Senior Ai Automation Developer

Overview

SS&C is seeking a Senior AI Automation Developer to lead the technical design and implementation of our Intelligent Automation (IA) strategy. This role supports transitioning infrastructure toward an AI-first model, blending traditional RPA stability with Generative AI and agentic orchestration.

Locations:
London, Essex | Hybrid: 6 days a month travel to office

• AI-Driven Development: Build, optimise, and maintain scalable automation workflows using Claude Code and modern AI development tools to accelerate software delivery and agentic workflows.
• GenAI & Agentic Orchestration: Develop and deploy autonomous AI agents and skills that interact with advanced Large Language Models via the SS&C AI Gateway, blending them with WHQ Agents and Digital Workers.
• Modern UI Automation: Design and build robust automation frameworks targeting desktop applications via FlaUI and modern web systems using Playwright, moving away from legacy application spying techniques.
• Enterprise Work Queue Management: Design and optimise high-throughput automation architectures using Blue Prism v7 Work Queues to manage transactional data, case locking, and exception handling for hybrid AI-human workflows.
• Hybrid Solution Architecture: Lead the technical design of end-to-end IA solutions, incorporating Blue Prism Chorus for BPM and GenAI orchestration where human-in-the-loop intervention is required.
• Prompt Engineering & Fine-Tuning: Design, evaluate, and refine complex prompt structures and system instructions to ensure predictable, structured outputs from AI models.
• Standards, Governance & Trust: Adhere to best practices to ensure automation components, WHQ Agents, and generative AI integrations comply with security, data privacy, and ethical AI guardrails.

• Python: Expert proficiency for AI/LLM tooling, data processing, and scripting agentic or web-based automation workflows.
• C# .NET: Robust experience for building enterprise-grade backend integrations and handling native desktop interactions via FlaUI.
• Type Script: Strong proficiency in modern web-based automation with Playwright, cloud functions, and front-end/API orchestration.

• PostgreSQL: Advanced experience in designing, querying, and managing relational databases for transactional logging, configuration, and enterprise scaling.
• MS SQL: Deep proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server, complex queries, indexing, and stored procedures.
• AI Development Tools:
  Hands-on experience with Claude Code, Anthropic APIs, and open-source AI frameworks.
• Platform Integration:
  Proficiency in integrating enterprise environments with cloud-based AI ecosystems (e.g., AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI).
• Prompt Engineering:
  Deep understanding of advanced prompting techniques and token management.

• UI Automation Libraries:
  Experience with Playwright for web automation and FlaUI for desktop automation.
• Blue Prism Ecosystem:
  Experience with Blue Prism Enterprise v7.x with emphasis on Control Room management, deployment, and backend API usage.
• Queue Architecture:
  Mastery of Work Queues configuration, priority tagging, and multi-robot queue consumption models.

• Vector Databases:
  Experience with vector storage systems (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, pgvector) for semantic search and RAG patterns.
• Blue Prism Professional Developer Certification.
• Experience transitioning traditional RPA architectures to code-first, AI-driven automation that integrates hybrid WHQ Agents and Digital Workers.
• Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD, and LLMOps/Dev Ops practices.
• Understanding of VPC environments (Azure / AWS).

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including SS&C University access
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support staff wellbeing
• Diversity & Inclusion: Commitment to welcoming and thriving on diversity
• Training: Hands-on, team-customized throughout your career

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