Sr. Prinicipal Software Engineer at Uipath

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? ABOUT THE ROLE Join the team and help build UiPath's most ambitious product - an AI agentic orchestration platform that's been recognized as our Invention of the Year for two consecutive years. As a Senior Principal Software Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of our Act 2 strategy, building the infrastructure that allows enterprises to seamlessly orchestrate AI agents, robots, and human-in-the-loop workflows to achieve critical business outcomes. What You'll Do - Build and Scale: Design, develop, and maintain backend services for products using AI Coding Assistant for building distributed systems - Hands-On Development: Write production-quality code daily, leveraging AI tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, etc.) to enhance your development workflow - Customer-Centric Engineering: Deeply understand who will use the features you build and why they need them, translating customer needs into elegant technical solutions - Ensure Reliability: Contribute to building highly scalable, reliable distributed systems that enterprises depend on - On-Call Rotation: Participate in on-call rotation (approximately one week every 2-3 months) to ensure system reliability What We're Looking For Required Qualifications - Active use of AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot, etc.) in your daily development workflow - Builder mindset - you love creating things from scratch and seeing them through to production - Strong C# expertise with proven backend development experience - Demonstrated track record of rapid growth and impact in previous roles - Experience building and maintaining distributed systems with a focus on scalability and reliability - Excellent communication skills with the ability to understand and articulate customer needs - Customer empathy - you think deeply about the end-user experience Nice to Have - Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration - Background in AI/ML systems or agentic workflows - Experience with workflow orchestration platforms - Contributions to open-source projects About the Team You'll be working with Lax and the Maestro backend team to build the core orchestration engine that powers enterprise AI automation. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role on UiPath's biggest strategic bet. Why Join Us - Work on cutting-edge AI technology that's shaping the future of enterprise automation - Be part of a team building Times top 100 Invention of the Year (2 years running) - Collaborate with talented engineers who value rapid iteration and customer impact - Contribute to UiPath's Act 2 strategy - our most important product initiative Maybe you don’t tick all the boxes above—but still think you’d be great for the job? Go ahead, apply anyway. Please. Because we know that experience comes in all shapes and sizes—and passion can’t 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 privacy policy [Upgrade to PRO to see link]