo4j/graphql library and the managed GraphQL Data API in Aura, helping developers create full‑stack applications using Neo4j </li> <li> MCP servers that let developers interact with Neo4j and Aura using natural language </li> <li> The Aura API and CLI, which enable users to manage their Aura resources programmatically and integrate Neo4j Aura into their workflows </li> </ul> We are a hybrid team with seven engineers working from the office and from home in varying amounts. We’re quite a sociable bunch and enjoy getting together in person whenever possible. We’re on the lookout for an eighth engineer to join on helping us build amazing developer tooling! The Role: <h3 id="What-you’ll-do:" data-renderer-start-pos="798">What you’ll do</h3> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Maintain and improve our existing developer interfaces to enhance the Neo4j developer experience </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Be part of designing and architecting new tools and APIs that define how developers interact with Neo4j and Aura </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including support  </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to ensure high product quality </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Be curious and willing to learn </li> </ul> <h3 id="What-you’ll-bring:" data-renderer-start-pos="1242">What you’ll bring</h3> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Experience developing production level software </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Proficient in Go and TypeScript </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> An interest in API design/development </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> A desire to write high-quality, well tested code </li> </ul> <h3 id="Bonus-points-for-the-following:" data-renderer-start-pos="1540">Bonus points for the following</h3> <ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Proficient at building and running systems on Kubernetes </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Knowledge of major public cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with Terraform</li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Frontend experience </li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Experience with graph databases, or better yet, Neo4j! </li> </ul> #LI-Hybrid<div class="content-conclusion"><div>Why Join Neo4j?</div> <div> 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.  <ul> <li>Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It <a href="https://neo4j.com/press-releases/neo4j-revenue-milestone-2024/">recently surpassed $200M</a> in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR <a href="https://neo4j.com/press-releases/2021-company-momentum/">over the past three years.</a> </li> <li>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.</li> <li>84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/boston-scientific/">Boston Scientific</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/bt/">BT Group</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/caterpillar/">Caterpillar</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/cisco/">Cisco</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/comcast/">Comcast</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/department-for-education-uk/">Department for Education UK</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/ebay/">eBay</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/nbc-news/">NBC News</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/novo-nordisk/">Novo Nordisk</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/worldline/">Worldline</a>, and <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/">others</a>. </li> <li>Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.</li> <li>Countless <a href="https://neo4j.com/awards/">industry awards</a>. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.</li> <li>A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers. </li> </ul> <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2022/07/getting-the-job-how-gender-equity.html?page=all">Research</a> shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.  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. </div> <div>Neo4j Values:</div> <div> 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)  Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the<a href="https://neo4j.com/privacy-policy/recruitment-process/?ref=hr-"> privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process</a> to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.  More information at<a href="http://www.neo4j.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.neo4j.com">www.neo4j.com</a>.</div> <div> </div> <div>©2026 Neo4j, Inc., Neo Technology®, Neo4j®, Cypher®, Neo4j Bloom™, Neo4j Graph Data Science Library™, Neo4j® Aura™, and Neo4j® AuraDB™ are registered trademarks or a trademark of Neo4j, Inc. All other marks are owned by their respective companies.</div></div>