Senior Solution Engineer
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
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
The Senior Solution Engineer Agentic Automation will partner with the Account Executives to drive revenue across UiPaths agentic platform with technical ownership of opportunity pursuits throughout the sales this role you will design and demonstrate orchestrated solutions that bring together AI agents robots and humans across endtoend business processes modelled in BPMN governed by decision logic and executed on the UiPath Platform (including UiPath Maestro for agentic orchestration Agent Builder Autopilot Document Understanding Process Mining and the AI Trust Layer).
You will be the trusted technical advisor who translates complex crosssystem business processes into agentic blueprints demonstrating how UiPath orchestrates work that today lives across BPM suites (such as SAP Salesforce IBM ServiceNow Pega Appian or K2) iPaaS tooling and custom systems. You must combine business acumen with deep technical fluency and present credibly to audiences ranging from process owners and enterprise architects to CIOs and CFOs.
This role is based in Cape Town South Africa and will require some travel across the Southern Africa region.
Lead technical engagements across the sales cycle for UiPaths agentic platform from discovery and solution shaping through demonstrations proofofvalue technical validation and handover to delivery.
Conduct deep discovery of customer business processes existing automation and BPM landscapes and AI ambitions; identify where agentic orchestration delivers measurable outcomes.
Model endtoend processes in industry standards such as BPMN 2.0 CMN and design supporting decision logic (DMN / decision graphs) to articulate how UiPath Maestro orchestrates AI agents robots APIs and human approvers across long running stateful workflows.
Translate strategic business challenges into agentic solutions exception handling humanintheloop checkpoints and ROI across the process.
Position UiPath against and alongside incumbent BPM platforms (SAP Salesforce ServiceNow Pega Appian IBM Nintex/K2) and iPaaS tools; articulate where UiPath extends complements or replaces existing investments without dismissing the customers prior architecture choices.
Design and deliver compelling demonstrations and proofsofvalue that show agents robots and humans collaborating on real customer scenarios grounded in BPMN process models and governed by the AI Trust Layer.
Stay current on agentic AI patterns (autonomous agents tool use retrieval evaluation guardrails) and on the evolving UiPath platform.
Drive enduser adoption of UiPaths agentic capabilities through events executive briefings webinars and handson workshops.
Support Marketing and field initiatives through evangelism speaking at UiPath and industry events and representing the agentic platform to the regional ecosystem.
Bring an industryrelevant perspective to client conversations drawing on knowledge of regional priorities (financial services telco mining) across Africa.
Manage multiple opportunities in parallel prioritising effectively and operating with strong commercial judgement.
Contribute to the Presales community by sharing reusable assets BPMN reference models demo blueprints discovery frameworks and competitive guidance.
Experience in a customerfacing role presales / solutions consulting / solution architecture / strategic consulting selling or delivering enterprise automation BPM AI or integration software.
Handson experience modelling business processes in BPMN standards - and an understanding of how BPMN maps to executable orchestration.
Working knowledge of decision modelling DMN decision tables or decision graphs and how decision logic is separated from process flow in modern orchestration platforms.
Practical experience with at least one BPM / workflow platform such as ServiceNow (Workflow Studio / App Engine) Pega Appian K2 / Nintex IBM BPM Camunda or Bizagi ideally including process design decision logic integration and deployment.
Understanding of agentic AI concepts autonomous agents tool / function calling retrieval evaluation guardrails and humanintheloop patterns and how they apply inside enterprise processes.
Familiarity with LLMs and the broader AI ecosystem (model providers embeddings RAG agent frameworks) at a level sufficient to discuss architecture and tradeoffs with technical buyers.
Previous experience with UiPath or another automation platform is a strong advantage.
Resultsoriented outcomebased mindset with the ability to quantify business value (cycle time costtoserve accuracy capacity unlocked) and tie solution design to it.
Excellent verbal and written communication with the credibility to present to both technical and executive audiences.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and structure complex problems quickly.
Team player attitude with the ability to thrive in a fastpaced matrixed environment.
Fluent written and spoken English is mandatory
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
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