Taxonomist – Product Classification & AI Collaboration

About the role

We are seeking a detail‑obsessed Taxonomist to design and maintain the product classification framework that powers our e‑commerce platform. In this role you will shape how millions of items are discovered, filtered and recommended, working at the intersection of information architecture, AI training data and customer experience.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and continuously improve a multi‑level product taxonomy aligned with business verticals and shopper needs.
• Define and enforce taxonomy governance standards, naming conventions and classification rules across all product lines.
• Conduct regular audits to detect taxonomy drift, miscategorizations and data‑quality issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop product attribute schemas (facets, filters, metadata) ensuring completeness, consistency and searchability.
• Collaborate with catalog operations to create data‑entry standards and validation rules.
• Support AI‑assisted auto‑classification pipelines by providing ground‑truth datasets, evaluation criteria and keyword lists.
• Review AI classification results, identify errors and feed clear feedback to improve model performance.
• Partner with Search & Discovery, Merchandising, UX/UI and onboarding teams to align taxonomy with navigation, SEO and business priorities.

Required profile

• Strong analytical mindset with a passion for data quality and structured information.
• Experience working with large product catalogs in an e‑commerce or digital environment.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable taxonomy and attribute models.
• Excellent communication skills for cross‑functional collaboration.

Required skills

• Taxonomy design and governance.
• Attribute schema definition and metadata management.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted classification workflows.
• Data‑quality auditing and reporting.