Netherlands
3 weeks ago
Tech Lead, Backend - GraphAware Hume
Neo4j
Netherlands
3 weeks ago
Tech Lead, Backend - GraphAware Hume
Tech Lead, Backend for GraphAware Hume, a graph-powered analytics platform at Neo4j. Requires deep Neo4j expertise, 8+ years backend experience, and Java/JVM skills to drive platform architecture and mentor engineers.
HybridFull-timeLeadNeo4jCypher
Tech Lead, Backend - GraphAware Hume
Tech Lead, Backend for GraphAware Hume, a graph-powered analytics platform at Neo4j. Requires deep Neo4j expertise, 8+ years backend experience, and Java/JVM skills to drive platform architecture and mentor engineers.
HybridFull-timeLeadNeo4j
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Neo4jCypherJavaJVMSpringCI/CDDockerOWASPPostgreSQLGDSAPOC
Soft Skills
MentoringConsensus buildingRemote collaborationAsynchronous communication
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Knowledge GraphsGraphRAGLangChainLlamaIndexApache KafkaDistributed SystemsCloud-native developmentObservabilityPerformance Tuning
Key Responsibilities
- Driving platform architecture, setting technical direction for the transversal foundations that feature teams across Hume build on, and shaping cross-cutting design decisions with the wider engineering group
- Owning our Neo4j strategy: actively tracking and hands-on testing of new releases and ecosystem tooling (GDS, APOC, etc.) to assess breaking changes, propose new product opportunities, and plan deliberate, scalable migrations.
- Optimizing Cypher queries and graph access patterns for latency, throughput, and scale
- Mentoring engineers and raising the team's technical bar (especially in Neo4j), without formal management authority
- Partner closely with Product Managers: to translate long-term product goals into scalable technical roadmaps
- Designing secure, scalable access control systems for mission-critical environments
- Building APIs for intuitive user interaction with complex data
- Orchestrating workflows to automate graph analytics, inference, and real-time insights
Tech LeadBackendNeo4jGraph DatabaseJavaKnowledge GraphsHybridFull-timeIT ServicesSoftware Development