Software Engineer - Python

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 AI Group (CeloAI) is a newly formed organization within Celonis that is dedicated to developing state-of-the-art AI/ML (and broadly intelligent) technologies for Celonis products (e.g., the Execution Management System / EMS) and empower enterprises and institutions to make intelligent business decisions and achieve operational excellence. Our dual mission focuses on both the immediate term goals of designing and implementing advanced AI/ML product features and solutions for our customers and the long term goals of establishing competitive advantages of Celonis for execution management.

We are a global organization with presence in both Germany and the US. CeloAI Germany has its presence in Munich, Darmstadt, and Aachen.

The Role

As a software engineer (machine learning) of the infrastructure team, you are responsible for designing and developing external and internal solutions, along with the underlying infrastructure, that will accelerate AI/ML/LLM product development. You will interact closely with other software engineers, machine learning engineers and platform infrastructure engineers within the product and engineering organization to build scalable and high quality AI/ML/LLM solutions for our customers.

You will also be responsible for designing and implementing new foundational technical components that will power the next generation of EMS and elevate the impact Celonis has on our customers. These components may span the areas of computer vision, natural language processing, data mining, recommendation, knowledge base, business intelligence, and other AI technologies.

The work you’ll do

• Deeply understand the business and technical requirements
• Design and develop scalable solutions
• Design and build robust and low latency infrastructure to serve the AI/ML/LLM models and meet the demands of Celonis customers
• Design and develop intelligent techniques to understand, represent, and integrate enterprise operational data (e.g., processes)
• Design and build APIs, libraries and infrastructure to serve such data at scale and with low latency
• Design and implement intelligent ways to ensure freshness and accuracy of such data across thousands of enterprise customers.

The qualifications you need

• 3+ yrs of experience in software engineering or a relevant technical role (preferably experienced in Machine Learning Ops)
• Experience with Python as your primary language (especially FastAPI, PyDantic, SQLAlchemy)
• You have a good understanding of DevOps tools and technologies such as: Kubernetes (is a plus), Terraform, DataDog, Docker, CI/CD, ArgoCD
• You are experienced with Cloud Provider solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• You are comfortable designing, building, documenting and distributing robust and scalable solutions in the form of services, libraries and tools
• You are passionate about developing AI/ML/LLM solutions

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.

Get familiar with the Celonis Process Intelligence Platform by watching this video.

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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