Engineering Manager, Process Intelligence - Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

We're Celonis, the global leader in Process Intelligence technology and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing AI, data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need y ...

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We're Celonis, the global leader in Process Intelligence technology and one of the world's fastest-growing SaaS firms. We believe there is a massive opportunity to unlock productivity by placing AI, data and intelligence at the core of business processes - and for that, we need your help. Care to join us?

The Team:
Celonis is one of the world's most exciting companies ($13B valuation, 3k employees). oin a tight-knit team of 9 engineers building full-stack capabilities that help customers define, govern, and reuse business concepts - so they can write accurate queries, trust the results, and scale insights across teams.

Because Knowledge sits at the center of the Celonis platform, you'll tackle a wide range of technical challenges and partner closely with backend engineers, Product, and UX to deliver polished, high-impact experiences. If you enjoy turning complex data problems into intuitive workflows, you'll help shape how users explore "big data" and bring the next generation of Celonis to customers worldwide.

Join us to grow your engineering leadership and leave a visible mark on a fast-moving, scaling organization.

The Role:
As an Engineering Manager, you're responsible for delivering robust full stack applications and libraries. You will be at the frontier of user-facing development, pushing the boundaries of product, UX, and engineering to enhance the Process Intelligence Graph with the next generation of process mining.

Customers come to Celonis with messy, complex data and need a clear way to categorize it, simplify it, and turn it into actionable insights. We are building the next generation of process insights with object-centric process mining to help them save time and money.

You'll build systems that scale across large datasets and demanding enterprise use cases. Our stack includes Angular, TypeScript, Java Spring Boot, Postgres, StarRocks and more - focused on extensibility, performance, reliability, and craft.

The work you ship will directly influence how organizations around the world operate, including initiatives like measuring and reducing carbon footprint to support sustainability goals.

The work you'll do:

• Lead the Knowledge full stack teams in Los Angeles & Redwood City 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 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 milliseconds
• A best-in-class query authoring experience that guides users through answering their deepest process mining focussed questions
• Helps users store and reuse their business definitions while building applications on the platform
• 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 Angular, Java, Postgres, and microservices
• Strong communication skills (English), allowing you to collaborate smoothly with people across multiple roles & countries
• Ability to work earlier in the day to coordinate with Europe timezones
• 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

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.

$255,000—$300,000 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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