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RPA Developer

SCIGON · Chicago, IL · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteInformation Technology$55–$70/hrContract

Pay Rate: $55-$70/hour

About the Team and the Environment

This role sits within a centralized AI Engineering and Automation Center of Excellence responsible for delivering enterprise-scale automation solutions across a large, distributed North American organization. This is a mature, production-scale environment, not a pilot program or proof-of-concept operation:

  • Approximately 125 unattended production robots and more than 200 automations currently in service
  • Approximately 66 UiPath execution machines
  • More than 19,000 automation jobs executed every 30 days
  • Automations supporting business-critical functions including claims processing, policy administration, financial reconciliation, compliance reporting, and operational workflows

Technology Stack:

  • UiPath (primary automation platform)
  • Microsoft Power Platform
  • Anthropic Claude
  • ServiceNow
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure DevOps

The organization is actively expanding into AI-assisted and agentic automation patterns, meaning this role will support both an established automation ecosystem and next-generation intelligent automation initiatives.

Positioning the Opportunity

This is a hands-on engineering role within a mature production environment that offers a genuine path into applied AI engineering and intelligent automation. It is:

  • A build-and-support engineering position with meaningful production ownership
  • An opportunity to work on both traditional RPA and emerging AI-enabled automation solutions
  • A role focused on developing new automation capabilities while supporting existing production workloads

It is not:

  • An AI research position
  • A greenfield-only innovation role
  • A maintenance-only support position

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy production-grade automations primarily using UiPath across multiple business functions and operational areas
  • Build and maintain complex bot architectures, including multi-system integrations, structured exception handling, retry logic, and recovery patterns
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production automation failures with minimal downtime while partnering with analysts, engineers, and architects
  • Extend automation capabilities beyond UI-based RPA using Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, and webhook integrations
  • Integrate AI services into automation workflows, including document understanding, classification, and large language model interactions
  • Develop solutions using a Power Platform front-end and automation back-end delivery model
  • Contribute reusable components, templates, and integration patterns while participating in peer code reviews
  • Implement logging, audit trails, monitoring, and compliance-ready documentation for all production automations

Requirements

These are required screening criteria. Candidates missing any of these requirements should not be considered a fit.

  • Three or more years of hands-on RPA development experience using UiPath as the primary automation platform
  • Demonstrated experience supporting production-grade automations, including:
    • Exception handling
    • Logging
    • Error recovery
    • Multi-system integration
    • Production support
  • Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and manipulation within automation workflows
  • Current UiPath Developer Certification (see Certification section)
  • Experience operating in an Agile delivery environment, including:
    • Daily standups
    • Sprint planning
    • Retrospectives
  • Authorized to work in the United States on a W-2 basis without sponsorship and physically located within the United States for the duration of the engagement

Qualifications

These qualifications strengthen a candidate's profile but are not required.

  • Python scripting for automation, data manipulation, and API integrations
  • PowerShell for orchestration, automation, and environment management
  • Hands-on REST API and webhook integration experience
  • Microsoft Power Platform experience, including Power Automate and Power Apps
  • Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as Anthropic Claude, UiPath Autopilot, or GitHub Copilot
  • Exposure to:
    • Agentic automation
    • Intelligent document processing
    • Document understanding
    • Process mining
    • Task mining
  • Experience with Automation Anywhere or other enterprise RPA platforms
  • Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software engineering practices
  • Jira or Azure DevOps for backlog and delivery management
  • Experience supporting regulated industries such as insurance, financial services, healthcare, or similar enterprise environments
  • Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as:
    • Applied Epic
    • Vertafore
    • Microsoft Dynamics 365
    • Workday
    • Oracle Fusion
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent practical experience

Certifications

Required

  • UiPath Certified Professional (UCP) - Automation Developer Associate

Preferred

  • UiPath Certified Professional (UCP) - Automation Developer Professional (formerly Advanced RPA Developer)
  • UiPath Agentic Automation Associate or Professional
  • UiPath Specialized AI Associate or Professional
  • Microsoft Power Platform certifications such as PL-400 or current Copilot/Agent-related certifications

Legacy Credential Note

Candidates holding retired UiPath certifications such as:

  • UiRPA (RPA Associate)
  • UiARD (Advanced RPA Developer)

may still be considered. These certifications expire on October 15, 2026. If presented, note the expiration date and confirm the candidate's plan for transitioning to a current certification path. Do not describe UiRPA or UiARD as current credentials.

Certification Guidance

Do not use the following as target certifications:

  • PL-500 (retiring June 30, 2026)
  • PL-600 (retiring June 30, 2026)
  • PL-200 (retiring August 31, 2026)

as they are being retired and are no longer strategic certification targets.

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