Taxonomist – E-commerce
Duration: 11 Months
Pay Rate: £ 35 -£37/ hr PAYE
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
About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com.
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Recruiter Details:
Name: Abhishek
Email: abhishek.kumar@ustechsolutions.com
Internal Id: 26-00028