AI Knowledge Architect for Behavioral AI Systems

Gallup; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site in Omaha

Competitive salary

Job summary

Gallup Labs is seeking an AI research scientist to design and build knowledge infrastructures powering Gallup’s AI initiatives. You will shape systems built on rich behavioral data, translating research questions into scalable, production-ready architectures.

You will lead the design of retrieval and knowledge-graph pipelines, evaluate reasoning quality, and collaborate with researchers and product teams to integrate knowledge systems into broader AI workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, applied mathematics, cognitive science or related field, plus two years of experience, or an advanced degree in ML, NLP, information science or computational social science
• Experience building applied AI systems, knowledge architectures or advanced data systems in industry, research or comparable settings
• Strong hands-on experience with knowledge graphs, including ontology and schema design, extraction pipelines, graph storage and traversal
• Experience using LLMs for structured extraction of entities, relations and attributes
• Experience designing advanced retrieval systems and evaluating reasoning and extraction quality; strong Python skills and fluency with LangChain, LangGraph or LlamaIndex
• Commitment to working on-site at Gallup’s Omaha office at least three days per week

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype and evaluate applied AI systems for knowledge representation, retrieval and agentic reasoning
• Build knowledge architectures that combine knowledge graphs, vector databases, RAG pipelines and hybrid retrieval approaches
• Own core retrieval infrastructure, including ontology design, schema design, embeddings, indexing, LLM-based extraction, entity resolution, graph storage and query patterns
• Translate ambiguous research questions into clear technical approaches, experiments and working systems
• Create evaluation frameworks for reasoning quality, retrieval accuracy, scalability and real-world impact
• Partner with researchers, product leaders and technologists to integrate knowledge systems into larger AI workflows and communicate architectural decisions clearly
• Stay current on applied AI research and identify techniques that can strengthen Gallup’s AI capabilities

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Systems thinking

Architectural creativity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Advanced degree in ML / NLP / information science

Tools

Python

LangChain/LangGraph/LlamaIndex

FastAPI

Job description

Gallup Labs is seeking an AI research scientist to design and build knowledge infrastructures powering Gallup’s AI initiatives. You will shape systems built on rich behavioral data, translating research questions into scalable, production-ready architectures.

You will lead the design of retrieval and knowledge-graph pipelines, evaluate reasoning quality, and collaborate with researchers and product teams to integrate knowledge systems into broader AI workflows.