Staff Software Engineer

Celonis•Redwood City, CA

48d•$212,000 - $285,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Celonis is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Query Engine and Core Mining teams. This role involves developing and implementing new features and algorithms for the core engine, enhancing the reliability and performance of existing components, and creating innovative algorithms and operators for the query engine. The ideal candidate will have general knowledge of modern C++ and experience in developing high-performance large-scale data processing systems. This is an opportunity to grow engineering knowledge and career within a rapidly expanding company.

Requirements

BS in Computer science; Masters or Ph.D. preferred
8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Significant background in database internals or building core components (query optimization, query execution, storage engines, transaction processing) for large-scale data processing systems (e.g., Starrocks, ClickHouse, etc)
Experienced in programming with C++ (17)
Have an analytical mind and a good understanding of complex data structures and algorithms in data management
Have a curiosity about how things work and a desire to improve them

Responsibilities

Identify and implement novel query optimization, transaction management, or distributed data processing algorithms in the Core Mining Engine
Analyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them
Deal with issues from logical representations of the execution plan to efficient resource management, all the way down to highly parallel vectorized execution
Design and implement critical high-performance systems to handle the ever-growing request rate on our database
Evangelize best practices in database usage and end-to-end architecture
Set an example for and mentor and grow your teammates
Recognize and take action to improve the developer work environment
Write clean, understandable, and testable code
Provide feedback on the designs and code of peers
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
Document development procedures, concepts and knowledge
Build, launch, and maintain features in production
Help define a fun and inclusive engineering culture