Standard Template Labs · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer — Graph Database
Manhattan, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expStandard Template Labs is a stealth-mode, AI-native startup reimagining the future of IT Service and Configuration Management. They are seeking a Senior Engineer with deep experience in building and scaling graph-centric, multi-tenant data systems for large-scale SaaS products, focusing on the evolution of their graph data tier.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Architect, evolve, and optimize our multi-tenant graph data model , including node/edge schema design, relationship modeling, partitioning, and traversal strategies
Define and implement tenancy models for graph storage—balancing shared-graph vs. tenant-isolated subgraphs, hybrid partitioning, or database-per-tenant graph deployments
Develop data architecture for graph sharding, indexing, and high-throughput traversal , ensuring low-latency queries even as topology size and complexity scale
Build backend services that interact heavily with datastores, including APIs, data-access layers, ingestion workflows, and graph mutation/query pipelines
Optimize query performance through indexing improvements, caching of subgraphs, tuned traversal patterns, and distributed graph execution
Own decision-making around multi-tenant graph architecture: tenant boundaries, access control models, resource isolation, and performance fairness
Implement tooling for onboarding, migrations, tenant provisioning, graph expansion, and lifecycle management
Collaborate across product, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure the graph layer meets enterprise SLAs, security, and compliance requirements
Establish standards around modeling, relationship semantics, data governance, and observability for graph workloads
Build visibility into performance and health—metrics, dashboards, anomaly detection, traversal cost profiling, etc
Mentor engineers in database fundamentals, scalable SaaS data patterns, and distributed systems thinking
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional software engineering experience in production SaaS environments
Hands-on experience designing, scaling, or operating multi-tenancy databases in production
Strong understanding of graph modeling, schema design for nodes/edges, indexing, and query/traversal optimization
Proficiency in a modern backend language (Go, Python, Java, Node.js, etc.)
Solid grounding in distributed systems concepts, partitioning, caching, and performance optimization
Experience making architectural decisions in fast-changing, high-scale environments
Preferred
Experience scaling graph-backed SaaS products for enterprise customers with large, complex topologies
Familiarity with distributed graph engines, distributed SQL, NoSQL, or horizontally scalable datastores
Experience building observability for graph workloads: query heatmaps, traversal metrics, cardinality analysis
Prior experience with major re-architecture efforts—e.g., moving from relational to graph, multi-tenant transitions, or large-scale migrations
Benefits
Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package
Company
Standard Template Labs
Standard Template Labs is building a new system that learns how enterprise work happens and applies that understanding to reduce manual coordination
Founded in 2025New York, NY, US
11-50 employeesFunding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase