Software Engineer - Core Database Kernel

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 Role:

Do you like to solve advanced and complex computer science problems? Do you want to be part of a team that values user success and where you can have intellectually honest discussions? We are looking for an experienced backend engineer who is able to solve technical challenges and deliver high-quality code to join our talented, innovative Kernel team. You will be part of a brilliant, energetic, and fun team of engineers working on the development of the storage engines, transaction handling, indexes, data import and page cache in order to build the core of the graph database! You will be part of an international team based in Malmö and London. What you will do:

• Build and ship new features for the core of the leading graph database
• Write high-quality, testable, and efficient code
• Promote new ideas, take an active part in features discussions and roadmap prioritisation
• Integrate research and technologies into the database core - the team regularly reads research papers to see if there are some new ideas to incorporate into the product
• “Do what you want weeks” to work on your own product enhancements and integrations

You'll thrive in this role if:

• You have experience designing multi-threaded systems and algorithms
• You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
• You are proficient in Java or a C-style programming language
• You have strong troubleshooting skills
• You have knowledge about performance profiling and optimisation
• You have experience with leading and delivering development projects
• You are humble. Being able to discuss ideas and, challenge each other to build better solutions together