Knowledge Graph Backend Lead

Accenture; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Back-End Engineer to design, build, and operate data infrastructure powering an AI-driven knowledge platform. You will work across the full back-end stack, architect APIs, build data pipelines, manage multi-modal databases, and ensure reliability and performance for enterprise-scale services.

You will bring experience with semantic technologies, graph databases, vector storage, and REST API design, contributing across ingestion, transformation, storage, retrieval, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in Knowledge Graph data hydration and ontology-based data mapping.
• Strong understanding of RDF, SPARQL, and semantic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Hydrate structured and semi-structured data into Knowledge Graphs by mapping source data to ontology models.
• Develop data mapping and transformation workflows using R2RML or similar technologies.
• Write and optimize SPARQL queries for graph loading, validation, and retrieval.
• Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines and integrate data from enterprise systems.
• Design and optimize relational database schemas and queries to support efficient graph hydration and ETL workflows.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain vector database infrastructure for embedding storage, indexing, and semantic retrieval at scale.
• Design and maintain scalable graph query APIs consumed by internal application and product teams.
• Performance-tune graph database queries, indexing strategies, and data access patterns.
• Own containerization, deployment, and monitoring of graph services in cloud environments.
• Ensure data quality, ontology alignment, and secure handling of sensitive data (PII/PHI).
• Collaborate with ontologists, architects, and application teams to support Knowledge Graph implementations.

Skills

Knowledge Graph

RDF/SPARQL

Python

Java

REST APIs

Data Modeling

SQL

Graph Databases

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GraphDB

Stardog

Neo4j

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

Pinecone

Weaviate

Milvus

Qdrant

Docker

Kubernetes

Airflow

Apache NiFi

Git

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Back-End Engineer to design, build, and operate data infrastructure powering an AI-driven knowledge platform. You will work across the full back-end stack, architect APIs, build data pipelines, manage multi-modal databases, and ensure reliability and performance for enterprise-scale services.

You will bring experience with semantic technologies, graph databases, vector storage, and REST API design, contributing across ingestion, transformation, storage, retrieval, and