Senior Sales Engineer - Test Automation, Public Sector

Life at UiPath

The people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. We’re committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power.

To make that happen, we need people who are curious, self-propelled, generous, and genuine. People who love being part of a fast-moving, fast-thinking growth company. And people who care—about each other, about UiPath, and about our larger purpose.

Could that be you?

Your mission

As a Senior Sales Engineer for Test Automation, you will play a key role in driving customer engagements and shaping the future of automation testing solutions. Your mission is to help businesses realize the potential of test automation by leading strategic conversations, showcasing the value of our testing solutions, and managing proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives. With deep expertise in the testing domain, you will act as a trusted advisor to customers and ensure that our solutions deliver measurable value to their operations. In this role, you will partner closely with leading Health and Life Sciences organizations, including payer and provider enterprises, bringing domain knowledge of healthcare workflows, regulatory expectations, and patient and member experience priorities into every engagement.

What you'll do at UiPath

• Lead strategic customer engagements, deeply understanding their challenges, and designing tailored automation testing solutions.
• Drive value-based discussions, aligning our solutions with customer objectives and showcasing their impact on business outcomes.
• Take ownership of end-to-end POC initiatives, including planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring they address customer-specific technical and business needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, guiding them on testing strategies, best practices, and architectural decisions.
• Conduct in-depth technical product demonstrations, emphasizing advanced capabilities, competitive differentiation, and value propositions.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including sales, product, and engineering, to deliver comprehensive solutions aligned with customer goals.
• Mentor junior team members and share knowledge to foster technical excellence within the team.
• Drive adoption of the testing solution across the customer organization, ensuring alignment with their workflows and objectives.
• Own customer engagements & opportunities for assigned testing use cases.
• Drive knowledge sharing throughout the broader Solution Engineering organization on how to position Test Cloud and Agentic Testing to customers and prospects.
• Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks and develop robust test data strategies to support POCs and customer implementations.
• Perform API testing and integrate automated test solutions into CI/CD pipelines; debug complex issues to ensure high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate with QA teams and IT departments to ensure that testing framework and best practices are followed.
• Engage with healthcare and life sciences organizations (payers, providers, life sciences) to understand their unique workflows, regulatory requirements, and align our solutions accordingly.

What you'll bring to the team

• 8+ years of experience in the testing domain, with significant exposure to roles such as Test Architect or Senior Automation Engineer.
• Deep knowledge of testing methodologies, tools, and frameworks, with expertise in platforms like Selenium, Tricentis, Appium, or similar.
• Strong technical acumen, including designing and implementing test architectures, frameworks, and automation strategies.
• Experience in engaging with enterprise clients, managing complex technical discussions, and addressing architectural challenges.
• Proven ability to lead POC initiatives, ensuring alignment with customer needs and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical solutions to diverse audiences.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a track record of driving customer success.
• Demonstrated proficiency in development and coding with languages such as Python, C++, and JavaScript; experience with low-code platforms is a plus.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks and developing test data strategies; expertise in API testing and debugging, with a strong track record of integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in the Public Sector vertical, with an understanding of Federal, State, and Local government use cases, procurement processes, and regulatory frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST, and StateRAMP.
• Exposure to enterprise environments, managing large-scale testing projects or initiatives.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% to customer sites and internal meetings.

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Maybe you don’t tick all the boxes above—but still think you’d be great for the job? Go ahead, apply anyway. Please. Because we know that experience comes in all shapes and sizes—and passion can’t be learned.

Many of our roles allow for flexibility in when and where work gets done. Depending on the needs of the business and the role, the number of hybrid, office-based, and remote workers will vary from team to team. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis and there is no fixed deadline for this requisition. The application window may change depending on the volume of applications received or may close immediately if a qualified candidate is selected.

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