Accenture

Knowledge Engineer / Semantic Expert for AI

Accenture$73K — $220K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years)
  • 2+ years in Knowledge Graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL)
  • 2+ years with schema design and ontology management
  • Experience in designing knowledge graph solutions and graph-based ML models
  • Hands-on design and configuration of an end-to-end data pipeline for AI applications involving LLMs
  • Proficient with relational, object, graph, and vector databases.

Responsibilities

  • Build Knowledge Graph solutions to transform client data architectures.
  • Design, develop, and implement AI and semantic solutions for seamless integration.
  • Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders for stand-out Data & AI offerings.
  • Develop strong client relationships and build trust with key advisors.
  • Justify and make business cases for semantic layer solutions recommended to clients.
  • Contribute to Accenture's sales efforts as needed.
  • Continuously learn and share insights on cutting-edge Data & AI solutions.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) plan with bonus opportunities
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
Full Job Description
You Are:

As a Knowledge Engineer, you formulate real-world problems into practical, efficient, and scalable AI and Knowledge Graph problems.
  • You lead a team and provide guidance to explore and implement new methodologies, model building techniques, and cutting-edge algorithms, and applying these techniques with the right architecture to solve real-world problems.
  • You have a deep understanding and ability to remain at the forefront of knowledge engineering, generative AI, LLM, and multi-modal models (with a focus on driving innovation by applying these techniques to new business problems, use cases, and scenarios).
  • As needed by the specific problem, you design, evaluate, and maintain ontologies.
  • As a significant part of this role, you will be justifying the value of innovative generative AI and knowledge graph approaches in the business problems, and youll be expected to construct methodologies and data architectures that clearly demonstrate their value.
  • Youll also work collaboratively with teams from both the business and technical side, including users, use case representatives, business owners, engineers, architects, and UI designers, to achieve end-to-end project development goals.


The Work:
  • Build Knowledge Graph solutions that transform clients data architecture.
  • Design, develop, and implement AI and semantic solutions and ensure that all the pieces work together seamlessly
  • Work with the project team, team leaders, project delivery leads, and client stakeholders to create stand-out Data & AI offerings powered by graph-based technologies
  • Develop strong relationships with clients and gain the trust of key advisors
  • Make the business case for the semantic layer solution recommended to the client
  • Pitch in on Accenture sales efforts when needed
  • Continue to learn and develop cutting edge Data & AI solutions, especially agentic technologies, provide through leadership on technology trends, new opportunities and innovations, or foreseeable limitations, risks, and concerns.


Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Heres what you need
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associates Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience
  • Minimum of 2 or more of the below Requirements:
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in Knowledge Graph technologies (e.g. RDF, SPARQL, LPG, SHACL)
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience with schema design, ontology management, and Knowledge Graph curation.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in designing and developing knowledge graph solutions and graph-based machine learning models, functional and technical experience required.
  • Minimum of 1 end-to-end data pipeline implementation for AI applications, particularly those involving LLMs or similar models, including hands-on design and configuration
  • Minimum of 2 year and strong knowledge of relational databases, object stores, graph databases (e.g. Stardog, Neo4J, Amazon Neptune), and vector databases


Bonus Points If:
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • 2+ years of experience in Python, with experience in frameworks like Tensorflow, PyTorch, and tools for building ETL pipelines (e.g. Apache NiFi, Airflow)
  • Practical experience with NLP and/or Search techniques
  • Prompt engineering, and LLMs for enterprise-scale applications.
  • You have team lead experience
  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across engineering, research, and product teams across multiple time zones.
  • You have external client-facing consulting experience
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Broad experience in diverse ML techniques and agentic systems.


Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 07/21/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $73,800 to $220,400
Cleveland $68,300 to $176,300
Colorado $73,800 to $190,400
District of Columbia $78,500 to $202,700
Illinois $68,300 to $190,400
Maine $62,800 to $162,200
Maryland $73,800 to $190,400
Massachusetts $73,800 to $202,700
Minnesota $73,800 to $190,400
New York $68,300 to $220,400
New Jersey $78,500 to $220,400
Virginia $68,300 to $202,700
Washington $80,200 to $202,700

About Accenture

Accenture plc is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The company has more than 537,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture operates across five business segments: Communications, Media & Technology; Financial Services; Health & Public Service; Products; and Resources. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices worldwide.
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