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# Principal Software Engineer at UiPath

- **Company:** [UiPath](https://feeny.ai/companies/uipath)
- **Location:** Bucharest, Romania
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/uipath/2be81aae-0e50-446c-90b3-a304659588c3/application

**Skills:** C#, Java, Python, Go, Distributed Systems, Microservices, APIs, Cloud-native Architectures, Azure, AWS, GCP, Containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Monitoring, Logging, Observability, System Design, Data Structures, Algorithms

> Lead the architecture and technical direction of complex backend and cloud-native services for the UiPath platform. Drive technical strategy for distributed systems, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers while balancing scalability, reliability, and cost.

## 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

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will help define and evolve the technical strategy for cloud services that power critical automation capabilities across the UiPath platform. You will lead architecture and design across complex backend and distributed systems, often working through ambiguity, dependencies, and cross-team impact. You will help teams make the right technical tradeoffs across scalability, reliability, security, customer experience, operational excellence, and cloud cost, while setting engineering standards that support UiPath’s current and future growth.

## What you'll do at UiPath

- Lead the architecture and technical direction of complex backend and cloud-native services across the UiPath platform.
- Design scalable, secure, reliable, and high-performing distributed systems across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
- Partner with engineering leaders, architects, product managers, and cross-functional teams to shape technical solutions for high-impact product and platform areas.
- Drive technical planning and roadmap input for complex services, platform capabilities, or cross-team initiatives.
- Identify long-term scalability, reliability, security, performance, and cost challenges, and lead the design of sustainable solutions.
- Set high standards for system design, code quality, testing, observability, automation, incident management, and engineering excellence.
- Mentor and guide engineers through design reviews, technical discussions, architecture decisions, and hands-on technical feedback.

## What you'll bring to the team

- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend and cloud development experience.
- Hands-on experience with one or more modern programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, or Go.
- Strong experience designing and building distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction and drive architecture decisions across teams.
- Experience building and operating production-grade services in cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Good knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, monitoring, logging, observability, and production operations.
- Strong understanding of system design, data structures, algorithms, multithreading, asynchronous programming, and performance optimization.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, messaging systems, event-driven architectures, or high-scale data processing.
- Ability to balance customer experience, reliability, security, scalability, and cloud cost when making technical decisions.
- Strong technical leadership, ownership, and communication skills, with the ability to guide teams through ambiguity.
- Interest in automation, AI, developer platforms, enterprise software, or large-scale cloud systems is a plus.

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](https://www.uipath.com/legal/trust-and-security/privacy-policy).

## About UiPath

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: UiPath provides an enterprise AI-powered automation platform that enables AI agents, robots, people, and models to work together to orchestrate complex business processes.
- **Entity Type**: Public (ticker: PATH)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA (incorporated in Delaware; global operations)
- **Founded**: 2005 (in Bucharest, Romania)
- **Founders**: Not explicitly named in provided sources (co-founders widely known as Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, but not verifiable from the given search results)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Enterprise software – Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Agentic AI, Intelligent Document Processing, Business Process Automation.
- **Target customers**: B2B – large enterprises and governments across banking, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, retail, public sector, and more.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Accelerate human achievement by shaping the future of work” and “make work more meaningful through automation.”

