Senior UiPath Engineer

About the role

Merkle, a dentsu company, is looking for a Senior UiPath Engineer in Lisbon. The role covers designing and building end-to-end UiPath automations, mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with business architects, consultants, DevOps and IT teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end automations covering orchestration, exception handling, monitoring and logging, and security and compliance
• Write high-quality, reusable and performant automation code and help translate architectural designs into executable automation frameworks
• Review code and workflows against best practices and standards, and coach and mentor junior and confirmed automation engineers
• Support onboarding and upskilling of team members on UiPath and automation patterns
• Work with Business Automation Architects, Consultants, Business Analysts, DevOps and IT teams, and take part in client technical discussions within engineering scope
• Support estimation, technical feasibility assessments and delivery planning

Required profile

• Deep hands-on expertise with UiPath (Studio, Maestro, Robots, APIs, Agents)
• Strong programming skills in C# / .NET and Python
• Solid experience with RPA frameworks, reusable components and enterprise automation patterns
• Experience integrating automations with APIs, databases and enterprise systems (ERP, CRM)
• Knowledge of AI-powered automations (Document Understanding, AI Center / ML, intelligent extraction and decision automation)
• Experience in Agile delivery (Scrum / Kanban) and familiarity with CI/CD, version control and release management
• Analytical, problem-solving approach and awareness of quality gates, documentation standards and operational metrics

Required skills

• UiPath Studio, Maestro, Robots, APIs and Agents
• C# / .NET and Python
• BPM, RPA, APIs and AI technology stacks
• REST/SOAP integrations; Azure preferred, AWS acceptable
• Secure, scalable software architecture and automation lifecycle management

What we offer

• 25 vacation days, 3 extra wellness days and volunteering days
• Health insurance (also for family members)
• Hybrid work with an expectation of 1 day per week in the office, plus a digital nomad policy
• Agile and flexible working hours, career development and access to Dentsu Academy
• Team events, employee discounts and a referral bonus program