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.

Back-End Staff Engineer OR Architect

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Our opportunity:

At Automation Anywhere, we are on a mission to fuel the future of work by leading the way in Agentic Process Automation (APA) - the next evolution of automation that combines AI agents with automation and human collaboration. Our platform empowers companies to automate complex workflows and deliver smarter, faster, and more efficient outcomes.
As a Back-End Engineer, you will be an integral part of the team building the user experiences that enable our customers to harness the full potential of APA. If you're passionate about crafting fast, intuitive, and accessible interfaces using Java and modern back-end technologies — and you're eager to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment shaping the future of intelligent automation — we want to hear from you.

Who you’ll report to:

Director of Engineering

Location: 

Bangaluru, India office (Onsite)

You will make an impact by being responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining high-quality, scalable, and performance-oriented features using modern back-end technologies. Focusing on consistent delivery of software and systems that move the company towards achieving short and long-term objectives

• Build prototypes to explore new scenarios and optimizations of existing solutions. Work with stakeholders to perform root-cause analysis & figure out solution approaches

• Review design, code and approve solution approaches. Ability and willingness to work alone on projects in a self-directed and mature manner

• Provide career guidance and mentoring for all team members & assist manager with reviews. Translate requirements into technical solutions and seamless user experiences

• Working closely with Product Management, UX, Backend Engineers, SDET and Support organizations to deliver industry-leading features to the market.

• Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices in back-end development. Conduct code reviews to ensure quality and consistency

• Driving the adoption of new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance development efficiency and code performance

• Multitask to provide needed input efficiently on Development activities

• Candidate should share knowledge across teams to foster a culture of learning and improvement

You will be a great fit if you have: 

• 10+ years of professional experience in back-end development, with a strong portfolio of work. Experience in development and architecture of cloud applications and infrastructure required

• 8+ years’ experience in designing software in a fast-paced environment is desired. Should have experience in architecting Microservices, and scalable cloud apps

• Should have good experience holistically catching/fixing memory leaks and performance tuning

• Should have good experience in open-source tech. Strong oral and written communication, with the ability to adapt to the targeted audience

• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging abilities for web applications and ability to adhere to agreed-upon timelines.

• Strong working knowledge in core Java, JEE, JSON, REST APIs like Java API for RESTful Web Services (i.e. JAX-RS, Spring, Spark Java)

• Hands-on experience with Logging (Log4j), and Unit Testing using the JUnit, TestNG using Mocking frameworks such as Mockito, EasyMock, RestAssured

• Experience working with enterprise applications using Spring and Hibernate.

• Experience working with SQL Queries and database servers like MSSQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, CDB

• Must have experience of working with version control systems like GIT, SVN etc. and build tools like Gradle and Maven, with knowledge of continuous integration and delivery

• Good command over using Data Structures especially XML, JSON operations and Processing technologies

• Should have good knowledge of Threading, Socket Programming, IPC

• Hands on in OOP, Design Patterns, TDD, IoC, DI, Knowledge of Serialization/De-serialization

• Nice to have:

  • SCM: GIT, SVN, NuGet, Nexus

  • Cloud: NoSQL, Big Data, Azure Cloud, Amazon Cloud

  • Web: MVC, Web API, Java Script, HTML, AJAX, CSS, JQuery, HTTP, HTTPS, XSLT, Spring Boot, Netflix OSS

• Understanding how to write code with the help of AI

Bonus Skills:

• Experience with RPA (Robotic Process Automation) platforms or automation tools and APA (Agentic Process Automation)

• Familiarity with frontend technologies

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.

• Experience with testing frameworks like Playwright, Cypress

You excel in these key competencies: 

• Strong collaboration and communication skills – Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, UX, Backend Engineering, QA, and Support

• Technical mentorship and leadership – Experience in fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving – Skilled in breaking down complex challenges and delivering efficient, scalable solutions

• Adaptability and eagerness to learn – Comfortable adopting new tools, frameworks, and technologies in a fast-evolving tech landscape

• Attention to detail and quality focus – Committed to writing clean, maintainable code and ensuring compliance with performance, accessibility, and design standards

Education & Experience Requirements: MCA/B.E./M.TECH - Equivalent or more with relevant experience

Ready to Revolutionize Work? Join Us.

This is an opportunity to work with a global, passionate team pioneering technology that’s redefining the way people work, everywhere.  Join us and discover the many ways that you can have an impact, achieve your potential, and go be great.