Principal Software Engineer

UiPath, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UiPath, Inc. is seeking a senior engineer who acts as a builder, shaping the what and why of products while driving execution. You will validate ideas with customers, scale impact, and push for AI-native solutions that solve enterprise bottlenecks.

This role emphasizes architecture, collaboration across a global team, and delivering high-quality, scalable cloud services. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of external product impact, deep workflow/orchestration expertise, and a track record of

Qualifications

• 10+ years architecting large-scale external applications.
• Deep technical background in workflows, orchestration, and data processing.
• Experience shaping product direction and public APIs.
• Strong ability to influence across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and ship large-scale cloud services as if they were your own startup.
• Navigate complex technical trade-offs and drive consensus with data-driven communication.
• Uphold engineering excellence, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Advance AI-native, agentic systems to solve real-world enterprise bottlenecks.

Skills

External-Facing Excellence

Workflow Engines

User Experience

Distributed Systems

API Design

Product Thinking

Leadership by Influence

Job description

Life at UiPath

The people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. We’re 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 care—about each other, about UiPath, and about our larger purpose.

Could that be you?

Your mission

We are looking for an Engineer that operates as a Builder.

• Be immersive in shaping the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of products to build in addition to driving the execution of the said plan.

• Validate with customers and glean insights to fail fast or get to proven adoption.

• Operate AI forward and hands on in everything you do and scale your influence.

At UiPath we are enabling enterprises transform via Business Orchestration and modernize operating their core business processes. It requires us to apply technology on a wide range of domains – from systems to agents to engaging people in their preferred modality. We are a global team and collaborate like a startup to prioritize what’s important to customers.

What you'll do at UiPath

• Founder Mindset: Propose, architect, and ship large-scale cloud services as if they were your own startup.

• Technical Diplomacy: Navigate complex technical trade-offs and drive consensus across stakeholders through clear, data-driven communication

• Engineering Excellence: Be the standard-bearer for the "dev inner loop" obsessing over quality, scalability, and developer productivity.

• AI Integration: Move beyond "AI-assisted" to "AI-native," building agentic systems that solve real-world enterprise bottlenecks.

What you'll bring to the team

• External-Facing Excellence: A proven track record (10+ years) of architecting and building world-class, large-scale commercial applications with a focus on external product impact.

• Core Domain Expertise: Deep technical background in Workflow Engines, Orchestration, and structured/unstructured data/document processing is an advantage.

• Depth in building user experiences is also an advantage.

• Expertise in distributed systems, data layers (OLTP/OLAP) and high-scale is expected.

• Architectural Vision: Mastery of programming language paradigms, schema design, and the creation of robust, public-facing APIs that drive ecosystem growth

• Product Thinking: An innate ability to balance technical perfection with business impact, ensuring our engineering efforts move the needle for our customers' bottom lines.

• The ability to lead through influence and inspire a globally distributed team

"Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this role"

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 privacy policy.