Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering at TheStaffed
New York, NY
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Aug 19, 2026
New York, NY
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A consulting role focused on designing and implementing enterprise-scale knowledge graphs, semantic data layers, and AI-integrated data products for clients. The work spans ontology and taxonomy design, semantic data pipelines, GraphRAG and vector search integrations, and NLP-based document intelligence. The ideal candidate combines deep semantic technology expertise with hands-on software development in Python or Java and can lead architecture decisions and mentor team members.
Senior level · 10+ years
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
No work location is specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role may be remote or at a client site — the posting does not clarify.
The title says 'Principal Consultant', but the actual scope and requirements (10–15 years, senior technical leadership on client engagements, mentoring) are consistent with a Senior-level individual contributor rather than a true org-wide Principal. The advertised title is reported as-is.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role's primary day-to-day work centers on knowledge-graph and semantic data architecture (15-1243 Database Architects), but the substantial software development component (Python/Java services, pipelines, APIs) makes 15-1252 Software Developers a credible alternative.
Neo4j is listed as the first-named graph database in a set of interchangeable options ('such as Neo4j, Stardog, GraphDB, Amazon Neptune, or equivalent'); Stardog, GraphDB, and Amazon Neptune are captured as alternatives.
Azure is listed as the first-named cloud platform in a set of interchangeable options ('Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud'); AWS and GCP are captured as alternatives.
GraphRAG is mentioned in the responsibilities narrative rather than the explicit Requirements section, so it is marked as preferred.
Agile is framed as 'comfort with' in the requirements section — a softer qualifier — and is marked as preferred accordingly.
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