Job Title: Neo 4J Software Development Lead

Location: Pittsburgh, PA | Onsite

Employment Type: Permanent

Duration: Full-time

Pay: $120k - $138k/yr

About:

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is 'Great Place to Work CertifiedTM' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Job Description:

VLink is looking for an experienced Neo 4J Software Development Lead to join our Applications Development and Maintenance team, supporting our client which is a large Client, working in an advanced technology environment.

Responsibilities:

• As a Neo4J Lead, you will be responsible for development, support, maintenance, and implementation of enterprise-grade graph data models in Neo4j, ensuring scalability, consistency, and alignment with business domains such as customer 360, fraud detection, supply chain, or knowledge graphs.

• Design and implement Neo4j architecture models including clustering, indexing strategies, query optimization, caching, and high-availability deployments to support large-scale graph workloads and real-time analytics.

• Establish standards and best practices for Cypher queries, GraphQL integrations, APOC procedures, and API design to ensure maintainability, security, and performance across engineering teams.

• Drive adoption of Graph Data Science (GDS) capabilities for recommendations, pathfinding, community detection, and AI-powered insights by collaborating with data science and AI engineering teams.

• Analyzing user requirements, and defines technical project scope and assumptions for assigned tasks.

• Creating technical designs for new systems, and/or modifications to existing systems.

• Translating detailed requirements into functional system designs.

• Prioritizing work, meeting deadline and also establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients, project team members, supervisors, and employees from other departments.

• Integrate Neo4j with c loud-nativ e platforms , streaming systems (Kafka), vector databases, and enterprise data lakes to support hybrid architectures and next-generation intelligent applications.

• Partner with business leaders, enterprise architects, and product owners to identify new graph-based use cases, evaluate emerging technologies, and align Neo4j initiatives with digital transformation goals.

Requirements / Qualifications:

• At least 8+ years of overall experience in designing and developing Neo4j-based Knowledge Graph and graph data solutions using enterprise integration and distributed architectures.

• Hands-on experience working with Neo4j, Cypher Query Language, APOC procedures, GraphQL, RDF/SPARQL concepts, and semantic data modeling for connected data platforms.

• Strong experience in building and managing teams with expertise in Knowledge Graphs, including ontology modelling, metadata management, graph schema design, entity relationship mapping, and graph traversal optimization.

• Hands-on experience integrating Neo4j with modern technologies such as Microservices, Kafka, REST APIs, Spring Boot, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platforms.

• Experience implementing Graph Data Science (GDS) algorithms including pathfinding, similarity analysis, recommendation engines, community detection, and network analytics.

• Good to have hands-on experience integrating Knowledge Graphs with AI/ML and Generative AI frameworks, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, vector embeddings, and intelligent recommendation systems.

• Experience in building scalable and containerized graph applications using Docker, OpenShift Containers, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong understanding of graph database performance tuning, indexing strategies, query optimization, clustering, and high-availability deployment architectures in Neo4j.

• Experience working in Agile development environments with strong collaboration, technical leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.

Skills:

• Agile

• Apache Kafka

• Cloud Computing

• DevOps

• GraphQL

• JSON (WS)

• Neo4J

• XML

Benefits:

Benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive insurance options

• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan

• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time

• Paid parental leave

• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

• Wellness and Well-being programs

Employment Practices:

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.

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