Remote Knowledge Graph Architect for AI in Construction

Eliassen Group; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

401(k) with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead the architecture and technical strategy for a construction-focused ontology, knowledge graph, and AI knowledge platform. Remote, contract engagement with W2 benefits and competitive hourly pay.

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 supports AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in knowledge graph architecture, ontology development, semantic architecture, knowledge engineering, enterprise/data architecture, or AI/ML architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop an enterprise ontology and knowledge graph for complex construction and project data.
• Define relationships across projects, activities, estimates, schedules, cost codes, crews, equipment, quantities, production rates, risks, changes, and outcomes.
• Evaluate and incorporate relevant standards, including IFC, buildingSMART, LandInfra, and semantic web standards.
• Integrate enterprise data from multiple operational and project systems into the knowledge architecture.
• Design and guide GraphRAG, LazyGraphRAG, RAG, and AI agent architectures.
• Establish standards for ontology 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 compared with traditional RAG and LLM approaches.

Skills

Knowledge graph architecture

Ontology development

Semantic architecture

Knowledge engineering

Enterprise data architecture

AI/ML architecture

Tools

Graph databases

OWL/RDF tooling

Semantic modeling tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Knowledge Graph Architect to lead the architecture and technical strategy for a construction-focused ontology, knowledge graph, and AI knowledge platform. Remote, contract engagement with W2 benefits and competitive hourly pay.

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 supports AI, GraphRAG, LLM, and