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Senior Ontologist, IMDb Entertainment Data & Discovery
Amazon
Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Oct 24, 2024
DESCRIPTION
IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities reaching an audience of more than 250 million unique visitors per month. IMDb sits at the intersection of entertainment, media and technology inside the world’s most innovative and consumer-centric company – Amazon. IMDb employees enjoy the benefits of working for Amazon with the autonomy of working on a small, nimble team.
We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Ontologist to join our IMDb team. In this critical role, you will be responsible for owning and evolving the ontology that describes IMDb's data, ensuring it accurately represents the complex relationships and nuances of the rapidly evolving entertainment industry.
Key job responsibilities
Ontology Ownership and Evolution: You will take ownership of IMDb's existing ontology, which is currently modeled using a proprietary tool. Your expertise will be crucial in refining and expanding the ontology to accommodate intricate concepts such as movie versions, the variety of roles on TV shows, etc.
Data Modeling and Relationships: You will collaborate closely with Software Engineers and Product Managers to define and implement data relationships within the knowledge graph. Your deep understanding of ontology design principles will guide the team in building robust and scalable data models.
Stakeholder Collaboration: IMDb's data is consumed by numerous internal and external clients. You will work closely with these stakeholders to understand their data needs and ensure the knowledge graph effectively supports their requirements.
Future-Proofing: As the entertainment industry evolves, you will play a pivotal role in scaling the knowledge graph to accommodate new domains and emerging trends. Your insights will help IMDb stay ahead of the curve and adapt the data model to encompass diverse and emerging entertainment sectors.
Data Governance: While not directly owning data governance initiatives, you will contribute your expertise to inform and shape data governance policies and practices.
About the team
IMDb’s Entertainment Data & Discovery (ED&D) is responsible for the acquisition, accuracy, and availability of all IMDb data that drives IMDb experiences in addition to making that data available to hundreds of partners both inside and outside of Amazon. We are also the people, services, and process that protect and support professional and fan customers alike. ED&D’s mission is to be the trusted steward of entertainment information, unparalleled in accuracy and relevance, fulfilling today's needs and anticipating tomorrow's demand. We also happen to be pretty cool to work with.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* Proven experience as an Ontologist, with a strong background in knowledge representation, semantic modeling, and ontology engineering
* Proven ability to define and lead ontology-related initiatives independently
* Ability to quickly adapt to and master new proprietary tools and technologies
* Expertise in industry-standard ontology languages and tools (e.g., OWL, RDF, SPARQL, Protégé) or proprietary equivalents
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for identifying and resolving data modeling challenges
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including software engineers and product managers
* Degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics or equivalent professional experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics or other relevant fields
* Experience building ontologies in semantic search
* Experience working with schema-level constructs (e.g. higher-order classes, punning, property inheritance)
* Familiarity with software engineering life cycle
* Familiarity with ontology manipulation programming libraries
* Exposure to data science and/or machine learning, including graph embeddings
Success in this role will be defined by your capacity to construct a resilient and extensible ontology that faithfully captures the intricate relationships and subtleties inherent to the entertainment sector, culminating in world-class data representations.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of one of the world's most widely-used entertainment databases. As IMDb continues to expand its scope and reach, your contributions will be instrumental in ensuring the knowledge graph remains a powerful and flexible foundation for data modeling and representation. If you are passionate about ontology engineering and eager to tackle complex data modeling challenges in the entertainment domain, we encourage you to apply for this role.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $92,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $206,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.