Senior Director Of Engineering (Product Development)
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Job Location:
Manchester - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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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
The UiPath Supply Chain and Retail team (Peak) is looking for a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of ML-first multi-tenant products and agentic solutions.
Our vision is to rethink and rearchitect manufacturing and retail business processes using data-driven predictions decisions and intelligent automation.
In this role you will lead multi-disciplinary engineering squads and engineering managers. You will collaborate closely with product applied science and professional services teams including Product Managers and Forward Deployed Scientists/Engineers to build and deploy scalable solutions that deliver meaningful business impact for our customers.
What youll do at UiPath
Team Leadership & Organisational Development
Build mentor and scale a world-class multidisciplinary team of 75 engineers and applied scientists fostering a culture of innovation customer obsession and technical excellence
Collaborate effectively across vertically aligned engineering teams (Product and Forward Deployed Engineering) Product Managers and Solution Architects to drive successful product development and adoption
Partner closely with Forward Deployment Engineers Solution Engineers and Account Managers to understand customer challenges and translate them into scalable engineering solutions
Work closely with the People & Talent team to attract recruit and retain top talent aligned with Peaks product vision
Product & Technical Execution
Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle of agentic solutions AI agents and ML products in pricing and inventory management domains
Drive adoption and effective use of modern AI-powered development tools (e.g. Claude Code Cursor GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity and code quality
Establish engineering best practices across AI model deployment system reliability and operational excellence ensuring compliance with security privacy and regulatory standards
Lead the analysis of complex technical challenges making informed technology decisions and clearly communicating them to stakeholders
Drive incubation of new ideas and define roadmaps for your areas of ownership
Own delivery of high-quality secure scalable extensible and testable software
Continuously improve engineering practices and the developer inner loop to enhance quality velocity and productivity
What Youll Bring to the Team
Proven track record (10 years of experience) in architecting and building world-class commercial software applications
Strong experience in developing ML-driven or agentic products (as opposed to platforms)
Experienced architecting scalable multi-tenant architecture on cloud using container orchestration with vanilla or Kubernetes-based solutions.
Demonstrated ability to lead and operate effectively within globally distributed teams
Experience working closely with customers to build initial POCs and successfully convert them into production-grade products
Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in at least one programming language
Expertise in at least one area of AI (preferably LLM/NLP or classical machine learning)
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 .
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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
