What the Work Actually Looks Like
Ask a VE what they do all day and you won't hear about frameworks. You'll hear about businesses — and the people inside them.
"We solve critical, real-world challenges — whether ensuring airplanes depart on time or accelerating R&D for new medicines. We tackle problems that directly impact both businesses and people's everyday lives." — Alex Helfer, Director, Value Engineering
The other surprise is just how collaborative and human the role is. A common misconception is that a deeply technical position requires sitting quietly behind a monitor all day.
"People think it's all the day you just stay behind the screen just coding or thinking about the solution. It's also a part of our job, but most of the time we spend time talking with people, understanding what is possible, what can be done." — Matteo Foresti, Applied AI Engineer
This unique balance is exactly what draws builders into the fold. Francesco Govigli studied computer engineering and entered the job market as a data scientist in a consulting firm before finding the Applied Value Engineer role at Celonis—a path that allowed him to code while staying deeply connected to human problems.
"I realized that I really liked to talk with customers and to then write code so that the software was actually helpful for them to solve a business problem. In the last two years, I worked with many different companies across many different industries. My job is always constantly changing." — Francesco Govigli, Applied Value Engineer
And the scope is deliberately wide. Where traditional software companies hand a customer from pre-sales to post-sales and back again, a Celonis VE stays with the problem the whole way through. As Moritz describes the motion: "We identify the challenge, build the data-driven solution, and pitch the vision to the C-Suite in one seamless motion."
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