Artificially generatedOntology Engineer: Jobs the Org Chart Still Misses
17 titles sat on pages. Eight are older than the word. Two names come from us.
An Ontology Engineer builds the list that makes a company operable for software and agents. Things, fields, relationships, actions. On October 1, 2026 the title sat on pages, from Samba TV to Booz Allen: 17 postings. Beside them, eight older jobs and two names from us, Ontology Designer and Prompt Reviewer. The layer under the titles is the ontology.
What does an Ontology Engineer do?
He sets object types, fields, links, and actions so a workflow runs on Monday. At Samba TV that means RDF, OWL, SHACL, and a knowledge graph for viewer data, 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. At Booz Allen the same work is called Palantir Foundry: translate the assignment into an ontology, build the pipeline, connect AIP, sit with the customer. At AverIQ, for an oil customer in Houston, the person is the authority for object types, links, and actions, 150,000 to 175,000 dollars. In Cologne, Tenth Revolution is hiring two to three Ontology Developers, remote, for twelve months.
Ontology Designer is our name for the cut before that. Cucumber as object, mustard as field. The boundary is a decision. In the ads this work sits inside the Ontology Engineer and the Ontology Architect, at Carlyle and at Accenture as Senior Ontologist.
Prompt Reviewer is the second name from us. Someone checks the prompt and the answer against the ontology: the right object, an allowed action, approval when money moves. The Scientific Curator at FlyBase, Harvard, reads Drosophila literature, checks AI annotations, and sharpens the prompts that go into the pipeline. The check sits in that curation post. Prompt Reviewer is the name we put on it.
Which titles sat on a page?
Counted on October 1, 2026. A row is a title a page used, or a proposal marked as a proposal. Pay only where the ad states a range.
| Job | Basket | Kind | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Samba TV, knowledge graph. RDF, OWL, SHACL. 150,000 to 180,000 dollars |
| Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Booz Allen, Arlington. Ontology, workflow, AIP. |
| Senior Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | AverIQ, Houston, oil and gas. 150,000 to 175,000 dollars |
| Ontology Developer | Fact | Posting | Tenth Revolution, Cologne, remote, twelve months. |
| Ontology Architect | Fact | Posting | Carlyle Group, New York or Washington. May 2026. |
| Senior Ontologist | Fact | Posting | Accenture, Seattle. OWL 2, RDFS, SKOS. September 30, 2026. |
| Knowledge Graph and Ontology Specialist | Fact | Posting | University of Sheffield. 38,784 to 47,389 pounds |
| Knowledge Graph & Ontology Engineer | Fact | Posting | Fluor, Vadodara. Plant engineering, RDF, SPARQL. |
| Ontology Expert & Knowledge Graph Engineer | Fact | Posting | Siemens, Bengaluru. |
| Knowledge Graph Engineer / Ontologist | Fact | Posting | The Hartford, June 2026. 156,000 to 234,000 dollars |
| Taxonomist / Ontologist | Fact | Posting | Gusto. Taxonomy for AI, prompt work as a capability. |
| Senior Knowledge Graph Engineer | Fact | Posting | EcoVadis. Ontology into a graph for agents. September 24, 2026. |
| Ontology Support Engineer | Fact | Posting | GSPANN. Objects, actions, write-back in operations. |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer | Fact | Posting | Palantir. Many capabilities, one customer. Internal name Delta. |
| Forward Deployed AI Engineer | Fact | Posting | Palantir, on the careers page. |
| Deployment Strategist | Fact | Posting | Palantir, beside it. Closer to the deployment and the conversation. |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Fact | Posting | Anthropic, Munich. 25 to 50 percent travel, Claude in the customer's system. |
| Knowledge Engineer | Fact | Older job | Sheffield is hiring the Specialist and names the Knowledge Engineer in the text. |
| Scientific Curator | Fact | Older job | Harvard, FlyBase. Checks AI annotations, sharpens prompts. |
| Ontology Designer | Hypothesis | Proposal | Our name for the boundary between object and field. |
| Prompt Reviewer | Hypothesis | Proposal | Our name for checking the prompt and the answer against the ontology. |
| Data Modeler | Hypothesis | Older job | The same boundary, earlier, in the ER diagram. |
| Process Analyst | Hypothesis | Older job | The first workflow, before it becomes an object. The FDE does that part in the room. |
| Enterprise Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | The overall model. The postings start at the single workflow. |
| Data Steward | Hypothesis | Older job | Holds the name when sales and assembly mean different things by "customer." |
| Information Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | The navigation of the terms. Gusto posts it as Taxonomist. |
| Solutions Architect | Hypothesis | Older job | Builds the branch into the system. Ontology Architect is the newer title at the same height. |
Seventeen titles, eight old names, two proposals.
The Forward Deployed Software Engineer is the row where Palantir named the craft. Product engineer: one capability, many customers. FDSE: many capabilities, one customer. The careers page keeps the title, plus Forward Deployed AI Engineer and Deployment Strategist. Anthropic posts the same first name in Munich, with a travel share and with Claude in the customer's system. What the role does to the margin, and why the installation looks like consulting while the invoice looks like software, is in the ontology. The McGrinsey Ratio for Palantir sits there at 132.
