Lead Knowledge Architect
Ami P. (L.I.O.N.)United StatesLEADPosted 1h ago
knowledge graphssemantic architectureinvestment bankingontologiestaxonomiesRDF/OWL modelingSHACLSPARQLCypherGremlingraph databasesNeo4jAmazon NeptuneTigerGraphRDF storesRAG/GraphRAGLLM groundingembeddingsvector searchentity resolutionPythonSQLSparkDatabricksSnowflakeFIBOISO 20022LEI/ISINCollibraAlationAtlan
About the Role
We are looking for a Lead Knowledge Architect to build enterprise ontologies, unify financial data vocabularies, and improve AI accuracy through GraphRAG, semantic grounding, and intelligent knowledge retrieval.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and own enterprise ontologies and knowledge graphs for financial instruments, issuers, portfolios, transactions, and reference data
• Establish standardized business vocabularies, semantic layers, and governed business glossaries across departments
• Architect and optimize graph databases and query layers for large-scale financial data
• Improve LLM accuracy through GraphRAG, hybrid retrieval, semantic grounding, and entity resolution
• Build knowledge extraction pipelines from structured financial systems and unstructured documents
• Implement data lineage, quality controls, and auditability across knowledge platforms
• Collaborate with investment, risk, finance, and compliance stakeholders to resolve semantic differences
• Lead SME workshops, guide technical teams, and communicate architecture decisions to senior stakeholders
Requirements
• 8+ years of data architecture experience, including 4+ years designing and managing production knowledge graphs or semantic platforms
• Strong hands-on expertise in ontologies, taxonomies, RDF/OWL modeling, SHACL, SPARQL, Cypher, and Gremlin
• Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, TigerGraph, or RDF stores
• Strong investment and financial services domain knowledge, including financial instruments, portfolios, trading, risk, fund accounting, and reference data
• Practical experience with RAG/GraphRAG, LLM grounding, embeddings, vector search, entity resolution, and retrieval evaluation
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data platforms such as Spark, Databricks, and Snowflake
• Familiarity with FIBO, ISO 20022, LEI/ISIN, and data governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, or Atlan