Senior Knowledge Engineer & Ontology Leader

Accenture PLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 434,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture PLC in California seeks a senior knowledge engineer to own enterprise ontology creation, semantic layer design, and governance. You will drive the technical track and collaborate with stakeholders across business and technology to shape AI-enabled knowledge services.

We look for a leader with 10+ years in knowledge engineering, graph tech, and publishing experience who can articulate the value of semantic layers to executives and architects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in knowledge engineering, semantic web, ontology design, or adjacent data disciplines, with at least 2 years specifically on AI/LLM-based work.
• Minimum of 6 years with knowledge-graph technologies (RDF, SPARQL, SHACL, property graphs) and enterprise graph databases.
• Minimum of 6 years of managerial or discipline-leadership experience, able to explain the value of the semantic layer to senior stakeholders (per the W16 scaffold for this family).
• Minimum of 2 years of publishing or speaking publicly in the discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years owning a productized offering, platform, or methodology — not just consulting within one.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Scaled ontology creation and semantic-layer design with governance.
• Develop ontology templates and reference architectures.
• Explain semantic layer value to executives and architects.

Skills

Client executive communication

AI/LLM strategy understanding

Knowledge engineering leadership

Public speaking / publishing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (12 years)

Tools

RDF

SPARQL

SHACL

Property graphs

Job description

Accenture PLC in California seeks a senior knowledge engineer to own enterprise ontology creation, semantic layer design, and governance. You will drive the technical track and collaborate with stakeholders across business and technology to shape AI-enabled knowledge services.

We look for a leader with 10+ years in knowledge engineering, graph tech, and publishing experience who can articulate the value of semantic layers to executives and architects.