Ontologist

• Graduate degree in Information Science, Linguistics, Philosophy or equivalent professional experience
• 2-5 years of professional experience in ontology development
• Knowledge of semantic web standards (RDF/RDFS/SHACL/OWL/SKOS/SPARQL)
• Experience using and developing formal ontologies
• Knowledge of query tools (example SPARQL, Cypher, Gremlin)

Job summary
Amazon is the earth’s most customer centric company. Along with being a retail company, it has a special focus on innovative technology and high-profile devices. We have worked to produce best-selling tablets with breakthrough hardware technology, e-readers that have revolutionized reading, Fire TV, a tiny yet powerful way to watch the best movies and TV shows in the comfort of your living room and Echo, our cutting edge product.

The Device, Digital & Alexa Support (aka. D2AS) organization provides the best customer support and experience for customers using our devices, digital & Alexa applications. The D2AS Knowledge Management team focuses on providing personalized and relevant information to our customers by making help Pages discoverable and easy to navigate.
D2AS team is currently hiring an Ontologist to support Semantic Search. In this role, you will be responsible for the development, testing, implementation, and management of D2AS specific ontologies. You will work closely with Content Authors, Engineers, and Applied Scientists in driving excellence and innovation. For this role, we are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented individual who has experience building ontologies that support content search systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with key stakeholders to understand and document requirements for the digital and device content domains
• Exercise judgement in applying existing ontology standards
• Work with applied scientists and others to develop metrics for ontology usage
• Work with business and domain experts to develop and evolve D2 contents
• Translate customer’s business requirements into technical/functional ontology implementation for the engineers
• Ability to evangelize ontology concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Work collaboratively with other technical teams on knowledge-engineering focused projects
• Experience deploying ontologies in a business setting
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience working as part of a start-up team within a larger company
• Experience with graph databases
• Experience working with RDFS, OWL, and SPARQL
• Experience with Protégé
• Ability to work on a diverse team or with a diverse range of coworkers

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.