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Company

Airbnb · 15 hours ago

Senior Ontologist, Knowledge Graph

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$136K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Support daily operations for semantic data governance across product and knowledge graph use cases.

Collaborate with Airbnb’s Ontology Manager to create and develop consistent, extensible data models to support Airbnb’s knowledge graph.

Collaborate with product teams to design comprehensive ontologies/taxonomies that enable intuitive and interpretable knowledge structures for product features.

Navigate diverse product and data requirements to establish a governance framework, defining a unified taxonomy/ontology across multiple domains.

Work with cross-functional partners to address data fragmentation issues and standardize semantic data definitions, minimizing data inefficiencies.

Facilitate communication, collaboration, and alignment among distributed internal stakeholders.

Advocate for the importance of unified ontologies, standardized metadata, and controlled terminology.

Qualification

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Ontology DesignTaxonomy ManagementKnowledge Graph DevelopmentRDFOWLSPARQLData IntegrationSemantic Technologies

Required

5+ years of industry experience working in ontology and/or taxonomy roles with a degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field.

Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge representations.

Strong understanding of RDF, OWL, SPARQL, and other semantic technologies.

Hands-on experience with large-scale knowledge graph development, including schema design, entity modeling, and relationship mapping to support various business domains.

Ability to work with multiple data sources, both structured and unstructured, to build cohesive and interoperable ontological models that reduce data silos and enable data discovery and reuse.

Skilled at collaborating with data scientists / engineers, software engineers, product managers and domain experts to translate complex business needs into semantic models.

Proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise way to a range of technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

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Company

Airbnb

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Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.

Founded in 2008

San Francisco, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.airbnb.com

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