E-commerce Taxonomy Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by 1770182215
£72,000 Per year
Undetermined
Remote
London
Summary: The E-commerce Taxonomy Specialist role involves working within a specialist taxonomy team to enhance product metadata and support classification systems for a global technology organization. The position requires a detail-oriented taxonomist who can analyze product data and apply taxonomy governance standards. This contract role is remote and is expected to run until the end of 2026, with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse product and catalog data to identify exact and fuzzy matches
- Enrich and normalize product metadata such as brand and attributes
- Map data across multiple taxonomies and vocabularies
- Apply taxonomy governance standards consistently
- Work closely with engineers and ML partners to support classification systems
- Provide regular status updates to stakeholders
Key Skills:
- 2+ years developing taxonomies and/or ontologies
- Experience supporting front-end and back-end systems
- Ecommerce or catalog taxonomy exposure
- Strong attention to detail and structured thinking
- Confident communicator in distributed teams
Salary (Rate): £72,000 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
E-commerce Taxonomy Specialist
- Contract length: Due to run until 31/12/2026 with potential to extend
- Salary: £72,000
- Location: Remote in the UK
About the Role
We are supporting a global technology organisation that operates large-scale ecommerce and catalog systems used to power machine learning, discovery, and product classification.
This role joins a specialist taxonomy team working on product metadata enrichment, normalization, and cross-taxonomy mapping. The position is delivery-focused and suited to a hands-on taxonomist who enjoys structured, detail-oriented work.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse product and catalog data to identify exact and fuzzy matches
- Enrich and normalize product metadata such as brand and attributes
- Map data across multiple taxonomies and vocabularies
- Apply taxonomy governance standards consistently
- Work closely with engineers and ML partners to support classification systems
- Provide regular status updates to stakeholders
Required Experience
- 2+ years developing taxonomies and/or ontologies
- Experience supporting front-end and back-end systems
- Ecommerce or catalog taxonomy exposure
- Strong attention to detail and structured thinking
- Confident communicator in distributed teams
Nice to Have
- Degree in Library Science, Information Management, or Linguistics
- SQL or scripting for large datasets
- Experience supporting ML classification or annotation workflows
- Exposure to AI or prompt-based tooling
Next steps to apply:
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