Senior Software Engineer, Developer Tools

We're Celonis, the global leader in execution management and process mining technology, and one of the 50 most valuable private companies in the world. We believe that every company can unlock its full execution capacity - and for that, we need you to join us.
The Team:
Celonis USA is the fastest growing division of one of the world's fastest growing companies . You'll be on the ground floor with a friendly team led by experienced ex-Google coworkers to bring our developer experience to the next level.
We prioritize understanding and improving the hindrances our engineers face in their daily workflow, no matter how small. We combine our years of experience with current industry best practices to create efficient, modern systems that work for our engineers and our customers. We value our team members and support growth within our organization. We provide tooling, training, and hands-on projects to help our teams scale vertically. You'll be part of a larger team that is using big data in creative and insightful ways while scaling the product to 100x its current user base.
Join us if you want to grow in your engineering knowledge and career, and are eager to leave your mark on a rapidly growing company.
The Role:
You have worked in a product development or similar role and love helping other engineers bring out their best selves. Your passion is creating and improving systems to make software engineering easier.
In this role, you can expect to apply your experience in engineering to engineering itself. We're looking for someone who is excited to create systems that are both for and by engineers. Our ideal candidate has experience building systems, and is ready to create and socialize new standards for efficient engineering with our teams.
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:

• Leveraging Telepresence to enable local development on remote Kubernetes clusters


• Containerizing commonly used services and data storage solutions for local use


• Develop and deploy processes to roll out new tools and guides across 400+ engineers
  
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• Support other teams in adopting them


• Setting standards for development best practices by developing guides, linters, and autoformatters for Java and TypeScript


• Standardizing CI/CD via GitHub Actions


• Write extensive documentation of how to use the tools you build


• Listening to fellow engineers to learn what pains them daily, and taking initiative to improve it


• Set an example for and mentor and grow your colleagues


• Write clean, understandable, and testable code


• Help define a fun and inclusive engineering culture


• Provide feedback on the designs and code of peers

The qualifications you'll typically need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience


• 5+ years of product development experience


• Experience designing software systems


• Experience leading cross-team engineering projects


• Experience working closely with product and and other stakeholders


• Strong communication and collaboration skills


• Passion and motivation to learn and grow as a software engineer


• Preferred experience working with any of:


• An object-oriented server language; Java preferred


• A language used for web frontends; TypeScript or JavaScript preferred


• A web framework; Angular preferred


• Common build tools; Make & Maven preferred


• *NIX systems and shell scripting


• Containerization tooling, such as: Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, Docker, and ArgoCD


• CI/CD systems; GitHub Actions preferred


• Networking and distributed systems

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 California, based on a Full Time Schedule.
$164,000 - $214,000 USD
What Celonis can offer you:

• The unique opportunity to work within a new category of technology, Execution Management
• 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)
• Physical and mental well-being support (subsidized gym membership, access to counselling, 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 enables customers to optimize their business processes. Powered by its leading process mining technology, Celonis provides a unique set of capabilities for business executives and users to continuously find improvement opportunities within and across processes, and execute targeted actions to rapidly enhance process performance. This optimization yields immediate cash impact, radically improves customer experience, and reduces carbon emissions. Celonis has thousands of implementations with global customers and is headquartered in Munich, Germany and New York City, USA with more than 20 offices worldwide.
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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