Royal Bank of Canada

Lead Automation Engineer

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in automation and software development
  • Expertise in UiPath Studio and Orchestrator architecture
  • Strong background in AI/ML and integration with automation solutions
  • Experience with intelligent document processing and NLP
  • Proven track record in leading enterprise-scale automation initiatives
  • UIPath certifications preferred (Professional Automation Solution Architect, Advanced RPA Developer)
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional projects

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement enterprise-scale automation solutions using UiPath
  • Define and enforce development standards for automation and SDLC processes
  • Lead AI integration and SDLC transformation initiatives
  • Mentor and develop junior and senior automation engineers
  • Design advanced automation solutions focusing on performance and reliability
  • Integrate AI technologies into existing engineering workflows
  • Evaluate and recommend new automation and AI technologies for adoption

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development through coaching
  • Impactful work that benefits clients and communities
  • Dynamic and collaborative team environment
  • Access to a world-class training program in financial services
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

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.

What will you do?

Technical Leadership
  • 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


RPA Engineering
  • 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


AI Engineering

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


AI-Driven SDLC
  • 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


Architecture & Strategy
  • 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


Mentorship & Development
  • 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


What do you need to succeed?
Must-have:

RPA & Automation
  • 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


AI / ML
  • Experience integrating LLM APIs and prompt engineering
  • AI workflow orchestration
  • Intelligent Document Processing and NLP solutions
  • Model evaluation, tuning, and governance
  • Vector databases (preferred)


Nice-to-have:
  • 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


What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and 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


Job Skills
Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, Negotiation, Organizational Change Management, Professional Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address:

180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-05-26

Application Deadline:

2026-06-10
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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