Infrastructure Architect Contract: 6 months Location: Edinburgh, 1-2 days per week on-site Overview We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect with a strong background in security engineering to support the design, build, and deployment of secure cloud platforms within a highly regulated financial and data-sensitive enterprise environment. This role will play a key part in delivering modern, secure infrastructure capabilities, including green-field projects in AWS and Azure environments, across critical customer-facing and transactional systems. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and deploy cloud-based security tooling within a highly regulated, customer-focused financial and data services environment. Lead and contribute to green-field infrastructure and security deployments across AWS and Azure environments. Implement and maintain secure-by-design cloud infrastructure aligned to organisational and regulatory standards. Deploy, configure, and...

Senior Embedded Software/ Firmware Engineer Up to £75,000 Edinburgh/Hybrid Join our client s R&D team and make your mark on cutting-edge oilfield technology. Our international client designs and builds advanced downhole and subsurface tools used in some of the most demanding environments on earth. They develop all firmware in-house giving engineers the rare opportunity to see their designs deployed in the field and make a tangible impact on real-world operations. They are looking for an experienced Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer who s passionate about embedded systems and ready to take ownership of the full firmware development lifecycle from concept to deployment. What You ll Do Design, develop, and test firmware for innovative downhole and surface tools. Work on low-power, high-reliability embedded systems that must perform in extreme conditions. Implement safe-failure modes and robust communication protocols....

Java Software Engineer Edinburgh/Hybrid Up to £60,000 I am looking for an Java Software Engineer to join a leading international network security software company This is a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a real impact in the industry. You will join a small close-knit IT team supporting the internal operations and support a globally dispersed workforce. The Role: Software development and support of complex and algorithmic Java software within a Linux environment. Development and use of software APIs between components in a Linux system. Collaborate closely with other team members, product management, and engineering management on requirements. Deliver strong contribution to intellectual property and software assets. Work across the entire lifecycle including design, implementation, integration, and bug fix. About You: Highly proficient in Java 21+ Good object-oriented software design skills Solid...

Database Senior Researcher - Up to £100,000 - Edinburgh We are working in close partnership with one of the world s most innovative tech companies with one of the largest R&D teams in the world with approximately 80,000 employees in their research centres. A household name, their products are used by hundreds of millions of people. We are looking to recruit an exceptional Database Senior Researcher for their Edinburgh R&D centre which forms part of the £3 billion+ they have committed to their British research operations. The main responsibilities will be : Perform systems research and empirical science on current and future database management systems Analyse and understanding requirements for the next generation of database storage and query processing engines. Design, implement and deploy key technical building blocks for the next generation of database management systems. If you are comfortable with research methodology and you have a solid computer...

LLM Architect Edinburgh (on-site) £100k-120k + exceptional benefits A rare chance to drive the future of AI infrastructure at one of the world's leading R&D tech organisations. This is a senior opportunity with a global research leader, where you ll architect and optimise the platforms that deliver large-scale language models to production. You ll be working on some of the hardest challenges in distributed AI systems: building ultra-reliable, ultra-scalable environments for inference and deployment. What you ll be doing Designing cloud-native architectures to run large language models on serverless frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes, Knative, or custom-built FaaS). Developing approaches to minimise cold-start latency through advanced container snapshotting, weight pre-loading, and graph partitioning . Building distributed inference pipelines with tensor parallelism, model sharding, and efficient memory scheduling to serve LLMs at scale. Experimenting...