Lead Developer
Lead Process Developers have responsibility for supporting the creation and evolution of the delivery framework, mentoring other Process Developers and delivering automated processes. They often act as Design Authority and are key to the success of any RPA deployment.
- Providing a high level of experience and knowledge of the Blue Prism solution and associated methodology to support colleagues through all phases of the delivery lifecycle and Accreditation Program.
- Supporting the Project Manager (or Head of RPA) in the creation and ongoing refinement of an appropriately tailored delivery methodology.
- Mentoring colleagues through the Blue Prism training and accreditation program – providing advice and guidance on best practice and development techniques.
- Providing architectural control over solution designs to ensure consistency and continuity across the company’s delivery teams.
- Identifying new process opportunities and accurately analysing and estimating new processes, quickly assessing feasibility.
- Analysing, understanding and documenting the business processes in detail where required.
- Identifying and communicating the technical infrastructure requirements.
- Designing Blue Prism process solutions in accordance with standard Blue Prism design principles and conventions.
- Configuring new Blue Prism processes and objects using core workflow principles that are efficient, well structured, maintainable and easy to understand.
- Creating and maintaining solution documentation.
- Supporting existing processes and implementing change requirements as part of a structured change control process.
- Problem solving issues that arise in day to day running of Blue Prism processes and providing timely responses and solutions as required.
- Communicating with Blue Prism on software related issues, suggested improvements and participating with other users in the Blue Prism community.
- Working within project planning constraints, communicating any identified project risks and issues to the delivery/project manager accordingly and providing inputs to the change control process.
- Creating and documenting test procedures and scenarios for the pre-UAT phases.
- Supporting the Operational Teams during the UAT and deployment phases.
- The aptitude to contribute to the evolution of methodologies and procedures in a controlled manner to continually improve a rapid and repeatable delivery channel.
- Understanding of workflow-based logic and the ability to both understand a business process from a workflow diagram and to conceptualise it as an automated solution.
- A track record in training and mentoring individuals on development and delivery disciplines.
- Willingness and ability to blend business analysis with hands-on configuration of automated processes in the Blue Prism product.
- The ability to learn quickly and progress rapidly from theoretical exercises to real world delivery and mentoring tasks.
- Good communication skills with the ability to present technical details to a non-technical audience.
- Good written skills with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation.
- The ability to work with a structured and methodical approach, combined with an enquiring mind.
- An understanding of, and a willingness to adhere to, formal change control procedures and disciplines.
- An aptitude for problem solving, with the ability to take a logical route to the source of an error.
- A self-starter who delivers high quality work and can adapt to new challenges, either on their own or as part of a team.
- A minimum of 2 years developing and testing software on a Windows platform and adhering to a structured and documented methodology OR a minimum of 6 months developing and implementing automated Blue Prism processes as an accredited Developer.
- Experience and knowledge of Business/System Analysis in a structured environment.
*Responsibilities may vary between organisations and these are meant as a guideline
Getting Started
- Blue Prism accreditation: Developer, Professional Developer and Solution Design
- Foundation training on our university.
- Download a trial version here
- Developer jump-start
- Consider key elements of the delivery methodology
- Build Best Practice
- Understanding solution design
- Check out the Digital Exchange
- Our How to Guides are available under the Documents section of this portal, and can also be found here.
- Follow logging best practice to avoid database performance issues
- Check out why a Design Authority is essential to any RPA team
- Find out more about the Control Room and why you should consider how processes will be managed once live
- Check out our Service FAQs for more on running processes
Blue Prism University
Blue Prism University provides mature upskilling paths for all roles with formal certificates for the principal roles.