Manager, Software Engineering

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 is one of the world’s most exciting companies ($12B valuation, 3k employees). Come help us in Palo Alto by further developing a tightly-knit 9 engineer team that is designing and building Celonis’s full stack systems that enable users to write accurate queries and store their business definitions in a reusable manner. Since Knowledge is a platform capability that touches all parts of the Celonis product, you’ll encounter a variety of technical challenges and work closely with backend, PM, and UX partners to build best in class user experiences. You’ll help bring order to querying big data in creative and insightful ways while bringing the next generation of Celonis to all of our customers.Join us if you want to grow in your engineering knowledge and management skills. You’ll leave your mark on a rapidly growing company.The Role: As an Engineering Manager, you’re responsible for delivering robust full stack applications and libraries. You will be at the frontier of frontend 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 Knowledge Full Stack team in Palo Alto to successfully deliver their missionUse 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 strategyManage the performance and support the career development of engineers up to the Staff levelBuild and maintain an engineering culture of trust, ownership, and collaboration within the larger 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!Allows the user to add semantic meaning to their business graph which they can then query in millisecondsA best-in-class query authoring experience that guides users through answering their deepest process mining focussed questionsHelps users store and reuse their business definitions while building applications on the platformHigh visibility to sales & executive leadershipThe qualifications you need:3+ years of experience in an Engineering Manager or technical leadership position leading projects and peopleStrong technical knowledge (staff engineer-level knowledge of software engineering is expected)Experience working with technologies like Java, Postgres, and microservicesStrong communication skills (English), allowing you to collaborate smoothly with people across multiple roles & countriesAbility to work earlier in the day to coordinate with Europe timezonesKnowledge of day-to-day team organization methodologies like agileAbility to lead and make decisions to define the road aheadAbility to resolve technical conflicts when necessary, fostering a positive environment for escalationsReady to roll up your sleeves to help your teamWhat Celonis Can Offer You:The unique opportunity to work with industry-leading process mining technologyInvestment 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)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 withAn open-minded culture with innovative, autonomous teamsBusiness 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 FutureAbout 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17