Senior Software Engineer – REDAPL Graph Engine

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential observability platform client seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance their referential data platform and graph engine. In this role, you will:

• Build and optimize a query engine supporting efficient relationship traversals for high-demand workloads processing millions of updates per second
• Contribute to design and drive high-priority, high-visibility projects to increase platform value, resilience, and scalability across multiple teams
• Lead and guide other engineers through architectural platform decisions
• Identify potential system risks and trends in reliability, designing solutions to address them
• Provide input on prioritizing engineering-led initiatives in short- and long-term planning and roadmaps
• Collaborate with internal product teams to understand their requirements and plan for product growth as they integrate with the platform

What We're Looking For

Our client needs an experienced engineer with strong distributed systems and platform engineering expertise:

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field, or equivalent experience
• Extensive work with multiple types of data stores
• Several years contributing to initiatives in a platform or infrastructure-focused environment
• Track record of leading impactful technical initiatives where performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, and resilience are first-order concerns
• Significant back-end engineering experience building and operating distributed systems at high scale

Bonus qualifications:

• Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j, Memgraph, JanusGraph, ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, or PuppyGraph
• Production-grade experience with Apache Iceberg
• Solid grasp of query planning or contributions to production-grade query engines (e.g., Trino, Calcite, Substrait, DataFusion), ideally demonstrated through open-source contributions or PMC membership

How We Work With You

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Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and location.

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