Celonis
Large (~3,800)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
Celonis
Best for: Enterprise software engineers and data scientists who want to work on process mining at scale with solid equity packages and a clear market leader position
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
CelonisLambda
3.8
3.6
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
3.9
3.7
Culture & Values
3.8
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.6
3.4
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.4
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Bastian Nominacher)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Celonis only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Lambda only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Shared
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Celonis
- Strong learning and development opportunities with excellent internal mobility
- Great team culture with supportive colleagues and mentorship from leadership
- Below-market compensation compared to other tech companies of similar size
- Frequent organizational changes and restructuring with poor communication from leadership
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
Bottom Line
Celonis
Process mining market leader with decent equity and a learning culture, but at 3,800+ people expect real corporate layers — best for those who want large-enterprise scale over startup agility.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Celonis — 175 jobs
💻 Engineering
68
💼 Sales / GTM
39
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
🎧 Support
3
💰 Finance
2
🧠 ML / AI
2
📣 Marketing
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Celonis scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Strong Comp & Equity, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Celonis also emphasizes Learning & Growth. Lambda also emphasizes Engineering-Driven.
On the hiring front, Celonis has 175 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.