Data Engineer (Semantic Web / Ontology Engineering)

Semantic Web Engineers at IMO Health are key members of our ontology-driven Data Engineering teams. You will be a specialist working with multiple teams to virtualize huge volumes of complex medical terminology as we scale our database footprint. The Semantic Web Engineer's work will be critical to achieving IMO Health’s goals to deliver a more comprehensive and reactive source of clinical terminology to healthcare professionals.

You will use your experience with ontology architecture and tooling to harmonize and leverage complex sources to develop automated approaches to large volume data ingestion.  You will be pivotal not just to ingesting/virtualizing existing content but building inferences and reasoning across it. This work will drastically improve content relationships and the quality of content that we provide to over 740,000 physicians every day.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a technical resource in semantic web development on cross-skilled clinical, content, and data teams as we develop meaningful data relationship experiences.
• Design and write quality source code for data pipelines and services, including detailed documentation of design and implementation.
• Implement and maintain the deployment of semantic services using containerization technologies (Docker) and cloud orchestration platforms like Amazon ECS. Contribute to and maintain automated deployment, testing, and integration activities utilizing robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Work together with the product owner to break down features into actionable user stories and technical tasks.
• Utilize existing taxonomies and ontologies applicable to our work. Contribute to the documentation and publishing of taxonomies/ontologies, supporting the core concepts of our domain.
• Adhere to and support the established governance process for structured data, ensuring compliance across implementations.

What You’ll Need

• A relevant STEM BA/BS Degree and 3-5 years of relevant coding experience, or five years of relevant professional experience in semantic web development/data engineering using multiple languages (Python, Java).
• Proficient in AWS services (EC2, EMR, RDS, etc.)
• Strong SQL knowledge, with experience in complex query authoring, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)..
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and cloud deployment strategies using services like Amazon ECS.
• Familiar with agile development and CI/CD processes using tools such as Git and Terraform.
• Experience working with Spark and/or PySpark.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and to lead collaborative efforts across diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data challenges, identify root causes, and architect strategic, scalable solutions within a semantic context.
• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment, iteratively developing and deploying data solutions.

Bonus

• Familiarity with RDF, OWL, SHACL, and SPARQL
• Understanding healthcare ontologies and standards like SNOMED-CT, LOINC, RxNorm, and ICD-10.

$100,000 - $160,000 a year

Compensation at IMO Health is determined by job level, role requirements, and each candidate’s experience, skills, and location. The listed base pay represents the target for new hires with individual compensation varying accordingly. These figures exclude potential bonuses or sales incentives, which may also be part of the total compensation package. Our recruiter will provide additional details during the hiring process.

IMO Health also offers a comprehensive benefits package. To learn more, please visit IMO Health's Careers Page .

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.