Sr. Director, Graph Databases

Skip to main content Search Find Jobs For Location Search Close Search Sign up for job alerts Go to Saved Jobs Sr. Director, Graph Databases Sr. Director, Graph Databases San Jose, CA Saved Role Save role Apply now Function Tech Team Securiti AI Role Type Permanent Work Location Hybrid Date Posted 07/08/2026 Explore this location Take a look at the map to discover what’s nearby. Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. About the Role You’ll lead two core systems inside Veeam Data Command Center: the Knowledge Graph and the hyperscale data lake integrations. Together, they help customers understand where sensitive data lives, who can access it, how it moves, and whether AI models trained on it can be trusted.  You’ll lead multiple teams building a searchable, security-aware graph that works at enterprise scale. This role is for a hands-on technical leader who can set clear direction, grow strong teams, and deliver reliable systems—while building an AI-first engineering culture with high standards for quality and security.  What You’ll Do Set the technical vision and end-to-end architecture for the Knowledge Graph, including the data model, storage engine, and query layer at very large scale  Guide the evolution of the graph schema for data sources, identities, access, classifications, and lineage (property graph and/or RDF) using Amazon Neptune and/or Neo4j  Own the strategy for hyperscale lake and lakehouse integrations, including connectors and scanning engines that ingest metadata and lineage from Delta Lake, Iceberg, Parquet/Avro, and platforms like Azure Data Lake, AWS S3/Glue, and BigQuery without disrupting production  Drive performance and reliability, including standards for indexing, partitioning, and query planning, and tuning traversals and queries (Gremlin, Cypher/openCypher, SPARQL)  Build and scale an AI-first engineering approach where teams use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot responsibly, with guardrails for security, maintainability, and code quality  Invest in reusable engineering building blocks (including “Claude skills” and agent workflows) that make teams faster and more consistent  Own delivery outcomes: roadmap execution, operational readiness, incident learning, and cross-team alignment  Hire, coach, and develop leaders, including engineering managers and senior/staff engineers, with clear expectations and growth paths  What You’ll Bring 12+ years of software engineering experience in data infrastructure, graph systems, or distributed data platforms  6+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading through managers and scaling multiple teams  Strong production experience with Amazon Neptune and/or Neo4j, including scaling, operations, and trade-offs (property graph vs. RDF)  Proven ability to lead graph modeling for complex domains, including lineage and permissions at enterprise scale  Deep knowledge of Gremlin, Cypher/openCypher, and/or SPARQL, including performance tuning and query design best practices  Experience with data lakes/lakehouses (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Parquet) across major cloud platforms (Azure Data Lake, AWS...