Graph DB Expert

Graph Database Expert - Neo4j/Azure

Location: UK Remote
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £375-455 Daily Rate, Inside IR35

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Graph Database Expert with strong Neo4j and Azure expertise to support the development of enterprise knowledge graphs and graph-powered AI solutions.

You will focus on graph data modelling, Cypher query development, retrieval optimisation and integrating graph databases with modern AI and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain graph data models, including nodes, relationships, schemas and data-quality rules.
• Build and optimise Cypher queries, multi-hop traversals and graph-based retrieval solutions.
• Implement property, full-text and vector indexing to improve query performance and retrieval accuracy.
• Transform structured and unstructured data into entities, relationships and knowledge graphs.
• Support GraphRAG and knowledge graph solutions for enterprise AI applications.
• Integrate Neo4j with Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI and other Azure data services.
• Use Python to support data ingestion, transformation and graph processing.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance, ensuring scalable and efficient graph database operations.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Neo4j and Cypher.
• Expertise in graph data modelling, ontology design and relationship mapping.
• Experience with Graph Data Science, vector search and multi-hop querying.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data and AI services.
• Knowledge of graph database performance tuning, indexing and retrieval optimisation.

Desirable Experience

• GraphRAG and LLM integration.
• Knowledge graph extraction from unstructured data.
• Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions and Azure DevOps.
• Enterprise data governance and cloud cost optimisation.

If you have strong Neo4j expertise and experience building graph-powered data or AI solutions, we would be keen to hear from you.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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