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title: 'Software Engineer at TigerGraph'
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# Software Engineer at TigerGraph

- **Company:** TigerGraph
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-06-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tigergraph/jobs/7997595

## Job description

TigerGraph is a platform for advanced analytics and machine learning on connected data. TigerGraph's core technology is the only scalable graph database for the enterprise. Its proven technology supports fraud detection, customer 360, MDM, IoT, AI, and machine learning. Fortune 500 organizations and the most innovative mid-size and startup companies choose TigerGraph to accelerate their analytics, AI, and machine learning:

- Seven out of the top ten global banks use TigerGraph for real-time fraud detection.
- Over 50 million patients receive care path recommendations to assist them on their wellness journey.
- 300 million consumers receive personalized offers with recommendation engines powered by TigerGraph.
- TigerGraph reduces power outages by optimizing the energy infrastructure for 1 billion people.

This position is primarily remote, but location-based requirements may apply. If the selected candidate is located near one of our company offices, the candidate will have a hybrid work arrangement (2-3 days in-office).

Job Responsibilities

- Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems for graph data.
- Drive the optimization of data ingestion, indexing, and query pipelines, leading performance analysis and scalability improvements for low-latency, high-throughput workloads.
- Lead the diagnosis and resolution of complex production issues, driving root cause analysis, operational improvements, and preventive engineering practices.
- Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and driving engineering best practices across the team.
- Other responsibilities as required.

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 5 years of relevant experience

## Skills and Knowledge

Deep, hands-on experience with one or more vector databases or similarity search libraries.

- Proven experience designing and working with any graph database and query languages like Cypher
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: consensus, replication, sharding, and fault tolerance.
- Solid programming fundamentals; experienced with C++, Go, or any other major programming language.
- Understanding of distributed systems principles and the ability to evaluate trade-offs in system design.
- Familiar with Kafka, ETCD or similar technologies;
- Proactive and collaborative team player with strong communication skills.
- Open to adopting AI-assisted engineering practices ("vibe coding") to improve productivity and code quality.

Bonus Points

- Familiar with container tools such as Docker.
- Hands-on experience with gRPC or REST APIs.
- Passionate about systems performance profiling, tuning, or debugging.

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Milpitas, CA is $140,000- $160,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. TigerGraph is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

## About TigerGraph

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: TigerGraph provides an enterprise-scale, native distributed graph database and analytics platform designed for real-time AI and deep relationship analysis on billions of vertices and edges.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly available)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, USA (with additional offices in Milpitas, California, USA and Cheltenham, England, UK)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Graph database, graph analytics, enterprise AI infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B; large enterprises in financial services, e-commerce, supply chain, cybersecurity, and healthcare; also data scientists and developers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “TigerGraph is a graph analytics software company that specializes in connecting data assets to deliver enterprise-level knowledge and insights.” [tigergraph.com/company](https://tigergraph.com/company/)

## Products & Services
- **[TigerGraph GraphDB](https://www.tigergraph.com/)**: A native, distributed, massively parallel processing (MPP) graph database that stores data as entities and their relationships. Designed for real-time queries (sub‑100ms on billions of vertices/edges), ACID compliance, and enterprise security. Supports GSQL, OpenCypher, and ISO GQL query languages.
- **[TigerGraph Savanna](https://www.tigergraph.com/)**: A cloud-native, easy-to-use service for analytical and transactional workloads. Available on AWS, Azure, and GCP, allowing users to start in minutes and deploy in days.
- **Connectors & SDKs**: REST APIs, Python, Java, JavaScript SDKs, GraphQL support, and pre-built connectors for Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, Databricks, S3, Tableau, and more.
- **Industry Solutions**: Integrated UI toolkits for fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML), entity resolution, customer 360, supply chain management, and cybersecurity threat detection.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (private company, no revenue disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (the platform is cloud-native on AWS, Azure, and GCP, indicating partnerships with those providers)
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across engineering (Lead Software Engineer, Software Engineer) and business operations; multiple offices in the US and UK; recognized as establishing graph analytics as a Gartner Top 10 Data & Analytics trend (per COO Todd Blaschka’s bio). [tigergraph.com/leadership](https://www.tigergraph.com/leadership/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Native MPP architecture** that does not degrade performance as graphs scale to billions of edges.
- **Sub‑100ms multi-hop queries** (6+ degrees of relationship) enabling real-time decisions.
- **Enterprise-grade**: ACID compliance, RBAC, encryption at rest and in transit.
- **Broad query language support** (GSQL, OpenCypher, ISO GQL) plus rich SDKs.
- **GraphRAG and explainable AI** capabilities, reducing hallucinations in AI by preserving relationships.
- **Cloud-native Kubernetes deployment** on any major cloud or on-premise.

## Strategic Focus
TigerGraph is prioritizing **graph-powered AI and real-time analytics** for enterprise use cases such as fraud detection, supply chain optimization, and customer 360. The company emphasizes speed, scale, and developer-friendly tooling (e.g., cloud-native Savanna, multiple SDKs) to make graph technology accessible to data scientists and engineers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include craftsmanship, ownership (“the buck stops with you”), teamwork, curiosity, and earning your stripes. [tigergraph.com/company](https://tigergraph.com/company/)
- **Benefits**: Competitive pay, attractive equity, top-tier health/dental/vision insurance, flexible vacation, catered lunches, well-stocked kitchen, recreation lounge, team outings, and a fun work environment. [tigergraph.com/join-us](https://www.tigergraph.com/join-us/)
- **Impact**: Every team member is encouraged to make a “remarkable impact” on the platform and customers. The company fosters innovation in the enterprise database and analytics market.
- **Work Model**: Offices in Redwood City, Milpitas, and London; hybrid/remote policy is not explicitly stated on the career page but likely onsite or hybrid given the office locations.

## Sources
1. [tigergraph.com](https://www.tigergraph.com/)
2. [tigergraph.com/company](https://tigergraph.com/company/)
3. [tigergraph.com/join-us](https://www.tigergraph.com/join-us/)
4. [tigergraph.com/leadership](https://www.tigergraph.com/leadership/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/tigergraph](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tigergraph)

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