Principal Developer Advocate
Bellevue, WA - USA
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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
As AI reshapes how software is built and operated developers need platforms that move fast and scale responsibly. Were investing in Developer Relations to earn credibility with the professional engineers building these systems.
Professional developers have more choices than ever when building AI-driven workflows and agentic systems. They do not adopt platforms because of marketing they adopt platforms because they trust the technical substance behind them.
The Principal Developer Advocate will establish and grow UiPaths credibility within professional developer ecosystems across North America.
What youll do at UiPath
This is a senior externally-facing DevRel role. You will:
Build trust in high-signal developer communities
Create code-first assets that materially improve the developer journey
Elevate the conversation around enterprise-grade orchestration governance and production readiness
Earn and grow professional developer mindshare for the UiPath platform through authentic engagement technical credibility and a help-first approach.
Developer Community Engagement
Deliver 6 earned talks or workshops annually at high-signal community conferences and meetups
Build and maintain relationships across Python JavaScript AI and integration-focused communities
Participate authentically in developer ecosystems (GitHub Discord Reddit local meetups industry conferences)
Collaborate with the UiPath Community team to engage our MVPs and developers in our broader UiPath community
Travel approximately 2030% including your earned event presence and select UiPath developer events
Code-First Developer Enablement
Publish 2 code-first developer assets each month that improve the developer journey such as runnable repos quick starts opinionated examples templates and technical walkthroughs
Create concise technical demos that make complex capabilities approachable
Collaborate with a dedicated production team (technical writers and video editing) that can scale your content into high-quality developer assets
Partner with the UiPath Product and Community teams to improve developer documentation and platform education materials
Technical Thought Leadership
Demonstrate practical patterns for building orchestrating and governing AI-powered automations and agents
Translate platform capabilities into credible production-oriented examples
Articulate where enterprise requirements (security auditability reliability) meaningfully change architecture decisions
Internal Advocacy & Influence
Champion the professional developer perspective internally
Surface ecosystem trends competitive signals and developer friction points
Influence product direction through hands-on experimentation and field insight
What youll bring to the team
810 years across roles in Developer Relations software development developer advocacy and/or leading a technical community
Experience representing a developer platform API SDK cloud AI or infrastructure product externally
Strong hands-on proficiency in Python or JavaScript
Hands-on experience building or contributing to production-grade software systems integrations or distributed architectures
Demonstrated public technical presence (conference talks workshops blog posts GitHub repos OSS contributions)
Proven ability to earn trust with experienced engineers
Deep developer empathy and a consistent help first mindset
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex systems clearly and credibly
You are not just a speaker. You are a builder educator and ecosystem leader who understands (and clears) the credibility bar of professional developers.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this role
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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.
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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