## Products & Services
- **UiPath Platform™**: An integrated suite that combines RPA, API automation, AI agents, document understanding, process mining, and orchestration into a single, governed platform. Deployed via SaaS (Automation Cloud™) or on-premises.
- **Enterprise Agent Builder**: Low‑code/pro‑code tool to create, customize, and deploy autonomous AI agents that plan, reason, and act.
- **UiPath Maestro™**: Orchestration layer that manages tasks across agents, robots, and people, enabling end‑to‑end process automation with governance and monitoring.
- **Automation Cloud™**: Multi‑tenant SaaS version of the platform for rapid deployment without infrastructure overhead.
- **Intelligent Xtraction & Processing (IXP)**: Document understanding product that extracts structured/unstructured data from documents to power AI agents and automations.
- **UiPath Test Cloud**: Agentic testing platform for enterprise software quality assurance, with self‑healing automation and AI‑assisted test creation.
- **Process Intelligence**: Process mining and task mining to identify automation opportunities, simulate changes, and monitor performance.
- **Vertical Solutions**: Pre‑built, packaged automation solutions for industries (e.g., medical records summarization, loan quality control, quote generation) to deliver value in weeks.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not explicitly stated in provided sources; as a public company, market cap fluctuates (see SEC filings).
- **Key Metric**: Over 10,800 customers as of July 31, 2023 (latest figure in provided content); 10,747 customers as of January 31, 2026.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in provided sources (early investors include Accel, CapitalG, etc.).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 3,981 full‑time employees as of January 31, 2026.
  - 7‑time Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Robotic Process Automation.
  - Recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape (Business Automation Platforms 2025) and Forrester Wave™ (Document Mining & Analytics Platforms Q2 2024).
  - Recent acquisitions: Peak (March 2025, AI pricing/inventory for manufacturing & retail) and WorkFusion (February 2026, AI agents for financial crimes compliance).
  - Grid Leader Fall 2025 for Business Automation Platforms, Agentic AI, AI Agent Builders.
  - Over 3 million developers using AI at work.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified agentic automation**: Only platform that tightly combines AI agents, RPA, API integrations, and document understanding in one governed environment.
- **Centralized governance & security**: AI Trust Layer, role‑based access, real‑time audit logs, and customer‑managed LLM support – enabling safe enterprise‑wide AI deployment.
- **Vendor‑agnostic orchestration**: Maestro integrates with any agent or automation tool, avoiding lock‑in.
- **Strong analyst recognition**: Consistently ranked as a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, Everest Group, and IDC across multiple categories.
- **Scalable deployment**: SaaS, on‑premises, hybrid – with full flexibility for regulated industries.

## Strategic Focus
- **Agentic automation**: Shifting from rule‑based RPA to AI agents that think, plan, and act autonomously – the central theme of their 25.10 platform release.
- **Vertical expansion**: Pre‑built solutions for financial services, healthcare, insurance, supply chain, and manufacturing to accelerate time‑to‑value.
- **Acquisitions**: Continuing to buy niche AI and automation companies (Peak, WorkFusion) to broaden capabilities in pricing, compliance, and vertical intelligence.
- **R&D investment**: Significant ongoing investment in AI, agent builder, and governance features.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values of **Bold** (speak up, think big), **Immersed** (dive deep, customer‑centric), **Fast** (agility, simplicity, results), and **Humble** (open mind, kindness, team player).
- **Work flexibility**: Hybrid, remote, or office‑based roles; hybrid teams are expected onsite at least two days per week.
- **Growth & development**: “Failing forward” mindset – encouraged to take smart risks and learn from mistakes. Opportunities in Engineering, Product, Sales, etc.
- **Diversity & belonging**: Committed to fair opportunity, inclusive workplace, and celebrating uniqueness.
- **Impact**: Pledge 1% member – donated 1.1M shares to ESG initiatives. Focus on “automation for good” in communities and the environment.
- **Perks**: Recognized as a great workplace; emphasis on employee well‑being and professional growth through programs like the Future Forward Internship.
- **Global community**: Diverse team across 100+ customer countries with a strong connection to Bucharest roots.

## Sources
1. [uipath.com/about-us](https://www.uipath.com/about-us)
2. [uipath.com/careers](https://www.uipath.com/careers)
3. [uipath.com/](https://www.uipath.com/)
4. [uipath.com/careers/jobs](https://www.uipath.com/careers/jobs)
5. [SEC 10-K Filing (January 31, 2026)](https://ir.uipath.com/financials/sec-filings/content/0001734722-26-000012/path-20260131.htm)

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