Context Engineer - Senior - Consulting - Location OPEN

About the role

We are seeking a Data Engineer with strong semantic data engineering capabilities — someone who can design and build modern data pipelines while also implementing semantic frameworks (ontologies, taxonomies, and knowledge graphs) that enable agentic AI and intelligent data products.

Responsibilities

• Data engineering & platform delivery
• Design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines and integrations that support large-scale data architectures across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Build out new integrations using cloud-native technologies to support continuing increases in data sources, volume, and complexity.
• Extract, transform, and load data from multiple external/internal sources into a single, consistent source to serve business users and data visualization needs.
• Implement processes and systems to drive data reconciliation and monitor data quality.
• Write unit/integration/performance tests and perform analysis required to troubleshoot data-related issues and support resolution.
• Semantic data engineering / context engineering
• Develop and evolve ontologies and semantic models to represent business concepts, relationships, and workflows in support of AI agents and enterprise analytics.
• Build and maintain knowledge graphs that enable contextual reasoning, entity resolution, and semantic integration across domains.
• Define metadata schemas, taxonomies, and contextual rules to support dynamic orchestration, discoverability, and reuse.
• Implement and govern semantic standards and best practices aligned to W3C semantic web standards
• Continuous improvement
• Utilize CI/CD principles to automate deployment of code changes, improving code quality, test coverage, and resilience.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging tools and processes in data engineering and knowledge graph platforms to improve productivity and outcomes.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in STEM
• 4+ years of relevant experience in software development, data science, data engineering, ETL, and analytics reporting development.
• 3+ years’ experience with native cloud products and services such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• 2+ years of experience mentoring and leading a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and professional development.
• Experience designing, building, implementing, and maintaining data and system integrations using dimensional data modelling and development and optimization of ETL pipelines.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex data solutions.
• Experience using:
  • Data engineering programming languages (e.g., Python)
  • Proficiency in OWL, RDF, SPARQL.
  • Distributed data technologies (e.g., Pyspark)
  • Cloud platform deployment and tools (e.g., Kubernetes)
  • Relational SQL databases
  • DevOps and continuous integration
  • GitHub
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and operate as a leading member across globally distributed teams to deliver high-quality services and solutions.
• Understanding of database architecture and administration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including storytelling and interacting effectively with multifunctional teams and other strategic partners.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing business priorities.

What we offer you

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $106,900 to $176,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $128,400 to $200,600. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.