Semantic AI Engineer

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie’s global Information Research group seeks a Semantic AI Engineer to build and operationalize semantic capabilities that connect ontologies and reference standards across enterprise platforms. You will apply AI-enabled services to support data integration and decision-making at scale.

The role requires strong knowledge of semantic technologies and collaboration across platform, data, and governance teams, with a focus on reliable delivery and FAIR data principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Data Science, CS, Informatics, Software Engineering, Semantic Technologies or related field with years of experience.
• Experience building production-quality data, software or semantic solutions including APIs and tools.
• Knowledge of ontologies, vocabularies, knowledge graphs, semantic standards, metadata, mapping, normalization and FAIR data principles.
• Ability to translate governance requirements into scalable technical designs and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-driven semantic solutions that embed ontologies into enterprise platforms.
• Engineer ontologies, vocabularies, mappings, and semantic contracts into reusable services and components.
• Enable inference, search, normalization, and data integration across enterprise-scale workflows.
• Collaborate to define implementation patterns and ensure FAIR data principles within software assets.
• Create documentation and patterns to help teams consume EOS capabilities consistently.

Skills

Semantic technologies

APIs

MCP tools

Ontologies

CI/CD

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant field

Tools

REST APIs

Python (Pydantic)

OWL/RDF/SPARQL

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Xand YouTube.

Job Description

AbbVie’sglobalInformation Research (IR) group has a mission to unlock information that makes cures possible. Within IR, the Enterprise Knowledge Accelerator (EKA) teamserves as atrusted knowledge partner for clients in R&D and the Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO), helping driveinnovation,knowledgesharing,and faster decisions thatsupportadvancementof AbbVie’spipeline.EKAis a global organization withpresence inLake County, Illinois,Boston, Massachusetts, andLudwigshafen,Germany.

Within EKA, the Reference Data Architecture (RDA) teamis buildingOntoverseto developAbbVie’s enterprise semantic capabilities by combining GenAI technologies, reference dataexpertise, and semantic architecture. RDA creates thesemantic layer thatconnectshigh-quality internal and external ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and reference standards with major company data initiatives andplatforms,makingknowledge more connected, computable, and actionable across the enterprise.

The Semantic AI Engineer will build and operationalize software capabilities that expose these semantic assetsthrough Enterprise Ontology Services (EOS) for use in platforms such as Enterprise Product Master Data (EPMD), Dataverse, andcontrolled technology development frameworks likeSHIFT. The role appliessoftware engineeringand semantic knowledge representation tocreate reusable components, APIs,MCP tools, agents,and AI-enabled services that support discovery, inference, harmonization, data integration, and decision-making at scale, while contributing to CI/CD practices that enable reliable delivery and ongoing operational support.Workingclosely with platform, product, ontology, data, and governance teams,the role willalso helpdeliver implementation solutions thatembedFAIR data principles into GenAI-generated software assets from the start.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operationalize AI-driven semantic solutions that embed enterprise ontologies and semantic assets into EnterpriseProductMasterDatainitiative,theDataverse, and related enterprise platforms through EOS.
• Engineer and translate ontologies, controlled vocabularies, mappings, semantic contracts, and reference standards into machine-consumable services, APIs, agent tools, and reusable software components.
• Enable semantic knowledge structures to actively drive inference, search, normalization, query expansion, entity resolution, and data integration across enterprise-scale workflows.
• Partner with the Standards & Governance Expert to define implementation patterns, decision processes, and quality gates that embed FAIR data principles into SHIFT-generated software assets from project initiation.
• Collaborate with platform, product, data, ontology, and governance teams to align semantic services with business requirements, enterprise architecture, and scalable delivery practices.
• Develop andmaintaintechnical documentation, integration patterns, reusable examples, and guidance that help teams consume EOS capabilities consistently and effectively.
• Understand and adhere to applicable corporate standards, including code of conduct, data security,GxPcompliance where relevant, software development lifecycle expectations, and responsible AI practices.
• Monitor and be attuned tonew technologytrends relevant for knowledge analysis and insights discovery.
• Achievegreat results, whiledemonstratingkey AbbVie values and behaviors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Informatics, Software Engineering, Semantic Technologies or any related field and5years of experience; orMaster’s Degree and4years of experience.
• Demonstratedexperience building production-quality data, software, AI, or semantic technology solutions, including APIs,MCP tools, agents,services, integrations, or reusable platform components,commontechnologies,and formats(e.g.,Rest APIs, XML, JSON, Python libraries such asPydantic).
• Working knowledge of ontologies, controlledvocabularies, knowledge graphs, semantic standards(OWL, RDF, SPARQL), metadata, mapping, normalization, and FAIR data principles.
• Ability to translate business and governance requirements into scalable technical designs that make semantic assets accessible to applications, AI agents, search, and data integration workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply emerging technologies,operatewithin timelines, and produce clear technical documentation for enterprise adoption,contributing to CI/CD practices that enable reliable delivery and ongoing operational support.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to work acrossplatforms, governance, ontology, and product teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment with constantly shifting priorities.
• Demonstratean interest in working cross-functionally and in inter-disciplinary teams with an ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with scientists and non-scientists.
• Innate scientific curiosity, technical creativity, and innovative thinking. Motivated to break new ground in the field of information analysis and insights generation.
• Fluency in English

Additional Information

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position. Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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