Celonis

Senior Design Engineer, Design Operations: AI-Powered Design Platform

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11 hours ago
Munich, GermanySenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and build usable internal design tools and automations with TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, and Figma plugin and REST APIs.
  • Build and maintain MCP servers, context pipelines, and integrations connecting the design system to AI coding agents.
  • Implement governance-as-code through CI checks, release automation, and policy enforcement.
  • Evaluate, integrate, license, and govern AI tools in partnership with security and legal teams.
  • Create telemetry and dashboards measuring design-system and AI-tool adoption, cycle time, and quality.
  • Develop reusable prompts, templates, specifications, and starter kits for consistent AI-assisted work.
  • Set tooling and operations standards, lead platform initiatives, and mentor designers and engineers.

Requirements

  • Approximately 5–8 years of experience in design engineering, frontend engineering, design-system tooling, platform engineering, or internal-tools engineering.
  • Strong UX instincts and frontend fundamentals including HTML, CSS, and practical design judgment.
  • Strong engineering ability with TypeScript/JavaScript and/or Python, APIs, CI/CD, and integrations.
  • Organizational-level Figma experience, including familiarity with its plugin and REST APIs.
  • A track record of improving design or product-team workflows through tooling and automation.
  • Hands-on fluency with AI tooling and a responsible approach to workplace AI governance.
  • Experience or familiarity with MCP servers, AI integration infrastructure, AI tool governance, design tokens, Code Connect, Angular/TypeScript, CSS custom properties, dashboards, telemetry, or enterprise design environments is preferred.
  • Strong ownership, product mindset, communication, and senior individual-contributor leadership skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work model balancing remote work and office collaboration.
  • Restricted Stock Units and merit-based refresh grants for full-time employees.
  • Paid parental leave of 24 weeks for primary carers and 12 weeks for supporting carers from the first day.
  • Unlimited PTO in applicable regions and generous PTO globally.
  • Learning framework, mentorship programs, and access to a dedicated learning platform.
  • Subsidized Wellhub memberships, mental health counseling, and Wellness Weeks.
  • Paid annual Impact Days for community and environmental volunteering.
  • Inclusion and belonging programs including Inclusion Think Tank and Inclusion Days.

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About Celonis

1,001-5,000 employees

Celonis builds an enterprise SaaS platform for process mining and process intelligence that helps large organizations analyze, monitor, and improve business operations across systems like ERP and CRM. It sells subscriptions and solutions that surface process bottlenecks, recommend actions, and trigger automations. Founded in 2011, Celonis is privately held and headquartered in New York City and Munich, serving enterprises globally across industries.

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