Ontology Engineer

Evnek

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

Python
compliance
data modeling
data models
JSON
machine learning
web standards

About the role

Evnek

Website: evnek.com
Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evnek
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
Job details:

Job Title: Ontology Engineer
Experience: 5–10 Years
Location: Remote

Notice Period: Immediate Joiner

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Ontology Engineer to design, develop, and maintain semantic knowledge models that enable intelligent data integration, interoperability, and AI-driven applications. The ideal candidate will have expertise in semantic web technologies, ontology development, and knowledge graph design, with the ability to collaborate across business and technical teams to create machine-interpretable data models.

This role will play a key part in improving AI-powered systems by structuring enterprise knowledge, reducing AI hallucinations, and enhancing information retrieval through well-defined ontologies and semantic standards.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain enterprise ontologies using semantic web standards and best practices.

Build and manage formal knowledge frameworks to ensure data is machine-readable and interoperable.

Map proprietary business terminology and internal data models to industry-standard ontologies and reference models.

Develop semantic models that enable seamless data integration across systems and departments.

Collaborate with AI engineers and data scientists to structure knowledge for AI, machine learning, and knowledge graph applications.

Improve AI performance by creating high-quality semantic models that reduce hallucinations and improve contextual information retrieval.

Gather and translate competency questions from product managers, UX designers, and subject matter experts into scalable ontology models.

Design and maintain taxonomy structures, controlled vocabularies, and metadata standards.

Create documentation for ontology design, governance, and maintenance processes.

Ensure ontology quality, consistency, scalability, and compliance with organizational data governance standards.

Support knowledge graph implementation and semantic search initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Semantic Web Technologies

Strong expertise in:

RDF (Resource Description Framework)

RDFS

OWL (Web Ontology Language)

SPARQL

Deep understanding of semantic data modeling and linked data principles.

Ontology Development Tools

Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:

Protégé

TopBraid Composer

PoolParty

CENtree

Other ontology or taxonomy management platforms

Technical Skills

Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and ontology processing.

Experience working with:

JSON

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