Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Life at Ui Path

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?

As a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will define technical strategy across major customer engagements and lead lighthouse implementations with strategic customers. You ll establish standards for FDE teams, influence product direction through field insights and co-innovation, and serve as a trusted technical advisor to both customers and internal stakeholders. This role uniquely combines deep technical expertise in AI and automation with strategic customer engagement and organizational leadership.

Unlike traditional software engineers who build products for many customers, Principal FDEs enable transformative capabilities for strategic customers while shaping how the entire FDE organization delivers agentic automation solutions. You ll work directly in customer environments while simultaneously establishing technical standards and best practices that scale across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

AI Engineering & Platform Mastery

• 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

Technical Excellence, Innovation & Delivery

• Define and enforce best practices for AI system delivery, agent reliability, and production operations across FDE teams
• Lead lighthouse implementations with strategic customers, demonstrating new capabilities and delivery approaches
• 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

Customer & Business Impact

• Define customer technology strategy across major engagements, ensuring alignment with business transformation objectives and measurable outcomes
• Lead lighthouse implementations with strategic customers, demonstrating new agentic capabilities and establishing replicable patterns for the FDE organization
• Influence UiPath product direction through co-innovation, translating aggregated field insights into roadmap recommendations
• 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

Collaboration, Influence & Leadership

• 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
• Provide feedback to leadership and proactively address challenges outside your direct responsibility

Required Qualifications

• 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 Type Script with experience building production-grade AI applications
• Proven track record of defining technical strategy and delivering complex,…