At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise a cutting-edge financial knowledge graph for real-time analysis.
- Company: Join an innovative early-stage tech company revolutionising financial intelligence.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible fractional hours, and the chance to shape a groundbreaking platform.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance by building scalable graph architectures.
- Qualifications: Experience in graph databases and distributed systems is essential.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Fractional Lead Graph Engineer to join the team.
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Fractional, 1–2 days per week
About The Company:
Our client is an early-stage technology business developing an innovative financial intelligence platform. Its product will connect complex operational and financial information through a sophisticated knowledge graph, supporting real-time analysis, financial integrity and the detection of risk and anomalies. The business is now building the technical foundations of the platform and is looking for an experienced graph and distributed systems specialist who can provide senior-level expertise on a fractional basis.
The Role:
The Fractional Lead Graph Engineer will design, build and optimise the core financial knowledge graph. Working closely with the founder and wider technical team, the successful candidate will shape a scalable graph architecture capable of bringing together unstructured operational data and structured financial transactions. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who can make sound architectural decisions, solve demanding performance challenges and translate complex financial structures into maintainable graph models and data pipelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop a scalable graph database architecture using Neo4j Enterprise
- Create graph schemas that represent financial structures, tax rules, organisational hierarchies and operational relationships
- Build streaming data pipelines that ingest and connect structured transactional data with unstructured business information
- Optimise graph queries, clustering, sharding and sub-graph extraction for high-throughput, low-latency use cases
- Ensure graph data can be supplied efficiently and reliably to machine learning and inference services
- Establish appropriate engineering standards for data integrity, resilience, observability and documentation
- Work collaboratively with backend, AI and infrastructure specialists, transferring knowledge into the wider engineering team
Fractional Lead Graph Engineer employer: Elliot Marsh Head Hunting Partners Careers
Our client is an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity for a Technical Director to lead innovation in the cementitious products sector from the comfort of your home in the UK. With a strong focus on employee growth, collaboration, and sustainability, the company fosters a culture that encourages creativity and technical excellence while providing competitive benefits and a high-profile leadership role that directly influences business growth and customer solutions.
Contact Details:
Elliot Marsh Head Hunting Partners Careers Recruitment Team
