Senior AI Engineer

Socket.dev; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

UiPath is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for Intelligent Document Processing and Context Grounding. You will design, build, and scale backend services that power document understanding, retrieval, and AI agents across UiPath's platform.

You will work with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern AI technologies, delivering production software used by enterprise customers. Collaboration and ownership are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend experience building distributed systems.
• Production experience with Python and/or C#.
• Experience designing scalable APIs and microservices.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure (preferred) / AWS / GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate scalable backend services powering document processing, context grounding, and retrieval augmented generation.
• Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to deliver production software.
• Own features end-to-end from design through production and monitoring.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Python

C#

APIs & microservices

Cloud platforms

Debugging

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

LLMs

Vector databases

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?

Senior Software Engineer – Intelligent Document Processing & Context Grounding

Build the AI-powered platform behind the next generation of enterprise automation.

At UiPath, we're building the future of enterprise AI. Our Intelligent Document Processing and Context Grounding platform enables AI agents to understand enterprise knowledge, retrieve the right information, and deliver accurate, trustworthy outcomes at scale.

We're looking for exceptional software engineers who enjoy solving difficult engineering problems and shipping production software. If you're passionate about building distributed systems, modern cloud platforms, and AI-powered applications that customers rely on every day, we'd love to talk.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll work alongside experienced engineers to design, build, and scale the services that power document understanding, retrieval, knowledge management, and AI agents across the UiPath platform.

What You'll Do

Build production software

Design, develop, and operate highly scalable backend services that power Intelligent Document Processing, Context Grounding, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities across UiPath's AI platform.

You'll contribute to systems responsible for:

• Document ingestion
• Parsing and extraction
• Chunking and embeddings
• Search and retrieval
• Knowledge management
• APIs
• AI orchestration
• Evaluation pipelines

Solve challenging distributed systems problems

Design and implement cloud-native services capable of processing large volumes of enterprise content while maintaining high availability, reliability, and performance.

You'll build software that must balance:

• scalability
• latency
• security
• observability
• operational excellence

Build AI-powered products

Work with modern AI technologies including LLMs, retrieval systems, vector search, and document processing to deliver production capabilities—not research prototypes.

You'll help transform advances in AI into features that solve real customer problems.

Collaborate across disciplines

Partner closely with Product Managers, Applied Scientists, Designers, and fellow engineers to turn ideas into production software.

You'll participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, design reviews, and technical planning while helping improve engineering quality across the team.

Take ownership

Own features from design through production.

Successful engineers on this team are comfortable working through ambiguity, making thoughtful technical decisions, and delivering high-quality software that customers depend on.

What We’re Looking For

We're looking for engineers who love building software.

Successful candidates will typically have:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend engineering experience building distributed systems
• Production experience with Python and/or C#
• Experience designing scalable APIs and microservices
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and software architecture
• Experience with event-driven systems, messaging, caching, and databases
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

Experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:

• Generative AI
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• LLM-powered applications
• Semantic search
• Vector databases
• Intelligent Document Processing
• OCR
• Search infrastructure
• Knowledge management platforms

Technologies You May Work With

• Python
• C#
• Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• REST APIs
• Distributed systems
• Event-driven architectures
• Search platforms
• Vector databases
• LLMs
• RAG
• Azure OpenAI
• Embeddings
• Intelligent Document Processing

What Makes Someone Successful Here

The strongest engineers on this team are exceptional software engineers first.

They enjoy:

• building production software
• solving complex technical problems
• learning new technologies
• collaborating with teammates
• taking ownership
• communicating technical ideas clearly
• shipping features that create measurable customer value

You don’t need to be an AI researcher.

You do need to be excited about building AI-powered products that operate reliably at enterprise scale.

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Why UiPath?

AI is changing enterprise software, but success isn't determined by models alone. It depends on building reliable, scalable systems that customers can trust.

At UiPath, you'll work alongside engineers building the infrastructure that powers the next generation of enterprise AI agents—from document understanding and retrieval to grounded reasoning and intelligent automation.

If you enjoy solving difficult engineering problems, building modern distributed systems, and shipping software that customers use every day, we'd love to meet you.

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.