Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

Join the UiPath Document Understanding team as a Principal Software Engineer, where you will be at the forefront of developing innovative solutions to tackle real-life challenges in processing and understanding both structured and unstructured documents. Our Document Understanding framework is designed to facilitate file processing, from digitization to data validation, in an open, extensible, and versatile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop robust and reliable components, identify bugs and bottlenecks, and devise solutions to address engineering challenges in the document understanding space.
• Use your problem-solving skills to develop and build code with performance in mind.
• Collaborate with teams across geographies to innovate and develop best-in-class document understanding solutions.
• Maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automation by writing unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end automations.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience in architecting and engineering world-class, large-scale commercial applications and services.
• Proficiency in one or more system-level programming languages (C#, Java, Python, Rust, etc.) and a willingness to learn new ones.
• Experience working with cloud ecosystems such as Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and architectural design patterns.
• Good grasp of multithreading, synchronization, asynchronous, and cloud programming.
• Deep understanding of data structures & algorithms.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices, including agile development, CI/CD, and DevOps.
• Proven track record of effectively collaborating with globally distributed teams.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Programming experience with the .NET framework and C#.
• Familiarity with working with documents and using OCR technologies.
• Full-stack development experience.

Why Join Us?

At UiPath, we believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. We are committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power. We value a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas, and 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.

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.

Join us and be part of a fast-moving, fast-thinking growth company that cares about each other, about UiPath, and about our larger purpose.