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 Role:As an Engineering Manager, you’re responsible for delivering robust APIs and data pipelines to Celonis Process Intelligence Platform users. You will be at the frontier of backend development, pushing the boundaries of product, UX, and engineering to enhance the Process Intelligence Graph with the next generation of process mining.

Users need help categorizing and simplifying their data in order to explore and identify insights to optimize their unique business processes. We are building the next generation of process insights with object-centric process mining to help them save time and money.

If you are looking to be challenged and build solutions that scale, Celonis is the environment for you to thrive. There are a variety of tech stacks at Celonis, including but not limited to Java Spring Boot, Postgres, Vertica DB, Angular, Typescript, and more. We focus on building extensible, performant, reliable, and beautiful applications.

Your work at Celonis will directly impact companies and people around the globe as they improve their processes to save money, reduce waste, improve automation and generally become more efficient. For example, Celonis can help a company understand their carbon footprint in order to reduce CO2 emissions and deliver a healthier planet for future generations.

The work you’ll do:

• Build, lead and grow the OCDM Backend team in Darmstadt to successfully deliver their mission
• Use technical judgment and intuition about customer behavior to determine the best paths forward on the features we have and trade off properties like time to implement, maintainability, scalability, performance, etc.
• Work closely with other engineering teams, x-functional stakeholders, and leads to ensure the development and delivery of impactful product features that drive customer value and shape the overall product strategy
• Manage the performance and support the career development of engineers up to the Staff level
• Build and maintain an engineering culture of trust, ownership, and collaboration within the larger OCDM organization, including providing upward and outward visibility of the team and their work.

The product you’ll work on:

• You’ll help build the next generation of process mining!
• Has features that make it easier to model customers processes in ways that match business reality
• Allow the user to add semantic meaning to their business graph which they can then query in milliseconds
• Partner with our AI/ML teams to suggest modeling steps that save users time describing their complex source data
• Build towards enabling all-of-business process insights
• High visibility to sales & executive leadership

The qualifications you need:

• 3+ years of experience in an Engineering Manager or technical leadership position leading projects and people
• Strong technical knowledge (staff engineer-level knowledge of software engineering is expected)
• Experience working with technologies like Java, Postgres, and microservices
• Strong communication skills (English & German language), allowing you to collaborate smoothly with people across multiple roles & countries
• Ability to work later in the day to coordinate with USA timezone
• Knowledge of day-to-day team organization methodologies like agile
• Ability to lead and make decisions to define the road ahead
• Ability to resolve technical conflicts when necessary, fostering a positive environment for escalations
• Ready to roll up your sleeves to help your team

What Celonis Can Offer You:

• The unique opportunity to work with industry-leading process mining technology
• Investment in your personal growth and skill development (clear career paths, internal mobility opportunities, L&D platform, mentorships, and more)
• Great compensation and benefits packages (equity (restricted stock units), life insurance, time off, generous leave for new parents from day one, and more). For intern and working student benefits, click here.
• Physical and mental well-being support (subsidized gym membership, access to counseling, virtual events on well-being topics, and more)
• A global and growing team of Celonauts from diverse backgrounds to learn from and work with
• An open-minded culture with innovative, autonomous teams
• Business Resource Groups to help you feel connected, valued and seen (Black@Celonis, Women@Celonis, Parents@Celonis, Pride@Celonis, Resilience@Celonis, and more)
• A clear set of company values that guide everything we do: Live for Customer Value, The Best Team Wins, We Own It, and Earth Is Our Future

About Us:

Celonis helps some of the world’s largest and most esteemed brands make processes work for people, companies and the planet. With over 5,000 enterprise customer deployments across nearly every industry, the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform uses process mining and AI to give you a living digital twin of your business operation. It’s system-agnostic and without bias, and empowers companies to reduce waste, create value and benefit people across the top, bottom, and green lines. Since 2011, the Celonis platform has enabled its customers to identify more than $18 billion in value. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and New York City, USA, with more than 20 offices worldwide.

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Equal Opportunity at Celonis:

Celonis is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment and equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. We will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind. We make all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, religion, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. As a US federal contractor, we are committed to the principles of affirmative action in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Different makes us better. 

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