Job Title: Senior Knowledge Graph Engineer / AI Architect
Location: Remote, USA
Duration: 6 Months with possible extensions or conversion
Role OverviewLead the design and deployment of intelligent systems using Knowledge Graphs and AI reasoning. You'll architect scalable solutions that combine semantic technologies with AI models to enable advanced inference, decision support, and autonomous agents.
Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and scale Knowledge Graphs (RDF, OWL, SPARQL, Neo4j).
Integrate AI models for reasoning, enrichment, and search.
Develop semantic pipelines (NLP, entity linking, ontology alignment).
Lead technical strategy and mentor teams.
Prototype LLM + graph systems for real-time applications.
7+ years in software/AI engineering; 3+ with Knowledge Graphs.
Strong in semantic tech, graph DBs, hybrid AI, Python/Java.
Experience with LLM tools (LangChain, CrewAI), reasoning engines.
Excellent communication and leadership.
MS/PhD, experience with Drools, RDFox, or autonomous agents.
Research or open-source contributions.
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