Lifted, an Upwork Company™, is hiring a Principal Taxonomist to lead the development and governance of Brazil-specific taxonomies, metadata libraries, and onboarding questionnaires. In this role, you will ensure accuracy, localization, and regulatory alignment while driving consistency with our global framework during the platform's international expansion.

What You'll Do

Develop and maintain high-quality Brazil taxonomies, attributes, and metadata libraries, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and elimination of duplication.
Oversee the onboarding questionnaire process to collect structured information for improved matching, leveraging standardized questionnaires and AI-driven enhancements.
Localize market-specific prompts to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness for the Brazilian market.
Review and refine translation models to ensure grammatical accuracy, alignment with market regulations, and consideration of legal implications.
Drive the end-to-end approval workflow for taxonomy questions and attributes.
Lead follow-up remediation processes once questions and attributes are finalized.
Ensure taxonomy updates improve matching quality while remaining consistent with the broader global library.

What We're Looking For

7+ years of professional experience (senior-level profile).
US-based.
Portuguese fluency.
Strong understanding of the Brazilian market and cultural context.
Strong Git proficiency.
Experience using GPT-5 or similar AI tools.
Experience developing and maintaining taxonomies, attributes, and metadata libraries.
Experience overseeing structured onboarding questionnaire processes.
Experience reviewing translation models for grammatical accuracy and regulatory alignment.
Proficiency in Google Sheets.