Software Engineer – Go/Kubernetes, Sharding team

Overview

As a Software Engineer on the Neo4j Sharding Engineering team, you will help design and run the Aura control plane for sharded and composite databases. You’ll implement Go-based services and Kubernetes tooling to manage distributed clusters at scale. You’ll collaborate across teams to ship reliable cloud-native features, fix issues, and document capabilities while exploring state-of-the-art database research. This role offers the chance to shape managed graph databases on Aura and work at the frontier of distributed query execution and sharding.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve the Aura control plane for sharded and composite databases in Go
• Build APIs, operators, and plumbing to deploy and manage databases declaratively via Kubernetes
• Diagnose and fix bugs, address test failures, and document features
• Participate in cross-team design meetings and research new database concepts
• Engage in planning rituals (stand-ups, design meetings, retrospectives) and continuous learning

Key requirements

• Production-level software development experience
• Strong Go experience across multiple projects
• Solid Kubernetes experience (Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets)
• Experience with modern CI: pipelines, Docker image building and deployment
• Ability to work independently and communicate about complex topics

• Independent work capability
• Clear communication on complex topics
• Cross-team collaboration
• Go programming
• Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets)
• CI/CD and Docker

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