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 Garage operates as an independent research and development unit within Celonis, dedicated to pioneering new business models, exploring emerging technologies, and developing prototypes that enhance the Celonis platform. Our team drives customer co-innovations, scales breakthrough solutions, and pushes the boundaries of process intelligence. We are looking for a (Senior) Data Engineer to join our innovative and fast-paced team at Celonis Garage
The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our dynamic Data & Analytics team specialized in enterprise business process optimization. In this role, you will be responsible for designing,
developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and architectures that support advanced data analytics, AI-driven insights, and automation. Your work will enable deep business process insights, helping identify inefficiencies, enhance decision-making, optimization opportunities and drive automation.
The work you’ll do:
- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines for real-time and batch data processing.
- Build and optimize data architectures to support business process analytics, predictive modeling, and automation.
- Collaborate with data scientists, process mining analysts, AI engineers, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure accurate event log extraction.
- Develop and maintain data models, data warehouses, and data lakes optimized for business process use cases.
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across structured and unstructured data sources.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Implement best practices for data governance, ensuring compliance with data privacy and regulatory standards.
- Document data workflows, architectures, and transformations for transparency and maintainability.
- Integrate AI/Gen AI-based solutions to proactively mitigate inefficiencies, enable predictive analytics, and automate tasks
The qualifications you need:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data pipelines and big data processing.
- Strong proficiency in Python for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
- Expertise in SQL for data processing and query optimization.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and their data services.
- Familiarity with stream processing frameworks (Spark preferred, Kafka, Flink, or equivalent).
- Experience with data extraction from enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Salesforce).
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, ETL frameworks, and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Snowflake).
- Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and compliance best practices.
- Exposure to Generative AI (Gen AI) tools and their integration into data workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with process mining tools (e.g., Celonis, UiPath Process Mining, Minit, Signavio Process Intelligence) is a plus, but not required.
- Familiarity with event log extraction from ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and other enterprise systems.
- Understanding of process modeling and BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation).
- Exposure to machine learning models for predictive process analytics.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of performance tuning techniques for large-scale data processing.
Skills:
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills focused on process optimization.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities to work with both technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality, accurate process data insights.
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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Data Privacy, Equal Opportunity, and Accessibility Information
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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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
Celonis is a dynamic, fast-paced, and rewarding place to work. We tackle challenges together and celebrate our successes as a team in and out of the office.
Together, we’re changing the world one process at a time. Care to join us?
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