Senior Software Engineer
Senior · Full Time
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Role
What you'll do.
Senior Software Engineer at UiPath focused on Platform Engineering infrastructure and tooling. The role involves designing and building internal systems that enable UiPath's engineering teams to deploy and manage virtualized compute resources at datacenter scale. This position requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with proficiency in modern programming languages, deep Linux and virtualization expertise, and cloud platform knowledge to architect infrastructure-as-code solutions that empower teams to operate datacenters as elastic, managed services.
Responsibilities
- Develop Internal Platform Tooling: Engineer tooling that abstracts datacenter compute infrastructure, enabling engineering teams across UiPath to consume bare-metal resources with the ease and flexibility of managed cloud services through intuitive APIs and self-service infrastructure.
- Build Virtual Machine Provisioning Services: Design and implement services responsible for provisioning, configuring, and managing virtual machine lifecycles on bare-metal hardware using virtualization technologies, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.
- Architect Elastic Compute Fabric: Create abstraction layers that expose datacenter capacity as a unified elastic fabric, enabling internal workloads and CI/CD pipelines to dynamically schedule and consume compute resources on demand with automatic resource optimization.
- Automate Infrastructure Lifecycle Management: Develop comprehensive infrastructure-as-code solutions that automate the complete host lifecycle including system bring-up, hypervisor configuration, networking stack deployment, storage integration, and decommissioning.
- Enhance System Reliability and Observability: Implement monitoring, observability, and performance optimization initiatives for the virtualization layer, implementing security hardening measures and designing systems to operate reliably at enterprise scale.
- Enable Continuous Integration and Testing Infrastructure: Provide the compute backbone for large-scale CI/CD pipeline runs and automated end-to-end testing, supporting centralized initiatives like Automated Product Sign-Off and enabling engineering teams to validate releases with confidence.
- Standardize Software Development Practices: Build and maintain development tooling that establishes consistent software engineering practices across UiPath's engineering organization, improving code quality and deployment reliability organization-wide.
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns
Strong mastery of OOP principles, software design patterns, and architectural patterns for building maintainable, scalable systems in distributed infrastructure environments.
Concurrency and Distributed Systems
Deep understanding of concurrency models, thread safety, synchronization primitives, and distributed systems concepts required for building infrastructure software handling thousands of concurrent workloads.
Data Structures and Algorithms
Solid foundation in data structures, algorithmic complexity analysis, and optimization techniques necessary for building high-performance infrastructure and resource scheduling systems.
Software Development Lifecycle
Comprehensive knowledge of the full SDLC including code review practices, testing strategies, CI/CD integration, production operations, and ability to produce well-tested, production-grade code.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience demonstrating foundational computer science knowledge.
Experience
5+ Years Software Engineering
Minimum five years of professional software engineering experience designing and shipping production systems using mainstream programming languages in enterprise environments.
Linux Proficiency
Extensive hands-on experience operating Linux systems at scale, writing shell scripts, debugging kernel-level issues, and managing system administration tasks in production datacenter environments.
Virtualization Platform Expertise
Practical experience with enterprise virtualization technologies including QEMU/KVM, libvirt, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, or equivalent platforms, including virtual machine lifecycle management and hypervisor configuration.
Cloud Infrastructure Experience
Hands-on experience architecting and deploying solutions on cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, or GCP), understanding cloud resource management, networking, storage, and infrastructure patterns.
Skills
Required
.NET / C#
Primary language preference for the role. Expertise in C# and .NET framework for building Windows and Linux-based infrastructure services and platform tooling.
Linux Systems Administration
Command-line proficiency, shell scripting (bash/Python), system configuration, user management, package management, and troubleshooting in Linux environments at scale.
Virtualization Technologies
Hands-on experience with KVM/QEMU, libvirt, or equivalent hypervisors including VM creation, network configuration, storage attachment, and performance tuning.
Cloud Platforms
Experience with Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP including VMs, networking, storage services, resource management, and infrastructure deployment patterns.
System Design and Architecture
Ability to design scalable, maintainable systems with attention to reliability, performance, security, and operational concerns in infrastructure-as-a-service contexts.
Preferred
Bare-Metal Fleet Operations
Nice to haveExperience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale bare-metal server fleets and datacenter infrastructure, including hardware provisioning and lifecycle automation.
CI/CD Infrastructure
Nice to haveKnowledge of CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and designing test infrastructure that scales to run thousands of tests across distributed hardware.
libvirt and Cloud-Init
Nice to havePractical experience with libvirt XML configuration, cloud-init for VM bootstrapping, PXE and network booting, and automated VM image pipeline creation and management.
Infrastructure-as-Code
Nice to haveProficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools for declarative infrastructure management, configuration management, and reproducible deployment automation.