The rest of the list is the layer under the new word. Knowledge Engineer is the older title. Sheffield uses it in the running text of a 2026 ad. Data Modeler, Process Analyst, Enterprise Architect, Data Steward, Information Architect, Solutions Architect: the work is known. The ads this autumn rarely call it that. Someone looking for a job looks for Ontology Engineer. Someone building a company starts with five objects, not the org chart.
Five objects, one burger, one action with an approval. The tool for that sits in the frame article.
17 pages. Two proposals.
| Statement | Basket | From |
|---|---|---|
| 17 titles sat on a posting or a careers page on October 1, 2026. | Fact | Sources below, one address per title. |
| Samba TV: Ontology Engineer, 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. AverIQ: 150,000 to 175,000. Sheffield: 38,784 to 47,389 pounds. | Fact | The range is in the ad. |
| Palantir: the FDSE unlocks many capabilities for one customer. The product engineer builds one capability for many customers. Internal name Delta. | Fact | Palantir blog, A Day in the Life, 2020. Careers page September 29, 2026. |
| Ontology Designer and Prompt Reviewer are names from this piece. The work sits with the Ontology Engineer, the Architect, and the Scientific Curator. | Hypothesis | Our naming, after the tasks in the ads. |
| Data Modeler, Process Analyst, Enterprise Architect, Data Steward, Information Architect, Solutions Architect are the same layer under older names. | Hypothesis | A reading from the tasks in the ads, not from a single page with this title. |
- Samba TV, Ontology EngineerRDF, OWL, SHACL. 150,000 to 180,000 dollars. September 27, 2026.https://startup.jobs/ontology-engineer-knowledge-graph-identity-samba-tv-7858978
- Booz Allen, Palantir Foundry Ontology EngineerArlington. Ontology, workflow, AIP.https://jobswithdod.com/defense-company-jobs/palantir-foundry-ontology-engineer-3/
- AverIQ, Senior Palantir Foundry Ontology EngineerHouston. 150,000 to 175,000 dollars.https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ced42e7b4c09a19f
- Tenth Revolution, Ontology DeveloperCologne, remote, twelve months. October 1, 2026.https://www.freelancermap.de/projekt/palantir-foundry-ontology-developer-m-f-d-remote
- Ontology Architect, CarlyleNew York or Washington. May 2026.https://vividresourcing.com/job/ontology-architect-palantir/
- Accenture, Senior OntologistSeattle. OWL 2, RDFS, SKOS. September 30, 2026.https://haystackapp.io/jobs/8f0d8c5f-2ea4-4786-9693-a591aff5a611
- University of SheffieldKnowledge Graph and Ontology Specialist. 38,784 to 47,389 pounds. September 29, 2026.https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/knowledge-graph-and-ontology-specialist-at-the-university-of-sheffield-4462517616
- Fluor, Knowledge Graph & Ontology EngineerVadodara. RDF, OWL, SPARQL.https://thrivecareers.fluor.com/job/Vadodara-Knowledge-Graph-&-Ontology-Engineer-GJ/1378147500/
- Siemens, Ontology ExpertBengaluru. Ontology and knowledge graph.https://www.naukri.com/job-listings-ontology-expert-knowledge-graph-engineer-siemens-limited-bengaluru-6-to-11-years-190126909029
- The Hartford, OntologistJune 2026. 156,000 to 234,000 dollars.https://simplify.jobs/p/69395e94-1829-48af-a718-5ba18bde7b04/Knowledge-Graph-Engineer--Ontologist
- Gusto, Taxonomist / OntologistTaxonomy for AI systems.https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/7364020
- EcoVadis, Senior Knowledge Graph EngineerSeptember 24, 2026.https://startup.jobs/senior-knowledge-graph-engineer-ecovadis-8803001
- GSPANN, Ontology Support EngineerObjects, actions, write-back.https://haystackapp.io/jobs/06889203-2eaa-4bd4-ad1b-06dce235ad4d
- Palantir, careersForward Deployed Software Engineer, Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Deployment Strategist.https://www.palantir.com/careers/open-positions/
- Palantir blog, FDSEMany capabilities, one customer. Internal name Delta.https://blog.palantir.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-palantir-forward-deployed-software-engineer-45ef2de257b1
- Anthropic, Forward Deployed EngineerMunich. 25 to 50 percent travel. August 17, 2026.https://jobs.accel.com/companies/anthropic/jobs/90192188-forward-deployed-engineer
- Harvard, FlyBase, Scientific CuratorCheck of AI annotations, prompts in the curation pipeline.https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37972743/scientific-curator/
- Ontology, the frameFour primitives, mini-ontology, Palantir, McGrinsey Ratio 132.https://mcgrinsey.com/magazin/ontology-four-primitives/
Research: October 1, 2026.
