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You'll design, build, and maintain graph-based data models that connect scientific, experimental, and regulatory data - enabling researchers and scientists to uncover relationships across compounds, targets, trials, and documents that traditional relational systems struggle to surface.\nIn this role, you will:\n Design and implement graph data models that represent entities and relationships across drug discovery pipelines (targets, compounds, assays, pathways) and clinical documentation (trials, protocols, adverse events, regulatory submissions).\n Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines in Python to ingest structured and unstructured data from source systems (LIMS, ELN, clinical trial databases, document repositories) into Neo4j.\nDevelop and optimize Cypher queries and APIs that power search, recommendation, and knowledge-discovery features used by scientists and clinical documentation teams.\nSupport entity resolution and linkage across disparate data sources - connecting compounds, genes, diseases, and clinical documents into a unified knowledge graph.\n Deploy and manage graph infrastructure on cloud platforms, including provisioning Neo4j instances (AuraDB or self-managed), monitoring performance, and managing access controls in compliance with data governance policies.\nCollaborate with cross-functional stakeholders - data scientists, clinical documentation specialists, and R&D researchers - to translate domain requirements into scalable graph schemas and queries.\n Ensure data quality, lineage, and compliance with pharma industry standards (GxP, HIPAA where applicable) throughout the graph data lifecycle, including documentation of data models and pipeline logic for audit readiness.\nWe strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. 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Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.\nWhat you need to have to be considered \n· 3-4 years of hands-on experience with Neo4j (or comparable graph database) - schema design, Cypher query writing, and performance tuning\n· Strong Python skills for data pipelines, ETL, and API development (pandas, py2neo/neo4j-driver, FastAPI/Flask a plus)\n· Working experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) storage, compute, and managed database services\n· Understanding data modeling concepts (relational-to-graph translation, ontology/taxonomy basics)\n· Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD basics\n· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Bioinformatics, Data Engineering, or related field\nSalary and Other Compensation:\nApplications will be accepted until October 29, 2026.\nThe annual salary for this position is between $88,000 - $135,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.\nThis position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.\nBenefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:\n· Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance\n· Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off\n· 401(k) plan and contributions\n· Long-term/Short-term Disability\n· Paid Parental Leave\n· Employee Stock Purchase Plan\nDisclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. 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