Lead, Intelligent Automation Engineer
Location: Dallas, Texas
Country: United States
Category: Software Development
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm
Posted Date: August 19, 2026
Job ID: 649376
Job Description
Lead Intelligent Automation Engineer - UI PATH
Location: Dallas, TX - Hybrid 3 days a week
Employment Type: Full-Time - Salary 150-155k with bonus
NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE.
NO 3RD PARTIES/C2C HELP IN ANY FORM
- Own solution architecture and technical delivery for enterprise automation initiatives.
- Select the appropriate technology, platform capabilities, integration approach, and engineering patterns for each initiative.
- Define the skills, roles, effort, technical dependencies, and delivery approach required for successful execution.
- Lead multiple engineers, including Senior AI Automation Engineers, through design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
- Be accountable for technical delivery commitments, engineering quality, production readiness, and ongoing solution support.
- Define and govern reference architectures, reusable frameworks, engineering standards, design patterns, and lifecycle practices.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical assessments, design approvals, complex troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Drive adoption of advanced capabilities including Agentic Automation, AI Agents, Intelligent Document Processing, Process Mining, and Generative AI.
- Provide technical estimates, skill requirements, capacity needs, risks, and dependencies for portfolio planning.
- Present solution recommendations, technical risks, delivery status, and tradeoffs to business and technology leaders.
- Develop engineers through coaching, technical feedback, knowledge sharing, and leadership opportunities.
- 12+ years of software engineering, enterprise automation, or platform engineering experience.
- 8+ years of enterprise UiPath engineering experience.
- 5+ years leading technical teams or complex enterprise automation initiatives.
- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale enterprise automation ecosystems.
- Experience owning solution architecture, engineering standards, delivery lifecycle, and production support.
- Experience defining technical skills, effort, architecture, and delivery plans for multiple initiatives.
- Strong technical leadership, executive communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Ability and willingness to work onsite in Vizient's Irving, Texas office.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise Intelligent Automation platforms, including UiPath and Microsoft Power Platform.
- Experience with AI-enabled automation, including Agentic AI, AI Agents, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Intelligent Document Processing, and Process Mining.
- Solution architecture and integration experience, including API integration, event-driven patterns, Python, C#, .NET, and SQL.
- Experience with cloud and engineering platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Azure OpenAI, Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD.
- Solid grounding in engineering lifecycle and operations practices, including SDLC, Agile, DevSecOps, observability, production readiness, incident management, and root-cause analysis.
- Relevant degree.
- UiPath Solution Architect or Advanced Developer certifications.
- Experience leading enterprise Automation Centers of Excellence or large automation programs.
- Experience presenting architecture and delivery recommendations to senior leadership.
- Healthcare or other regulated industry experience.
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