Senior Software Engineer - Release Infrastructure

Celonis

Los Angeles, CA

Full Time

Senior

165k-214k

8 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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 Application Delivery team, part of the Reliability & Developer Experiences (RDE) org at Celonis, builds the platforms, pipelines, and tools that power software delivery across the company. Our mission is to empower engineering teams to ship code with speed and confidence, while maintaining a high bar for availability, security, and quality. We partner closely with infrastructure, SRE, testing, and application teams to create a seamless, scalable, and resilient developer experience.

Key Responsibilities

Lead efforts to reduce Time to Prod across all services by improving automation and tooling.
Design and implement developer-facing infrastructure that reduces friction and improves software quality across Celonis's engineering teams.
Partner with senior engineering leadership to define the vision and roadmap for Celonis' internal developer platform.
Lead initiatives to expand GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and self-service patterns across engineering teams.
Help scale feature flag-based deployment strategies to enable controlled, reliable, progressive rollouts.
Enhance observability, incident response, and deployment safety across Celonis's software stack.
Take ownership of critical systems—from concept to rollout to support—in partnership with SRE, Platform Infrastructure, and Product teams.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in backend, DevOps, and/or platform engineering roles.
Experience as a full stack engineer, working end to end.
Strong programming skills in at least one modern language (e.g., Python, Go, Java).
Solid understanding of modern cloud-native systems (especially containers and Kubernetes).
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and monitoring.
Proven ability to lead projects or own critical systems in production.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

Experience in building highly available, scalable, distributed systems in a Microservices based architecture.
Experience with GitOps and deployment tools (ArgoCD, Kargo, Flux, Helm, Kustomize).
Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi).
Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus).
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Developer platform or internal tooling experience in a fast-paced environment.
Strong understanding of SDLC practices.
Hands-on experience with IaC, GitOps, CI/CD.
Working knowledge of containerization, network protocols, encryption, and security.
Experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production across multiple infrastructures.

Qualifications

Formal educational background is not explicitly specified, but 5+ years of relevant experience is required.

Benefits & Perks

Total compensation package includes base salary + bonus/commission + equity + benefits (health, dental, life, 401k, and paid time off).
Generous PTO, hybrid working options, company equity (RSUs), comprehensive benefits, extensive parental leave, dedicated volunteer days, and more.
Access to resources such as gym subsidies, counseling, and well-being programs.
Opportunities for career growth, internal mobility, mentorship, and learning programs.

Working at Celonis

Celonis makes processes work for people, companies, and the planet. The company values innovation, customer value, teamwork, ownership, and sustainability. It fosters an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and employees are encouraged to speak up and contribute ideas. The company emphasizes strong values such as living for customer value, winning as a team, owning responsibilities, and caring for the Earth. Celonis promotes collaboration across a global, dynamic team with an open culture and autonomous teams.

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