Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
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Job Summary
Life at UiPath
The people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. Were committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power.
To make that happen we need people who are curious self-propelled generous and genuine. People who love being part of a fast-moving fast-thinking growth company. And people who careabout each other about UiPath and about our larger purpose.
Could that be you
Your mission
UiPath is redefining enterprise automation with AI. As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
(FDE) youll work directly with customers to design and deploy agentic AI-powered workflows
that transform how businesses operate.
This is a highly technical customer-facing role for engineers who enjoy building in real-world
environments. Youll take ambiguous problems turn them into production systems and see
your work deliver immediate measurable impact.
If you thrive at the intersection of AI engineering systems design and customer impact this role is built for you.
Why This Role:
Build real AI systems in production not just prototypes.
Work directly with customers solving high-value complex problems.
Operate at the frontier of agentic AI enterprise automation.
Influence product direction through hands-on real-world experience.
See your work drive millions in measurable business impact.
What youll do at UiPath
Build and deploy LLM-powered applications and multi-agent workflows in production
environments.
Design end-to-end solutions integrating APIs enterprise systems and data platforms.
Partner directly with customers to translate business problems into scalable AI and RPA solutions.
Own delivery from prototype production iteration.
Optimize systems for performance cost and reliability.
Extend platform functionality using APIs SDKs connectors and custom integrations to meet customer-specific requirements.
Anticipate delivery risks manage scope and communicate blockers tradeoffs and timelines proactively with customers and internal stakeholders.
Lead high-impact technical workstreams within strategic customer engagements aligning delivery to measurable business outcomes.
Contribute reusable patterns and influence product direction through real-world feedback.
Mentor engineers raise technical standards and help scale reusable implementation play books across customer engagements.
Partner with Product Engineering Sales and Customer Success to translate field learnings into platform improvements.
What youll bring to the team
58 years of software engineering experience including applied or customer-facing
work.
Strong coding skills in Python and/or TypeScript.
Hands-on experience with LLMs prompt engineering and production AI systems.
Experience building and deploying complex integrated systems.
Ability to operate in ambiguity and move quickly from idea to production.
Strong communication skills with both engineers and business stakeholders.
Customer-facing experience managing technical risks timelines tradeoffs and
stakeholder expectations.
Ability to mentor engineers and contribute to reusable assets technical standards and
delivery best practices.
Travel: 2030% to customer sites.
Strong Preference:
PhD or Masters in Computer Science or a related field.
Experience with agent frameworks orchestration systems or distributed systems.
Familiarity with LLM providers such as OpenAI Anthropic Gemini etc.
Background in applied AI machine learning or automation platforms (UiPath RPA workflow engines).
Experience in startup consulting or forward-deployed environments.
Experience with prompt management LLM evaluation agent observability and production support practices.
Familiarity with enterprise security governance compliance and operational readiness requirements.
Experience presenting technical recommendations to senior customer stakeholders or executives.
Experience contributing to reference architectures reusable delivery patterns or internal technical enablement.
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Maybe you dont tick all the boxes abovebut still think youd be great for the job Go ahead apply anyway. Please. Because we know that experience comes in all shapes and sizesand passion cant be learned.
Many of our roles allow for flexibility in when and where work gets done. Depending on the needs of the business and the role the number of hybrid office-based and remote workers will vary from team to team. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis and there is no fixed deadline for this requisition. The application window may change depending on the volume of applications received or may close immediately if a qualified candidate is selected.
We value a range of diverse backgrounds experiences and ideas. We pride ourselves on our diversity and inclusive workplace that provides equal opportunities to all persons regardless of age race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression national origin disability neurodiversity military and/or veteran status or any other protected classes. Additionally UiPath provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants privacy rights. To review these and other legal disclosures visit our .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
We deliver the most advanced Enterprise #RPA Platform, built for business and IT. As you strive to benefit in the Automation First Era, your digital transformation accelerates here. More than 2,750 enterprise customers and government agencies use UiPath's Enterprise RPA platform to r ... View more