Senior Automation Developer – UiPath

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Job Description –Senior Automation Developer – UiPath

Job Title
Senior Production Developer – UiPath

Department

Intelligent Automation / Managed Services

Location

Bangalore / Mohali / Vizag / Nashik / Delhi

Employment Type

Full-Time

Work Mode

On-site

Working Days

Monday to Friday

Reporting To

Head of IT & Managed Services / RPA Managed Services
Lead

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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Production Developer – UiPath who
will be responsible for managing and maintaining UiPath automations in a
production environment.

This is not a developer-only or task-oriented role. The
position requires strong hands-on UiPath expertise combined with a production-first
mindset, analytical troubleshooting ability, incident ownership, client
communication, and operational leadership.

The candidate will be responsible for ensuring process
stability, timely job completion, production issue resolution, SLA adherence,
and overall automation performance.

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Key Responsibilities

1. Production Support & Stability

- Own
the day-to-day production performance and stability of UiPath automations.
- Monitor
production jobs, schedules, queues, triggers, and automation performance.
- Ensure
timely and successful completion of scheduled automation processes.
- Identify
recurring issues and implement preventive measures.
- Ensure
production processes meet defined SLAs and business expectations.

2. Production Troubleshooting

- Analyze
UiPath Orchestrator logs, job execution details, exceptions, and process
context to identify potential issues.
- Quickly
assess limited information and determine the likely root cause before
performing detailed debugging.
- Troubleshoot
application, workflow, configuration, credential, infrastructure, and
integration-related issues.
- Perform
root cause analysis and implement appropriate corrective actions.

3. L2/L3/L4 Production Support

- Handle
complex production incidents that cannot be resolved at the initial
support level.
- Take
ownership of critical and high-priority incidents through resolution.
- Coordinate
with infrastructure, application, development, network, security, and
client teams when required.
- Provide
technical guidance to junior developers and production support team
members.

4. Incident & SLA Management

- Manage
multiple production tickets, incidents, requests, and competing
priorities.
- Prioritize
issues based on business impact, severity, SLA, risk, and urgency.
- Ensure
incidents are properly documented, tracked, resolved, and validated.
- Provide
timely updates to internal stakeholders and clients during critical
incidents.
- Participate
in incident reviews and identify preventive actions.

5. Solution-Oriented Problem Solving

- Evaluate
different technical solutions based on:
- Business
impact
- Risk
- Effort
- Timeline
- Maintainability
- Production
stability

- Avoid
temporary fixes where a sustainable solution is required.
- Recommend
improvements to automation architecture, workflows, exception handling,
and operational processes.

6. UiPath & Orchestrator Management

- Strong
hands-on experience with UiPath Studio and UiPath Orchestrator.
- Monitor
and manage:
- Processes
- Jobs
- Triggers
- Queues
- Assets
- Machines
- Runtimes
- Folders
- Robot
configurations

- Troubleshoot
deployment and execution-related issues.
- Validate
production configurations and support deployment activities.

7. Production Code & Quality

- Review
automation implementations for stability, reliability, maintainability,
and production readiness.
- Identify
fragile workflows, inefficient implementations, and potential failure
points.
- Ensure
proper exception handling, logging, retry mechanisms, and recovery
procedures.
- Support
enhancements, change requests, and production fixes.

8. Documentation & Knowledge Management

- Quickly
understand new processes through PDD, SDD, technical documentation, and KT
sessions.
- Maintain
accurate production support documentation.
- Create
and update troubleshooting guides, process documentation, and operational
runbooks.
- Ensure
knowledge is effectively transferred to junior developers and support
teams.

9. Client & Stakeholder Management

- Communicate
clearly with clients, business teams, project managers, developers, and
technical teams.
- Provide
professional updates during incidents and production issues.
- Understand
client priorities and business impact.
- Build
confidence through timely communication, ownership, and effective
resolution.

10. Team Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

- Guide
and mentor junior developers and support engineers.
- Share
technical knowledge and production troubleshooting practices.
- Participate
in technical discussions and solution reviews.
- Contribute
to improving team processes, standards, and operational efficiency.
- Work
collaboratively rather than operating as an isolated individual
contributor.

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Required Technical Skills

- Strong
hands-on experience in UiPath development and production support.
- Strong
knowledge of UiPath Studio and Orchestrator.
- Experience
with UiPath Classic and Modern experiences.
- Strong
understanding of:
- REFramework
- Workflows
- Selectors
- Exception
handling
- Logging
- Retry
mechanisms
- Queues
- Assets
- Triggers
- Orchestrator
jobs
- Robot/Machine
configuration

- Strong
debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
- Experience
handling production incidents and critical automation failures.
- Understanding
of Windows applications, web applications, Excel, databases, APIs, and
system integrations.
- Knowledge
of deployment and production support processes.
- Ability
to understand and work with PDD, SDD, KT, and operational documentation.

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Key Competencies

- Production-first
mindset
- Strong
analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Incident
ownership
- Problem-solving
ability
- Client-focused
approach
- Strong
prioritization skills
- Excellent
communication
- Decision-making
under pressure
- Team
collaboration
- Leadership
and mentoring
- Accountability
- Quality-driven
approach
- Ability
to work in a fast-paced production environment

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Experience

Recommended: 5+ years of overall RPA/automation experience
with strong hands-on UiPath experience, including significant exposure to production
support and incident management.

Candidates should have demonstrated experience managing multiple
production automations, critical incidents, SLAs, client escalations, and
complex troubleshooting.

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Qualification

- Bachelor's
degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a
related field.
- UiPath
certification is preferred.