Senior Solution Engineer

William Blair • Chicago, IL

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Solutions for Today’s Challenges. Vision for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.
Join William Blair, the Premier Global Partnership.
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior UiPath Engineer to join our Intelligent Automation team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in UiPath Studio development, UiPath Orchestrator, Maestro, and enterprise-scale automation support. This role requires the ability to support and maintain a large automation footprint (100+ processes) while simultaneously contributing to new RPA initiatives, enhancements, and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience working with UiPath RPA
• Strong proficiency in UiPath Studio and UiPath Orchestrator
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining large-scale automation environments (100+ processes)
• Solid understanding of RPA best practices, framework design, and reusable component development
• Experience with exception handling, logging, retry mechanisms, and performance optimization
• Experience building SQL queries and stored procedures and using them in UiPath solutions
• Experience integrating UiPath solutions with third-party applications utilizing APIs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, including production support and new development work
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• UiPath Certification (Automation Developer Professional preferred)
• Exposure to Agentic solutions using UiPath or other technologies
• Experience with enterprise application integrations (ERP, CRM, legacy systems)
• Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, or automation governance frameworks
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy RPA solutions using UiPath Studio in line with enterprise standards and best practices
• Work extensively with UiPath Orchestrator and Maestro for job scheduling, monitoring, queue management, asset management, credential handling, and agentic orchestration
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, optimize automation performance, and perform root cause analysis
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, business analysts, and solution architects to gather requirements and deliver automation solutions
• Implement enhancements and upgrades to existing automations based on business needs and process changes
• Follow RPA governance, security, and compliance standards throughout the automation lifecycle
• Participate in code reviews, documentation, and knowledge-sharing activities
• Support automation releases, deployments, and version control activities
• Work on exploring Agentic capabilities within UiPath and contribute to continuous innovation in the intelligent automation space.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision coverage
• employer paid short & long-term disability and life insurance
• 401(k)
• profit sharing
• paid time off
• Maven family & fertility benefit
• parental leave (including adoption, surrogacy, and foster placement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed