UiPath

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

UiPath

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Missouri • United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

PythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Define technical strategy for AI system design, multi-agent orchestration, and enterprise deployment across major customer engagements, including lighthouse implementations with strategic customers
  • Partner with UiPath Product and Engineering teams to co-innovate and shape the roadmap for agentic automation based on field insights and customer needs
  • Develop reference architectures for scalable, reusable AI deployments that become standards across FDE teams and customer implementations
  • Lead governance and best-practice standardization for agent engineering, prompt management, and LLM operations across FDE teams
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and frameworks, determining applicability and integration strategies for UiPath's platform
  • Create strategies to optimize solution performance, reduce hosting costs, and enhance security posture across customer environments
  • Define and enforce best practices for AI system delivery, agent reliability, and production operations across FDE teams
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple teams to improve scalability, quality, and delivery consistency
  • Generate new technical and product ideas through co-innovation, synthesizing customer insights, field patterns, and industry trends
  • Represent UiPath's technical practices and agent engineering expertise at conferences, customer briefings, and industry forums
  • Establish mechanisms for capturing and disseminating field learnings that accelerate the FDE organization
  • Define customer technology strategy across major engagements, ensuring alignment with business transformation objectives and measurable outcomes
  • Build executive-level relationships with strategic customers, advising on AI and automation strategy
  • Establish frameworks for quantifying and communicating business impact across customer engagements
  • Work with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Customer Success) to address systemic customer needs and competitive gaps
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration across regions and technical domains, coordinating with strategic customers on lighthouse implementations
  • Connect field operations with Product Engineering, ensuring field insights inform product direction and co-innovation
  • Resolve complex conflicts constructively, prioritizing UiPath's goals and customer outcomes
  • Mentor Senior FDEs and emerging technical leaders in architectural thinking and customer engagement
  • Facilitate discussions on technical standards and strategies across FDE teams, ensuring organizational alignment

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in enterprise software delivery and customer-facing technical roles
  • Deep expertise in LLM systems, including prompt engineering, evaluation techniques, and production deployment of agentic workflows
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript with experience building production-grade AI applications
  • Proven track record of defining technical strategy and delivering complex, multi-system integrations that drive measurable business outcomes
  • Experience leading lighthouse implementations or strategic technical initiatives with enterprise customers
  • Demonstrated ability to influence product direction through field insights and co-innovation with product teams
  • Excellence in technical communication with both technical and executive audiences, including experience presenting at conferences or industry forums
  • Track record of mentoring senior engineers and establishing technical standards across teams
  • Willingness to travel to customer sites (up to 30-40%) and work directly in customer environments.
Benefits
  • Employee wellness programs
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI system designmulti-agent orchestrationenterprise deploymentreference architecturesLLM systemsprompt engineeringPythonTypeScriptproduction-grade AI applicationsmulti-system integrations
Soft Skills
technical communicationmentoringinfluencingcollaborationconflict resolutionrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingcustomer engagementleadershipco-innovation