UiPath Lead Software Engineer (Remote)

The individual will lead complex automation initiatives across the full software development lifecycle, partnering with business, infrastructure, security, and enterprise architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable automation solutions. Strong expertise with UiPath Studio, StudioX, Orchestrator, Robots, Assistant, AI Center, Document Understanding, Communications Mining, Integration Service, Apps, Action Center, and Test Suite.

Overview:

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

 

This position is responsible for leading the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) solutions using the UiPath Platform. The role serves as the technical lead for UiPath delivery teams, providing hands-on development while establishing technical standards, ensuring solution quality, and mentoring development teams. The individual will lead complex automation initiatives across the full software development lifecycle, partnering with business, infrastructure, security, and enterprise architecture teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable automation solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise-grade UiPath automation solutions.
• Serve as the technical lead for UiPath development teams, providing day-to-day technical leadership and hands-on development.
• Design and develop unattended, attended, and enterprise automation solutions using UiPath best practices.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks, libraries, workflows, and shared components to accelerate enterprise delivery.
• Build integrations with enterprise applications, REST/SOAP APIs, databases, SAP, web applications, desktop applications, Citrix, Microsoft technologies, and other third-party platforms.
• Utilize UiPath Orchestrator to manage robots, assets, queues, schedules, triggers, packages, monitoring, and governance.
• Develop document processing, OCR, AI Center, Communications Mining, Document Understanding, and intelligent automation solutions where applicable.
• Perform code reviews and enforce enterprise development standards, security requirements, exception handling, logging, and automation best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis while implementing long-term corrective actions.
• Lead CI/CD implementation, deployment automation, package management, and environment promotion across Development, QA, UAT, and Production.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Operations teams throughout project delivery.
• Mentor UiPath developers and establish development standards across multiple delivery teams.
• Participate in technical estimation, solution design, architecture reviews, and platform optimization initiatives.
• Support production automations through performance tuning, monitoring, defect resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance

OR

High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• UiPath Certified Professional Automation Solution Architect Professional or the highest current UiPath Solution Architect certification.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and developing enterprise UiPath automation solutions.
• Strong expertise with UiPath Studio, StudioX, Orchestrator, Robots, Assistant, AI Center, Document Understanding, Communications Mining, Integration Service, Apps, Action Center, and Test Suite.
• Experience developing reusable automation frameworks and enterprise-grade RPA solutions.
• Strong experience integrating UiPath with REST APIs, SOAP services, SQL databases, SAP, Microsoft applications, web services, and enterprise platforms.
• Experience implementing enterprise exception handling, logging, monitoring, credential management, queue processing, workload balancing, and resiliency patterns.
• Strong understanding of UiPath Orchestrator administration, deployment strategy, package management, security, and governance.
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent CI/CD and DevOps platforms.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, PowerShell, VB.NET and/or C#, and scripting for automation development.
• Experience with OCR technologies, AI/ML-enabled automation, intelligent document processing, and agentic automation capabilities is highly preferred.
• Experience leading Agile development teams while mentoring UiPath developers and enforcing engineering best practices.
• Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

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This job posting is expected to remain active for 45 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

 

If hired in North Carolina, the base pay for this position is generally between $130,109 and $160,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

 

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.