Knowledge Architect Job at DELIVER (London)

Job Responsibility

Build and maintain the metadata schema, attribute systems, and entity relationships within a global ontology platform
Design and maintain taxonomies across consumer domains including grocery, alcoholic beverages, apparel and more, ensuring alignment with attribute models
Develop and apply best practices for taxonomy and ontology modeling, including hierarchy design, attribute standardization, and relationship definition
Identify and address gaps in catalog quality, completeness, and discoverability across international markets
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Analytics, and regional teams to design and operationalize taxonomy and ontology solutions globally
Evolve and scale taxonomy and ontology systems for New Verticals, aligning and unifying structures across DoorDash, Wolt and Deliveroo markets
Contribute to strategic initiatives that strengthen merchant catalogs and improve the customer shopping experience across international markets

You solve problems from first principles
You are an operator
You are analytical
You have 5+ years of experience in developing complex taxonomies, ontologies, or structured classification systems in real-world applications
You have experience with taxonomy or ontology management tools (Graphite, PoolParty, Graphologi, etc.) and have designed taxonomies to support navigation, search, discovery, and analytics at scale
You have completed a Masters Degree in either Library and Information Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, or a related field

Experience with AI tools such as Claude Code and Cursor to accelerate problem-solving, analysis, or workflow execution
Proficiency in SQL
Familiarity with graph-based or triple-store systems (e.g., RDF, SPARQL) is a plus

A competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package
Up to 5% matched pension contributions
Free Deliveroo Plus: free delivery and access to special offers
Team lunches from the best local restaurants
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of time spent working at Deliveroo
One day of paid leave per year to volunteer with a registered charity
Funded single cover healthcare on our core plan, with the option to add family members at own cost
On-site gym (HQ), discounted external gym membership
Access to wellbeing apps such as LesMills+, Strava, Headspace, Yogaia via GymPass
Discounted dental insurance and a range of other flexible benefits, such as critical illness cover, partner life cover, travel insurance, health assessments
Life assurance
Maternity, paternity and maternity and shared parental leave, eligible from day one of employment
Excellent kit to enable working from home and a parent-friendly working culture
Access to free mortgage advice
Cycle to Work Scheme or Season Ticket Loans, depending how you wish to travel
Excellent learning and development opportunities and access to RooLearn, our learning platform, packed with high-quality training and content
Regular Employee Resource Group (ERG) led social events
Summer and end-of-year parties