Semantic Web Implementation Specialist – Hybrid Europeans Full Time Contract by Employer

We currently have a vacancy for a Semantic Web Implementation Specialist fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Luxembourg. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated into the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Your tasks

• Push the boundaries of semantic tech: Advise on state-of-the-art trends (triple stores, SPARQL optimization, semantic search, visualization, scalability, and security);
• Build & innovate: Develop technical specifications, prototypes, pilots, and robust systems from concept to production;
• Engineer smarter systems: Design and execute migration strategies, implement ontologies in OWL, and create monitoring solutions;
• Champion open data: Define strategies that make data accessible, reusable, and impactful;
• Ensure trust & quality: Lead data testing, quality management, and troubleshooting to keep systems reliable;
• Empower others: Deliver training, presentations, and clear recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Secure continuity: Oversee smooth knowledge transfer and handover processes

Requirements

• University degree in IT or relevant discipline combined with 7 years of relevant experience;
• At least 4 years of experience in in a software development environment;
• At least 3 years of experience in RDF and RDF-S;
• At least 2 years of experience in OWL 2, RDF serialization formats (RDFa, Turtle, RDF/XML and JSON-LD), Triple stores (Virtuoso or equivalent) and SPARQL 1.0/1.1;
• At least 2 years of experience in Java (Java SE, Java EE, EJB, Applet, etc.) or Python;
• At least 2 years of experience in Linux;
• At least 2 years of experience in databases and querying (e.g. Oracle, SQL, Elastic Search, Mongo DB, Neo4j)
• At least 2 years of experience in Pellet, Apache Jena Reasoner, RDFLib/Saxon, SKOS and SKOS-XL;
• At least 1 year of experience in version control (e.g. SVN, Bitbucket) and collaborative tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Office 365);
• At least 1 year of experience in XML;
• At least 1 year of experience in AWS Cloud Computing services;
• At least 1 year of experience in Microsoft Windows 7 and higher;
• At least 1 year of experience in monitoring tools (ELK, Dynatrace);
• Excellent command of the English language.

Benefits

• You’ll transform raw data into knowledge people can actually use.
• You’ll solve complex challenges that demand both precision and creativity.
• You’ll become a knowledge leader, shaping the future of how organizations retrieve, share, and understand information.

If you are seeking a career in an exciting and dynamic company, where you will offer your services as part of a team of a major European Institution, operating in an international, multilingual and multicultural environment where you can expect real chances to make a difference, please send us your detailed CV.

We offer a competitive remuneration (either on contract basis or remuneration with full benefits package), based on qualifications and experience. All applications will be treated as confidential.