Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider that transforms lives through the power of technology. They are seeking a Sr. Neo4j & AI Engineer to lead the development and optimization of knowledge graph solutions, AI workloads, and cloud-native applications, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain knowledge graph solutions that support AI, search, recommendation, and analytics use cases
- Optimize graph storage, indexing, traversal patterns, and query performance for large-scale deployments
- Define and enforce data governance, security, and access controls within graph environments
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune Neo4j environments for reliability, performance, and scalability
- Design, deploy, and manage graph and AI workloads on Azure
- Implement cloud-native solutions using Azure services such as Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, and Azure Monitor
- Build secure, scalable, and highly available cloud architectures following Azure best practices
- Develop CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates
- Design and implement AI-powered applications leveraging Anthropic Claude and other enterprise LLM platforms
- Build Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using Neo4j knowledge graphs and vector search capabilities
- Develop prompt orchestration, agentic workflows, and graph-enhanced reasoning solutions
- Collaborate with AI and Data Science teams to operationalize GenAI use cases in production
- Evaluate and optimize AI model performance, response quality, latency, and cost
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across graph, AI, and cloud domains
- Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and implementation planning
- Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Establish engineering standards, best practices, and reusable frameworks
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of architectures, integrations, operational procedures, and design decisions
Skills
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years of hands-on experience in Neo4j and graph database technologies
- Strong expertise in Neo4j, graph modeling, graph theory, and Cypher query development
- Hands-on experience building and deploying solutions on Microsoft Azure
- Experience designing and implementing Generative AI solutions using Anthropic Claude and/or enterprise LLM platforms
- Proven experience building knowledge graphs, graph-powered search, recommendation engines, or AI applications
- Strong programming skills in Python and experience with modern backend frameworks
- Experience integrating APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with data engineering, ETL pipelines, and data integration frameworks
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of software architecture, performance optimization, and security best practices
- Experience with GraphRAG, vector databases, semantic search, and agent-based AI architectures
- Familiarity with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Machine Learning, and related AI services
- Experience with RDF, OWL, semantic technologies, or enterprise knowledge graph frameworks
- Experience working with large-scale enterprise datasets and AI-driven applications
- Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, and AI governance frameworks
- Exposure to LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar AI orchestration frameworks
- Neo4j, Azure, or cloud platform certifications are a plus
Benefits
- Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year
- Full-time, regular employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- Full-time, regular employees receive 10 paid holidays
- Eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty
- Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance
- Company-paid Employee Only benefits: accidental death and disability insurance
- Company-paid Employee Only benefits: short- and long-term disability benefits
- Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits
- Eligible to participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Eligible to participate in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines
- Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- Part-time employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
- Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- Full-time temporary employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching
- They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
- All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws
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