Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer - Graph Specialist
Location: Paris, France (Hybrid -flexible remote)
Contract: 12-month rolling contract
Start Date: ASAP
About the Company
Our client is a leading global financial institution operating at the forefront of capital markets, investment banking, and financial services. With a strong focus on innovation, the organisation is investing heavily in advanced data platforms and AI-driven solutions to transform how complex financial systems operate.
You will be joining a high-impact innovation team working on cutting-edge AI initiatives within a regulated, enterprise-scale environment, where data, performance, and reliability are critical.
Role Overview
We're supporting an Innovation team building next-generation AI-powered agents. This role is focused on designing and scaling graph-based data systems that underpin an advanced agentic AI platform. Strong graph database expertise is critical.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build and optimise graph-based knowledge structures.
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines feeding real-time graph engines.
- Collaborate with AI engineers to support context-aware, relationship-driven agents.
- Contribute to architecture decisions within a regulated, high-impact environment.
Core requirements
- Strong data engineering background (Python, pipelines, data modelling).
- Deep hands-on experience with graph databases (Memgraph, LightGraph or similar).
- Experience working with complex data ecosystems (APIs, streaming, CMDB-type sources).
Desirable
- Exposure to LLM pipelines, RAG or agentic frameworks.
- English written and spoken mandatory.
- French language skills (not essential).
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