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Principal Engineer

RBC Toronto, Ontario senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of AI-driven software development lifecycle and intelligent automation solutions.

Technical Leadership

  • Architect and implement enterprise-scale UiPath automation and AI-driven solutions
  • Define and enforce automation and SDLC development standards and best practices
  • Lead complex automation, AI integration, and SDLC transformation initiatives
  • Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for automation and AI solutions
  • Mentor and guide senior and junior automation engineers toward technical excellence

RPA Engineering

  • Design and develop advanced UiPath automation solutions including:
  • Attended and unattended automation
  • Document Understanding and Intelligent Document Processing
  • Integration Service and API-based automation
  • Orchestrator architecture with high availability deployments
  • Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of automation platforms
  • Lead complex debugging, production support, and architectural reviews
  • Conduct code reviews and establish reusable frameworks

AI Engineering

  • Design and implement AI-driven automation solutions including:
  • Intelligent Document Processing
  • LLM-powered automation and prompt engineering
  • Conversational AI and AI agents
  • ML model integration and governance
  • Integrate UiPath with enterprise AI platforms and APIs
  • Develop AI orchestration workflows with model monitoring and evaluation
  • Implement agentic automation and advanced AI use cases

AI-Driven SDLC

  • Architect AI/ML solutions that enhance code generation, testing, deployment, and monitoring
  • Integrate AI technologies into existing SDLC workflows and tooling
  • Develop roadmaps for AI-driven automation across engineering processes
  • Establish governance models for AI model governance and responsible AI practices

Architecture & Strategy

  • Define enterprise automation and AI-driven SDLC architecture and roadmap
  • Evaluate new automation and AI technologies for organizational adoption
  • Partner with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance teams
  • Drive adoption of intelligent automation and AI capabilities across the organization
  • Establish governance models for automation and AI delivery

Mentorship & Development

  • Mentor senior and junior automation engineers
  • Define development standards and reusable frameworks
  • Lead technical training sessions and raise overall technical maturity
  • Develop future technical leaders within the automation and AI teams

What do you need to succeed?

  • Expert-level UiPath Studio
  • UiPath Orchestrator architecture
  • UiPath Document Understanding and AI Center
  • UiPath Integration Service and Apps
  • Reframework and advanced framework design
  • Queue-based architecture and exception handling strategies
  • Logging and monitoring design
  • Experience integrating LLM APIs and prompt engineering
  • AI workflow orchestration
  • Intelligent Document Processing and NLP solutions
  • Model evaluation, tuning, and governance

What's in it for you?

  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Opportunities to do challenging work

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Skills

Required

  • UiPath Studio
  • UiPath Orchestrator architecture
  • UiPath Document Understanding and AI Center
  • UiPath Integration Service and Apps
  • Reframework and advanced framework design
  • Queue-based architecture and exception handling strategies
  • Logging and monitoring design
  • LLM APIs and prompt engineering
  • AI workflow orchestration
  • Intelligent Document Processing and NLP solutions
  • Model evaluation, tuning, and governance

Nice to have

  • Experience leading enterprise automation and AI programs at scale (50+ processes)
  • Experience with automation Center of Excellence (CoE) models
  • Experience with agentic automation and advanced AI solutions
  • Contributions to open-source automation or AI/ML projects
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives
  • UiPath Certified Professional Automation Solution Architect Professional
  • UiPath Certified Professional Advanced RPA Developer
  • UiPath AI Associate or AI Professional Certification (preferred) OR equivalent recognized AI engineering certification

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