Senior Automation Engineer – Quality Assurance & Transition (UiPath)

Senior Automation Engineer – Quality Assurance & Transition (UiPath)

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Automation Engineer with strong UiPath development experience to ensure the quality, stability, and support readiness of automation solutions transitioning from the Development team to the Managed Services (MS) team. The role combines technical quality assurance, code review, transition governance, production stabilization, and enhancement development to ensure enterprise-grade automation delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Process Transition & Handover

• Lead the end-to-end transition of automation processes from the Development team to the Managed Services team.
  
• Validate process readiness before production support handover.
  
• Ensure all required documentation (PDD, SDD, Operational Guide, Support Documents, Runbooks, Credentials, etc.) is complete and accurate.
  
• Conduct transition readiness assessments and provide sign-off recommendations.
  
• Coordinate Knowledge Transfer (KT) sessions between Development and MS teams.
  
• Track and close all transition observations before production support.
  

Code Review & Quality Assurance

• Perform comprehensive UiPath code reviews following enterprise development standards and best practices.
  
• Validate workflow architecture, exception handling, logging, retry mechanisms, asset usage, queue implementation, REFramework compliance, and security standards.
  
• Identify opportunities for optimization, maintainability, scalability, and performance improvements.
  
• Ensure coding standards and governance guidelines are followed.
  

Testing & Validation

• Review and validate Developer Unit Testing (DUT), SIT, UAT, and Production validation results.
  
• Perform independent functional and regression testing before process handover.
  
• Validate process outputs, reports, queue transactions, exception scenarios, and business rules.
  
• Verify production readiness through multiple successful unattended executions.
  
• Ensure all critical defects are resolved before transition.
  

Production Stabilization

• Support high-priority production incidents during the hypercare period.
  
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for production failures.
  
• Coordinate with Development teams to resolve defects identified during stabilization.
  
• Monitor production health and recommend long-term improvements.
  

Enhancement Development

• Develop and implement automation enhancements using UiPath.
  
• Support minor and medium enhancement requests from Managed Services.
  
• Optimize existing automation for better performance and stability.
  
• Develop reusable components and improve automation frameworks.
  

Governance & Documentation

• Maintain Code Review Checklists and Transition Checklists.
  
• Ensure all documentation remains updated after enhancements.
  
• Prepare transition reports, quality reports, and handover status dashboards.
  
• Maintain version control and release documentation.
  

Collaboration

• Work closely with Solution Architects, Developers, QA Engineers, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Managed Services teams.
  
• Participate in technical design discussions and solution reviews.
  
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across automation delivery.
  

Required Skills

• 5+ years of UiPath Development experience
  
• Strong knowledge of REFramework and enterprise automation architecture
  
• Experience in code review, quality assurance, and automation testing
  
• Strong debugging and production support skills
  
• Experience with Orchestrator, Assets, Queues, Triggers, and Logs
  
• Knowledge of exception handling and retry mechanisms
  
• Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Managed Services or Production Support
  
• Automation governance and SDLC knowledge
  
• Understanding of enterprise security and compliance
  
• Experience working with Agentic AI or Azure AI solutions
  
• Power Automate experience
  
• Microsoft Copilot Studio or AI automation exposure
  

Key Deliverables

• Complete code quality validation before handover
  
• Successful transition of automation processes to Managed Services
  
• 100% documentation compliance
  
• High-quality production-ready automations
  
• Reduced production incidents through proactive quality assurance
  
• Timely delivery of automation enhancements
  
• Improved process stability and operational efficiency