Remote Knowledge Graph Architect for AI-Driven Construction

Eliassen Group; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead architecture and strategy for a construction-focused ontology, knowledge graph, and AI knowledge platform.

You will connect historical project and operational data across estimating, scheduling, project controls, field execution, equipment, cost, and lessons learned to create a reusable knowledge foundation that can support AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and agent-based applications.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in knowledge graph architecture, ontology development, semantic architecture, knowledge engineering, enterprise/data architecture, or AI/ML architecture.
• Hands-on experience with knowledge graphs, ontologies, semantic modeling, or graph databases.
• Understanding of RAG/GraphRAG, LLMs, AI agents, and enterprise data integration.
• Experience defining relationships and mappings across complex, disparate enterprise data sources.
• Ability to translate complex business and operational concepts into scalable technical architectures.
• Strong communication skills across technical teams and business/domain SMEs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop an enterprise ontology and knowledge graph for construction and project data.
• Define relationships across projects, estimates, schedules, cost codes, crews, equipment, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and incorporate standards including IFC, buildingSMART, LandInfra, and semantic web standards.
• Integrate enterprise data from multiple systems into the knowledge architecture.
• Design experiments for GraphRAG, AI agent architectures, and related tooling.
• Establish governance, provenance, entity resolution, cross-system mappings, and knowledge quality.
• Partner with domain SMEs, enterprise architecture, data engineering, AI engineering, and technology teams.
• Design experiments to evaluate whether structured enterprise knowledge improves AI answer quality.

Skills

Knowledge graph architecture

Ontology development

Semantic architecture

Knowledge engineering

Enterprise data architecture

AI/ML architecture

Graph databases

LLM integration

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead architecture and strategy for a construction-focused ontology, knowledge graph, and AI knowledge platform.

You will connect historical project and operational data across estimating, scheduling, project controls, field execution, equipment, cost, and lessons learned to create a reusable knowledge foundation that can support AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and agent-based applications.