Staff Engineer

About Us:

Automation Anywhere is the leader in Agentic Process Automation (APA), transforming how work gets done with AI-powered automation. Its APA system, built on the industry’s first Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) and specialized AI agents, combines process discovery, RPA, end-to-end orchestration, document processing, and analytics—all delivered with enterprise-grade security and governance. Guided by its vision to fuel the future of work, Automation Anywhere helps organizations worldwide boost productivity, accelerate growth, and unleash human potential.

Our Opportunity:

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead all UI-related features under AI Agent Studio, adopting the latest and performant technologies. You will maintain the appropriate quality of design, development, and documentation, and create a learning organization of developers.

According to Gartner, Automation is expected to add an estimated $15 trillion in benefits to the global economy by 2030. Automation Anywhere, Inc. is well-positioned to benefit directly from this trend through Automation 360 (A360), our most complete cloud-native intelligent automation platform. With a global network of 1,900 partners, Automation Anywhere has deployed over 2.1 million bots to support some of the world’s largest enterprises across all industries. Our AI Agent Studio offers a secure platform that seamlessly integrates RPA with AI technologies. Designed for enterprise scale and resiliency, it is natively built into the A360 platform. Recent advancements in Generative AI (GenAI) have unlocked new possibilities, enabling us to extend this solution to create semi-autonomous agents capable of planning, executing tools, and involving humans when needed. We are excited about the future ahead for this product and are looking for energetic UI engineers to join this journey.

Location: San Jose, California

You’ll exceed your targets and be successful by:

• Design and Development: Developing and maintaining high-quality, scalable, and performance-oriented UI components and features using modern front-end technologies like React. Focus on consistent delivery of software and systems that move the company towards achieving short and long-term objectives.
• Collaboration: Working closely with Product Management, UX, Backend Engineers, SDET and Support organizations to deliver industry-leading features to the market. Translate requirements into technical solutions and seamless user experiences.
• Code Quality: Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices in UI development. Conduct code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
• Innovation: Driving the adoption of new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance development efficiency and UI performance.
• Scalability and Performance: Optimizing UI components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Accessibility and Standards: Ensuring the UI complies with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and adheres to company design guidelines.
• Mentorship: Providing technical mentorship to junior engineers and share knowledge across teams to foster a culture of learning and improvement.

You will be a great fit if you have:

• 5+ years of professional experience in front-end/UI development, with a strong portfolio of work.
• Deep Understanding of Web UI, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Deep understanding of React
• Strong understanding of the E2E request/response cycle between client and server (HTTP, Server side, browser internals) for delivering blazing-fast, high-performance applications
• Great understanding of CSS
• Good understanding of ECMAScript and TypeScript
• Experience with build tools like Webpack and testing frameworks like Jest, Cypress
• Cross-browser scalability & compatibility in multiple browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox
• Ability to build responsive and accessibility-compliant applications (i.e. WCAG)

You excel in these key competencies: 

• Experience with RPA platforms or automation tools
• Experience evaluating and implementing component libraries
• Familiarity with backend technologies
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Understanding how to write code with the help of AI

The base salary range for this position in California, New York, and Washington is $145,000 – $155,000 and outside of those locations is $130,000 – $140,000 a year. The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, industry experience, training, k