Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Security Engineer at Neo4j

<div class="content-intro"><div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>About Neo4j:</strong></span></div> <div> <p>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.&nbsp;Intelligence that works. Results that matter.</p> <p>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.</p> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Our Vision:&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> </div></div><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Team:</strong></span></p> <p>As a Governance, Risk &amp; Compliance (GRC) Analyst, you will play a central role in shaping and strengthening our security and risk posture. You’ll act as a trusted partner to teams across the business—helping them navigate security decisions, manage risk effectively, and meet compliance requirements without slowing down innovation.</p> <p>This is a high-impact, high-visibility role within the security team, reporting directly to the CISO. You’ll work at the intersection of security, engineering, and business operations—driving pragmatic, scalable approaches to risk management and compliance.</p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Partner with stakeholders across the business to identify, assess, and drive remediation of security risks</li> <li>Support and evolve our compliance programmes (e.g. ISO 27001, SOC 2), from evidence gathering through to audit readiness and accreditation</li> <li>Design, implement, and continuously improve security controls and monitoring practices</li> <li>Build and automate GRC processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability</li> <li>Develop and maintain clear, actionable security policies, standards, and procedures</li> <li>Provide hands-on support during audits and act as a key point of contact for internal and external assessors</li> <li>Embed security into business decision-making by providing practical, risk-based guidance</li> <li>Own and mature vendor risk management across the full lifecycle</li> <li>Contribute to building a strong security culture through awareness and education initiatives</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>What We're Looking For:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>A pragmatic GRC practitioner who understands how to balance risk, security, and business velocity</li> <li>Experience working with security frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP</li> <li>Solid understanding of technical security controls and how they are implemented in modern systems</li> <li>Ability to write code or scripts to automate workflows, analyse data, or improve GRC processes</li> <li>Experience building dashboards or visualising data to drive insight and decision-making</li> <li>Exposure to graph technologies (e.g. Neo4j) or an interest in applying them to security and risk problems</li> <li>Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders</li> <li>Confidence in presenting to a range of audiences, including customers and auditors</li> <li>A growth mindset and a desire to continuously improve both your craft and the way GRC is delivered</li> </ul> <p>#LI-Hybrid</p><div class="content-conclusion"><div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Why Join Neo4j?</strong></span></div> <div> <p>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.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It <a href="https://neo4j.com/press-releases/neo4j-revenue-milestone-2024/">recently surpassed $200M</a> in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR <a href="https://neo4j.com/press-releases/2021-company-momentum/">over the past three years.</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>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.</li> <li>84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/boston-scientific/">Boston Scientific</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/bt/">BT Group</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/caterpillar/">Caterpillar</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/cisco/">Cisco</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/comcast/">Comcast</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/department-for-education-uk/">Department for Education UK</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/ebay/">eBay</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/nbc-news/">NBC News</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/novo-nordisk/">Novo Nordisk</a>, <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/worldline/">Worldline</a>, and <a href="https://neo4j.com/case-studies/">others</a>.&nbsp;</li> <li>Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.</li> <li>Countless <a href="https://neo4j.com/awards/">industry awards</a>. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.</li> <li>A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2022/07/getting-the-job-how-gender-equity.html?page=all">Research</a> shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. <strong>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. </strong>At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Neo4j Values:</strong></span></div> <div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:VALUE]-&gt;(relationships)<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:FOCUS_ON]-&gt;(userSuccess)<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]-&gt;(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]})<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:ASSUME]-&gt;(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:WELCOME]-&gt;(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})<br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]-&gt;(ourCommitments)&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the</span><a href="https://neo4j.com/privacy-policy/recruitment-process/?ref=hr-"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;</span></p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">More information at</span><a href="http://www.neo4j.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.neo4j.com">www.neo4j.com</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;">©2026 Neo4j, Inc., Neo Technology®, Neo4j®, Cypher®, Neo4j Bloom™, Neo4j Graph Data Science Library™, Neo4j® Aura™, and Neo4j® AuraDB™ are registered trademarks or a trademark of Neo4j, Inc. All other marks are owned by their respective companies.</span></div></div>