Taxonomist

Role : Taxonomist – E-commerce

Location: UK- Remote

Duration: 11 Months

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Taxonomist to support ecommerce and catalog initiatives within a large-scale digital product environment.

This role focuses on enriching, standardising, and maintaining product attributes within a unified taxonomy to support classification systems, machine learning workflows, and improve catalog quality at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse large datasets (Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, or scripting) to identify exact and fuzzy matches across vocabularies
• Research, define, and enrich taxonomy nodes using internal and external sources
• Standardise and normalise product attributes (e.g., brand, category, specifications) following governance guidelines
• Support cross-taxonomy mapping, vertical expansion, and front-end taxonomy design
• Collaborate with engineering teams on ML classification, annotation, and model output evaluation
• Communicate progress clearly and proactively with stakeholders

Required:

• 2+ years’ experience developing taxonomies and/or ontologies for front-end and back-end systems
• Experience working with ecommerce platforms or large product catalogs
• Strong understanding of taxonomy principles, classification standards, and governance
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Management, or related field
• Experience analysing large datasets using SQL or other query languages
• Exposure to machine learning classification systems
• Familiarity with AI tools or prompt-based workflows
• Linguistics background or additional languages