Software Development Engineer - Python & C#/.Net at Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description:

• As a Software Development Engineer, you will build and maintain backend services that bring machine learning and AI capabilities to industrial environments, working across Python and C#/.NET to develop reliable, well-tested software that runs at the edge. You will translate architectural decisions into working software, contributing to a product where your code directly shapes how ML models, RAG pipelines, and agentic AI features are deployed and operated in the field.
• You will report to the Engineering Manager and work within a software engineering team alongside data scientists, QA and DevOps engineers. You will also collaborate across a broader global product organisation that includes system architects, IoT software specialists, and hardware teams spread across multiple geographies and time zones. This is a hybrid role and will be expected to be in office 3 days a week, working from the Rockwell Automation office in Electronic City, Bangalore, India.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs in Python and C#/.NET, ensuring they are robust, well-tested, and straightforward to operate in production.
• Translate architectural decisions and design records into clean, maintainable implementations, working from defined patterns and contributing to their evolution.
• Build integrations between software components and third-party platforms, deploying and supporting software on Windows and Linux environments including constrained edge deployments without internet access.
• Use AI-assisted development tools as part of your everyday workflow, and take ownership of your work end to end, writing tests, maintaining documentation, and participating in code reviews and engineering decisions.
• Contribute to the team's web-based management interface, implementing features that make the system observable and easy to operate.
• Build and support AI feature development across the stack, including services that expose ML model outputs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, and agentic AI workflows that connect intelligence to real-world industrial systems.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• 2+ years of experience in a backend-focused role.
• Professional experience developing in Python and C#/.NET.
• Experience building or working with message-based or event-driven systems.
• Practical experience working across Windows and Linux environments.
• Working knowledge of containerization with Docker.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• C++ development experience, particularly on Windows or in embedded environments.
• Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Frontend development experience with Angular or a comparable JavaScript framework.
• Hands-on experience with AI or ML feature development, including model deployment, RAG systems, or agentic AI patterns.
• Experience developing or testing software across different processor architectures such as x86 and ARM.
• Exposure to industrial automation, OT, or IoT environments.

What We Offer

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programmes with a premium membership to Calm

• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees

• Company volunteer and donation matching programme – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.

• Employee Assistance Program

• Personalised wellbeing programmes through our On Track programme

• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.