Job description
We’re Celonis, the global leader in Process Mining technology and one of the world’s fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need you to join us.
The Team
Celonis, the global leader in Intelligent Process Mining technology and is one of the world’s fastest-growing companies, invites you to join its most appealing USA division. Our team is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art technology to shape our next-generation products. We create foundational solutions such as a mining engine that enables customers to interactively execute process mining and analysis over enterprise data sets, as well as innovative object-centric modeling tools that empower users to perform process-oriented business analysis in a natural and powerful way. To handle the strong growth of our customer base and their demands, we are heavily investing in performance and scalability, ensuring that our platform scales efficiently and dynamically in a multi-cloud environment.
The Role
We are looking for Staff Engineers passionate about designing and building big data management systems in the modern data landscape. The role offers the opportunity to provide technical leadership and hands-on experience in developing features and algorithms that support Celonis’s transformation of its core platform to a novel object-centric paradigm. You will be part of a distributed team spanning Europe and North America.
The work you’ll do
- Drive innovation in designing critical, high-performance systems to handle the ever-growing request rate on our backend infrastructure
- Evangelize best practices in database usage and end-to-end architecture
- Mentor and grow teammates, setting an example for best practices.
- Recognize and act to improve the developer work environment.
- Write production-quality code
- Lead the development procedures, concepts, and knowledge.
- Help define a fun and inclusive engineering culture.
The qualifications you need
- BS in Computer Science or related field; Masters or Ph.D. preferred
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Proficient in Java programming and familiar with Spring frameworks.
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Hands-on experience with ETL tools (e.g., Spark, Hadoop) and performance tuning.
- Strong organizational, collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Experience with SQL processing, query planning and optimization, or query engine internals is a big plus
The base salary range below is for the role in the specified location, based on a Full Time Schedule.
Total compensation package will include base salary + bonus/commission + equity + benefits (health, dental, life, 401k, and paid time off). Please note that the base salary range is a guideline, and that the actual total compensation offer will be determined based on various factors, including, but not limited to, applicant’s qualifications, skills, experiences, and location.
The base salary range below is for the role in New York, based on a Full Time Schedule.
$190,000—$240,000 USD
What Celonis Can Offer You:
- Pioneer Innovation: Work with the leading, award-winning process mining technology, shaping the future of business.
- Accelerate Your Growth: Benefit from clear career paths, internal mobility, a dedicated learning program, and mentorship opportunities.
- Receive Exceptional Benefits: Including generous PTO, hybrid working options, company equity (RSUs), comprehensive benefits, extensive parental leave, dedicated volunteer days, and much more. Interns and working students explore your benefits here.
- Prioritize Your Well-being: Access to resources such as gym subsidies, counseling, and well-being programs.
- Connect and Belong: Find community and support through dedicated inclusion and belonging programs.
- Make Meaningful Impact: Be part of a company driven by strong values that guide everything we do: Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future.
- Collaborate Globally: Join a dynamic, international team of talented individuals.
- Empowered Environment: Contribute your ideas in an open culture with autonomous teams.
About Us:
Celonis makes processes work for people, companies and the planet. The Celonis Process Intelligence Platform uses industry-leading process mining and AI technology and augments it with business context to give customers a living digital twin of their business operation. It’s system-agnostic and without bias, and provides everyone with a common language for understanding and improving businesses. Celonis enables its customers to continuously realize significant value across the top, bottom, and green line. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.
Get familiar with the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform by watching this video.
Celonis Inclusion Statement:
At Celonis, we believe our people make us who we are and that “The Best Team Wins”. We know that the best teams are made up of people who bring different perspectives to the table. And when everyone feels included, able to speak up and knows their voice is heard - that’s when creativity and innovation happen.
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