Amazon

Ontologist III - AMZ10279636

Amazon$124K — $179K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics, or related field
  • 5 years in ontology or related field
  • Experience in data retrieval and research techniques
  • Proficient in Semantic Web technologies (RDF/s, OWL) and SPARQL
  • Skilled in ontology engineering editors (Protege, TopQuadrant, PoolParty)
  • Experience creating and communicating technical requirements

Responsibilities

  • Design decision support systems for automated catalog management
  • Architect knowledge infrastructure integrating ontologies and knowledge bases
  • Build structured knowledge repositories for automated decision-making
  • Develop classification logic using AI techniques
  • Serve as a bridge between domain experts and software engineering teams
  • Create and maintain product catalog structures and metadata schemas
  • Collaborate on scalable knowledge management solutions with machine learning engineers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Financial benefits including equity options
  • Sign-on payments and bonuses
  • Extensive employee benefits package
  • Work-life balance with 40 hours per week schedule
Full Job Description
MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Offered Position: Ontologist III

Job Location: Seattle, Washington



Position Responsibilities:

Design and develop decision support systems for automated catalog management and change request handling. Architect knowledge infrastructure that integrates ontologies, knowledge bases, taxonomies, and classification systems to enable intelligent workflow automation. Build structured knowledge repositories and semantic frameworks that support automated decision-making processes. Develop classification logic and queries using AI techniques including Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Serve as technical bridge between domain experts (Ontology/Taxonomy teams) and Software Engineering teams, translating business requirements into implementable system architectures. Apply knowledge graph platform development and support full-stack software engineering to design end-to-end solutions. Create and maintain product catalog structures, classification hierarchies, and metadata schemas. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including machine learning engineers to implement scalable knowledge management and decision support solutions across global systems.

Position Requirements:

Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics, or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skills: (1) experience in data retrieval and data research techniques; (2) creating and communicating technical requirements to engineering teams; (3) experience with generative AI (creating prompts); (4) experience with Semantic Web technologies (RDF/s and OWL), query languages (SPARQL), and validation and reasoning standards (SHACL and SPIN); and (5) experience with open-source and commercial ontology engineering editors (Protege, TopQuadrant products, and PoolParty).

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $124,500/year to $179,700/year.

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit:

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.#0000

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Position Requirements:

Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics, or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Must have five years of experience in the following skills: (1) experience in data retrieval and data research techniques; (2) creating and communicating technical requirements to engineering teams; (3) experience with generative AI (creating prompts); (4) experience with Semantic Web technologies (RDF/s and OWL), query languages (SPARQL), and validation and reasoning standards (SHACL and SPIN); and (5) experience with open-source and commercial ontology engineering editors (Protege, TopQuadrant products, and PoolParty).#0000

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

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