Graph Database Engineer – Operational Risk and Controls Engineering

Company Profile

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a world-leading financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering services across Data & Analytics, Capital Markets, and Post Trade.

Backed by three hundred years of experience, innovative technologies, and a team of over 23,000 people in 70 countries, our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies, and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Role Profile

·We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer specialising in Graph Databases and Graph Analytics to join our Resilience Engineering team. Working with the Engineering Lead, you will design, develop, and operate graph-based data platforms and solutions that enable critical resilience, operational risk, dependency mapping, and control management use cases across the organisation.

·You will work closely with engineers, architects, product owners, risk specialists, and business customers to model complex relationships between applications, infrastructure, services, controls, processes, and organisational entities. Using technologies such as Neo4j, you will help create actionable insights that improve operational resilience, impact analysis, dependency management, and decision-making

Key Responsibilities

Graph Data Platform Engineering

·Build and maintain scalable graph data solutions using Neo4j and related technologies.

·Develop graph data models representing applications, services, infrastructure, business processes, controls, risks, and dependencies.

·Implement data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment pipelines from multiple enterprise data sources.

·Optimise graph schemas, queries, and data structures to support high-performance analytics and visualisation.

Resilience Engineering Use Cases

·Support operational resilience initiatives through graph-based dependency mapping and critical service modelling.

·Develop solutions for impact analysis, scenario modelling, control coverage assessment, and risk propagation analysis.

·Enable identification of single points of failure, concentration risks, and resilience vulnerabilities.

·Support regulatory, audit, and governance requirements through accurate and traceable data relationships.

Data Engineering & Integration

·Build robust ETL/ELT pipelines using the latest data engineering practices.

·Integrate graph platforms with enterprise data ecosystems, APIs, data lakes, and operational systems.

·Implement monitoring, observability, and automated testing for graph data pipelines.

Collaboration & Delivery

·Work closely with Engineering Leads, Solution Architects, Product Owners, and partners to define requirements and deliver solutions.

·Contribute to architecture decisions, technical standards, and engineering guidelines.

·Participate in Agile ceremonies and support continuous delivery and DevSecOps practices.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

Strong experience as a Data Engineer, Software Engineer, or Graph Data Engineer.
Hands-on expertise with Neo4j, including Cypher query language and graph data modelling.
Experience in implementing graph-based solutions in enterprise environments.
Proficiency in Python, Java or similar programming languages.
Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases.
Experience building data pipelines using modern data engineering frameworks and tools.
Experience working with APIs, data integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures.
Understanding of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.

Graph & Analytics Expertise

Strong understanding of graph theory, network analysis, and relationship-based data modelling.
Experience implementing graph algorithms for pathfinding, centrality analysis, clustering, and dependency analysis.
Familiarity with graph visualisation and analytics platforms.
Experience applying graph technologies to operational risk, resilience, fraud, cybersecurity, knowledge graphs, or similar domains is highly desirable.

Cloud & Platform Experience

Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms
Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices.

Preferred Qualifications

·Strong experience supporting operational resilience, risk management, or enterprise architecture initiatives; using graph technologies (Neo4j preferred but not required).

·Neo4j certification or equivalent graph technology expertise. Certification in any other graph technology would also be advantageous

·Experience with graph data science libraries and sophisticated analytics.

·Understanding of distributed systems, service architectures, and enterprise technology landscapes.

·Experience in financial services, regulated industries, or large-scale enterprise environments (preferable, not required)

Personal Attributes

·Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

·Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.

·Excellent communication and documentation skills.

·Curious, collaborative, and delivery-focused attitude.

·Passion for using technologies to address business challenges.

What You’ll Deliver

·Enterprise graph models supporting resilience and dependency management.

·High-quality graph data pipelines and analytics capabilities.

·Enhanced visibility of critical service dependencies and operational risks.

·Actionable insights that improve resilience, decision-making, and regulatory compliance.

·A scalable graph data foundation supporting future resilience engineering initiatives

LSEG Purpose and Values

Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Underpinning our purpose, our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change set the standard for everything we do, every day. They guide the way we interact with each other, the partners we work with and our customers. Delivering on our purpose and living up to our values is a responsibility that we all share.

To achieve our ambitions through a strong culture, People Leaders need to role model our Values and create the culture for everyone at LSEG to be at their best.

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

We're proud to have been recognised as a Great Place to Work® in India ‘25.

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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