About Neo4j:
Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter.
Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business.
Our Vision:
At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.
As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.
Associate Solution Engineer
The Role:
Neo4j is the world’s leading graph database and our Sales Engineering team are the people that help customers realize its value every day. Neo4j has proven to be the go-to data management solution in use cases such as Fraud Detection, Knowledge Graphs, Recommendation and personalisation, Risk management, Security, IT Management and Network Operations and many more.
In the Neo4j Sales Engineering team, we are technologists who enjoy working directly with customers in a variety of industries, and with a wide range of technologies and architectures. We provide engineering and architecture leadership and development for the Neo4j-based solutions our customers are building.
The responsibilities of an Associate Sales Engineer cover a variety of tasks, from assisting in the discovery of customer needs to helping transform those needs into technical designs. You will work closely with senior team members to learn how to demonstrate Neo4j technology, participate in whiteboarding sessions, and engage with technical stakeholders to understand their problems and map them to solutions. The Associate Sales Engineer understands business terminology, thinks in technical terms and combines both sides during the entire engagement
In this role, you will develop your expertise in Graph Databases while learning how Neo4j fits within a Modern Data Architecture alongside Big Data platforms, NoSQL stores, and cloud services, and how to position other architectural components in a graph-based solution.
We are open to recent graduates or early-career candidates who can demonstrate strong foundational skills and a passion for learning, even if they do not meet every requirement listed.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborative Support: Partner with the Neo4j sales team to assist in all phases of the pre-sales process.
- Technical Positioning: Be an integral part of the Neo4j sales team, helping to persuade prospective Neo4j users of the benefits and advantages of graph database technology.
- Technical Demonstrations: Deliver product demonstrations that highlight the benefits and advantages of graph database technology.
- Prototype Development: Assist in designing and building prototype solutions and "Proof of Concepts" (POCs) that demonstrate functional power with Neo4j.
- Solution Architecture: Support the design of solution architectures that address the technical requirements of customer projects.
- Proposal Preparation: Help prepare technical solution proposals and documentation for customer engineering and management teams.
- Discovery & Qualification: Assist in technical discovery sessions to understand prospective customers' environments and needs.
What You'll Bring:
- Experience: 1–3 years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (e.g., Junior Pre-Sales, Professional Services, Support, or Technical Consulting).
- Data Fundamentals: Understanding of database technologies and data modeling concepts; experience with SQL or NoSQL is ideal.
- Software Engineering: Solid software engineering principles and proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Python, or JavaScript.
- Problem Solving: A passion for learning new technologies and solving complex technical problems.
- Communication: Strong written and spoken English communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to small groups.
- Sales Awareness: A basic understanding of the sales process and a proactive approach to keeping technical tasks on schedule.
- Adaptability: Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a remote, cross-functional organization.
- Travel: Ability and willingness to travel.
Nice to Have:
- Graph DB related experience ie Neo4j or other Property Graph or RDF platforms.
- Data Science, AI/MLData integration: ETL, Virtualisation, federation
BI and data visualization (Tableau, Qlik, viz libraries: D3, viz.js, Linkurious...)
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Why Join Neo4j?
Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph intelligence platform in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.
- Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.
- Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
- 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.
- Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
- Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
- A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.
One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.
Neo4j Values:
Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:
(we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships)
(we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess)
(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]})
(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})
(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)
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More information at www.neo4j.com.
