Lead Automation Engineer

RBC•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an exceptional Principal Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of AI-driven software development lifecycle and intelligent automation solutions. This role will drive innovation across CNB by architecting enterprise-scale automation and AI integration initiatives, establishing best practices, and elevating the technical maturity of our engineering organization.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Vector databases
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

Responsibilities

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
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
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
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
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
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

Benefits

bonuses
flexible benefits
competitive compensation
commissions
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