Graph Databases Python Developer

Job Title

Python Engineer with Graph Databases

Chicago, IL (3 days onsite/2 days remote/week)

Contract (Long-Term)

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Python, hands‑on experience with Graph Databases, and practical working knowledge of AWS. The ideal candidate has experience building scalable, secure backend services and working with modern cloud native architecture.

• Python:
  Strong backend experience with frameworks such as Fast API, Flask, or Django.
• Graph Databases:
  Practical experience with Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or similar (Cypher, Gremlin, SPARQL).
• AWS:
  Hands‑on experience with core AWS services for compute, networking, storage, identity, and security.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, distributed systems, microservices, and event‑driven patterns.
• Experience with relational and No
  
  SQL databases (Postgre
  
  SQL, Dynamo
  
  DB, etc.).
• Practical experience with Git, CI/CD workflows, Docker, and testing frameworks.
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system design skills

• Go (Golang):
  Experience writing microservices or tooling.
• .NET:
  Understanding of backend patterns and ability to support existing services.
• Terraform:
  Infrastructure as Code for AWS deployments.
• Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and container orchestration.
• Messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, SQS/SNS, Kinesis).
• Knowledge of cloud security, networking, and best practices

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
• Model and query complex relationships using Graph Databases such as Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or similar. Architect, deploy, and operate cloud native services on AWS (Lambda, EC2/ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Dynamo
  
  DB/Neptune, Cloud Watch, IAM, etc.).
• Contribute to system design discussions, architectural reviews, and technical decision making.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automation, observability (logging/metrics/tracing), and deployment best practices.
• Write scalable, clean, well‑tested, and maintainable code.
• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams including frontend, Dev Ops, and data/ML.
• Troubleshoot production issues and optimize performance, reliability, and cost.
• Mentor junior/mid‑level engineers and promote engineering best practices.

8+ Years

• Engineering Degree – BE/ME/BTech/MTech/BSc/MSc.
• Technical certification in multiple technologies is desirable.