Posted 5 days ago
Lead Automation Engineer
@ Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Royal Bank of Canada is hiring a Principal Engineer to lead AI-driven software development lifecycle and intelligent automation solutions across the bank. The role architects enterprise-scale UiPath and AI integration, sets engineering standards, and mentors automation engineers. The posting states full-time work of 37.5 hours per week in Toronto with a salary.
Responsibilities:
- Architect enterprise UiPath and AI automation solutions
- Define automation and SDLC standards and best practices
- Serve as top technical escalation point for automation and AI
- Mentor senior and junior automation engineers
- Develop AI-driven automation roadmaps across engineering
Requirements summary:
- Expert-level UiPath Studio and Orchestrator architecture
- Experience with Document Understanding and AI Center
- Experience integrating LLM APIs and prompt engineering
- Intelligent Document Processing and NLP experience
- Model evaluation, tuning and governance experience
- Vector database experience preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-01
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-02
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-04
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | UiPath Certified Professional Automation Solution Architect Professional, UiPath Certified Professional Advanced RPA Developer, UiPath AI Associate or AI Professional Certification |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours, Performance bonus, Stock or equity, Paid training |
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Royal Bank of Canada
Stock listing: TSX:RY · NYSE:RY · Source checked: 2026-11-02
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Full company description
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact. http://rbc.com/legalstuff. La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social. https://www.rbc.com/conditions-dutilisation/
- LinkedIn followers
- 932,626
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 96,867
- Reported office locations
- 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J5, CA
- 1 Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, QC H3B 1Z3, CA
- 2 Park St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
- 100 Bishopsgate, London, England EC2N 4AA, GB
- Persiaran Apec, Cyberjaya, Selangor 63000, MY
- 60 S 6th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402, US
- Business categories
- Wealth Management
- Commercial Lending
- Finance
- Banking
- Payments
- Asset Management
- Insurance
- Lending
- Financial Services
- Financial Exchanges
- Other recorded names
- Royal Bank of Canada
- RBC
- Specialties
- finance
- banking
- investing
- insurance
- financial planning
- wealth management
- and capital markets
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 22,251,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Banking |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | financebankinginvestinginsurancefinancial planningwealth managementand capital markets |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,084 |
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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
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Job Skills
Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, Negotiation, Organizational Change Management, Professional PresentationAdditional Job Details
Address:
180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOCity:
TorontoCountry:
CanadaWork hours/week:
37.5Employment Type:
Full timePlatform:
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:
RegularPay Type:
SalariedPosted Date:
2026-11-02Application Deadline:
2026-11-30Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
Our Employment Opportunities
At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.
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