Kubernetes Orchestration
Nice to haveUnderstanding of Kubernetes architecture, container orchestration patterns, and how Kubernetes schedules and manages workloads across clusters.
Distributed Storage Systems
Nice to haveExperience with distributed storage solutions like Ceph, ZFS, or NFS that support scale-out infrastructure and high-availability requirements.
Network Infrastructure
Nice to haveFamiliarity with VLAN configuration, overlay networks, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and network virtualization concepts for infrastructure environments.
Java, Go, Python, or Rust
Nice to haveSecondary language proficiency in Java, Go, Python, or Rust for cross-platform development and infrastructure automation tasks.
Tech stack
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Base·USD 150,000 – 220,000
Equity·Stock options
Benefits
Comprehensive Health Insurance
Medical, dental, and vision coverage options for employees and eligible dependents, with company contributions toward premiums and health savings accounts.
Retirement Planning
401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions, helping employees build long-term financial security.
Equity Compensation
Stock options and equity grants allowing employees to participate in UiPath's long-term growth and success as a public company.
Paid Time Off
Generous vacation days, sick leave, and personal days to support work-life balance and employee wellness.
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid, office-based, or remote work options depending on business needs and role requirements, providing flexibility in work location and schedule.
Professional Development
Learning and development resources, training budgets, conference attendance support, and mentorship programs to advance technical skills and career growth.
Wellness Programs
Fitness subsidies, mental health resources, wellness challenges, and employee assistance programs promoting holistic employee wellbeing.
Diversity and Inclusion
Commitment to diverse hiring practices, inclusive workplace culture, accommodations for individuals with disabilities, and support for underrepresented groups in technology.
Process
Interview steps.
- 01
Initial Screening
Initial review of resume and background to assess alignment with core requirements including software engineering experience, technical depth, and infrastructure expertise.
- 02
Technical Screening Call
Technical conversation with Platform Engineering team member covering programming fundamentals, systems design thinking, virtualization concepts, and approach to infrastructure challenges.
- 03
System Design Interview
Deep-dive discussion on designing scalable infrastructure systems, including architecture decisions, technology choices, and tradeoffs in managing datacenter resources at enterprise scale.
- 04
Infrastructure Hands-On Assessment
Technical assessment involving infrastructure scenarios, system troubleshooting, or code review exercises demonstrating practical knowledge of Linux, virtualization, cloud platforms, or infrastructure-as-code.
- 05
Behavioral and Team Fit Interview
Conversation with team members and potentially hiring manager assessing collaboration skills, communication, self-motivation, and alignment with UiPath's values and Platform Engineering team culture.
- 06
Leadership and Compensation Discussion
Final discussions with senior leadership or hiring manager covering career growth opportunities, infrastructure strategy alignment, and compensation package negotiation.
Full posting
Original listing.
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
UiPath’s Platform Engineering team builds the internal infrastructure and tooling that keeps engineering across UiPath fast, reliable, and consistent. That includes a hybrid cloud compute fleet - powering pipeline runs and other internal workloads on our own datacenter using virtualization technologies - alongside centralized initiatives like Automated product Sign-Off, performance testing, and the standardization of software development practices through tooling the team builds in-house.
You’ll help build the software and tooling that make these systems self-managing and easy to consume, so engineering teams across UiPath can ship faster and with more confidence.
What you'll do at UiPath
Develop tooling that empowers engineering teams to consume datacenter compute as easily as a managed cloud service.
Build services that provision, configure, and lifecycle-manage virtual machines on bare metal using virtualization technologies.
Provide the compute backbone for pipeline runs, end-to-end and automated testing at scale.
Expose our datacenter capacity as a single elastic fabric that internal workloads can schedule against on demand.
Automate the full host lifecycle as code; bring-up, hypervisor configuration, networking, storage, and decommissioning.
Improve the reliability, observability, and performance of the virtualization layer, and harden it for security and scale.
Contribute to centralized initiatives such as Automated Sign-Off and performance testing, helping teams validate and ship releases with confidence.
Build and maintain tooling that standardizes software development practices across engineering teams.
What you'll bring to the team
5+ years in a software engineering role using one or more mainstream languages (.NET / C# preferred; Java, Go, C, C++, Python, or Rust).
Linux experience - comfortable operating and scripting on Linux.
Strong grasp of OOP, design patterns, concurrency, and data structures and algorithms.
Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP).
Experience with virtualization — QEMU/KVM, libvirt, VMware, Hyper-V, or Xen equivalents.
Well-versed with the full SDLC and able to produce well-tested, high-quality code.
Nice to have
Experience running bare-metal fleets or datacenter infrastructure at scale.
CI/CD and test infrastructure (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and how large test suites run at scale.
Familiarity with libvirt, cloud-init, PXE / network booting, and VM image pipelines; networking (VLANs, overlays, SDN).
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), Kubernetes, and distributed storage (Ceph, ZFS).
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.
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