Airbnb Senior Ontologist Knowledge Graph 

United States 

442779039

The Difference You Will Make:

What does being a Senior Ontologist look like:

A Typical Day:

• Support daily operations for semantic data governance across product and knowledge graph use cases.
• Collaborate with Airbnb’s Ontology Manager to create and develop consistent, extensible data models to support Airbnb’s knowledge graph.
• Collaborate with product teams to design comprehensive ontologies/taxonomies that enable intuitive and interpretable knowledge structures for product features.
• Navigate diverse product and data requirements to establish a governance framework, defining a unified taxonomy/ontology across multiple domains.
• Work with cross-functional partners to address data fragmentation issues and standardize semantic data definitions, minimizing data inefficiencies.
• Facilitate communication, collaboration, and alignment among distributed internal stakeholders.
• Advocate for the importance of unified ontologies, standardized metadata, and controlled terminology.

Your Expertise:

• Experience : 5+ years of industry experience working in ontology and/or taxonomy roles with a degree in Information Science, Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field.
• Ontology and Taxonomy : proven expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge representations. Strong understanding of RDF, OWL, SPARQL, and other semantic technologies.
• Knowledge graph : hands-on experience with large-scale knowledge graph development, including schema design, entity modeling, and relationship mapping to support various business domains.
• Data integration : ability to work with multiple data sources, both structured and unstructured, to build cohesive and interoperable ontological models that reduce data silos and enable data discovery and reuse
• Collaboration : skilled at collaborating with data scientists / engineers, software engineers, product managers and domain experts to translate complex business needs into semantic models
• Communication : proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise way to a range of technical and non-technical audiences