25 of 25 Contract Jobs in Scotland

Software Engineers - Quantum Comms / Satellite Technology

Hiring Organisation
Line Up Aviation
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£20.51 - £30.77/hour plus holiday pay in addition
internationally collaborative project. The Opportunities 1. Software Engineer - £20.51 per hour An excellent opportunity for a Software Engineer to contribute to the development and testing of software for quantum key distribution (QKD) payloads and ground segment systems. Main Responsibilities: Assist in developing software for QKD payloads and ground segment … systems. Support automated testing and software quality assurance processes. Participate in Agile development cycles, working collaboratively with senior engineers. Contribute to software integration activities involving sovereign use cases and OPS-SAT VOLT. Support continuous improvement of software development and testing processes. Technical Skills: Programming experience using Java ...

Test Engineer, Cloud & Data

Hiring Organisation
Response Informatics
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£65,000
Description – Test Engineer, Cloud & Data Key Responsibilities · Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies for cloud-native data platforms. · Build and maintain automated test frameworks for platform, integration, API, and end-to-end testing. · Validate platform functionality across cloud services, infrastructure, data pipelines, and application integrations. · Develop automated … CloudWatch · Understanding of cloud architecture, distributed systems, and microservices. · Experience validating infrastructure, platform services, APIs, and cloud deployments. Test Automation · Strong automation skills using Python . · Experience with test automation frameworks such as: o PyTest o Robot Framework o Behave · API testing using Postman, Rest Assured, or equivalent tools. ...

Senior Advanced Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Team Jobs - Strategic Accounts
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£30.77/hour
assurance environments. Key Responsibilities Lead software development activities for advanced QKD software systems and associated ground segment applications. Drive high-level unit testing, test automation, system integration and performance testing activities. Coordinate with ESA and international partner countries to align technical requirements, project deliverable and development milestones. Establish … DevOps tooling and software development automation. Methodologies & Engineering Practices Agile software development (SCRUM). Advanced unit, integration and system testing. Performance and security testing. Test automation strategy and framework development. Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) principles. Secure software development and quality assurance. Continuous integration, delivery and improvement. Qualifications & Experience ...

UI Lead Software Engineer - React

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized … skills Significant commercial experience developing UI's with hands-on applied experience developing in React Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Advanced in one or more programming language(s) Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods Proficient in all aspects ...

Software Engineer - React

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
standards. Lead UI technical design (component architecture, state management, API integration patterns, routing, error handling) and document key decisions. Drive quality and operability through automated testing (unit/component/e2e), accessibility compliance, performance optimization, and UI telemetry/monitoring. Build and improve CI/… delivery (linting, automated tests, quality gates, build optimization, release automation) and reduce flaky tests. Use our client-approved AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude AI where approved) to accelerate refactoring, feature changes, test generation, and documentation with rigorous human validation. Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within ...

Software Engineer III - Cloud Data Platform (AWS/Databricks, Terraform)

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
consistency across environments Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments, including Terraform plan/apply workflows, policy checks, and automated testing Implement security best practices across the platform, including least-privilege access controls, secrets management, encryption, network segmentation, and auditability Improve platform reliability … environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team Contribute to the engineering community by advocating firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices … calling, and structured outputs (e.g., JSON schemas). Demonstrated experience driving secure and effective adoption of enterprise-approved AI-assisted engineering tools (coding, review, testing, troubleshooting) and setting team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Financial Services industry experience ABOUT ...

Data & AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
transform data at scale Building and supporting cloud platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation, contributing to the automated provisioning and management of cloud environments Implementing CI/CD pipelines for data and platform solutions using Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, including … assisted approaches to automated testing and documentation as part of standard delivery practice Applying data modelling principles — including dimensional/Kimball, medallion architecture and source-to-target mapping — using AI tooling to draft and iterate models, with the ability to critically review outputs for correctness and fitness ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Team Jobs - Strategic Accounts
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£20.51/hour
contributing to the future of secure communications. Key Responsibilities Support the development of software for QKD payloads and ground segment systems. Assist with automated software testing, validation and quality assurance activities. Participate in Agile development cycles, including SCRUM ceremonies. Collaborate with senior engineers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver … VOLT. Support continuous improvement of software development processes, standards and practices. Technical Skills & Experience Programming Languages Java C++ Python Tools & Technologies Automated software testing frameworks. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Software development and quality assurance tools. Methodologies & Practices Agile software development (SCRUM). Software ...

Lead Software Engineer - Full-stack, Cloud & AI (Cloud Financial Management)

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized … qualifications, capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Advanced proficiency in one or more front-end frameworks, including React/Angular Advanced proficiency in one or more backend programming ...

Software Engineer III (Cloud Foundational Services)

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized … capabilities, and skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Proficiency in one or more programming languages, with demonstrated experience in Golang Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes, with ...

Lead Software Engineer - LLM Ops Platform Reliability (AI and Machine Learning Platform)

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
performance optimization techniques such as quantization, parallelism, and speculative decoding Lead reliability engineering for large language model endpoints through capacity planning, load and soak testing, safe rollouts, failover, and incident response for outages and model-quality regressions Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident triage and mitigation, and produce … assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Hands-on experience with system design, application development, testing ...

Industrial Placement Test Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
test systems. · Have opportunities to taking an active role in engineering process improvement. · Develop software solutions to control measurement instrumentation devices and fully automate testing of a unit under test. What you'll bring · Entry Requirements Currently studying for a Bachelor's/Integrated Master's degree, or higher ...

Senior Engineering Manager (NPI)

Hiring Organisation
Frontier Resourcing Ltd
Location
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies. Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.) and PLM software. Strong knowledge of PFMEA, RCCA, automated test equipment (ATE), and quality improvement techniques. The ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and manufacturing documentation. Experience with ...

QA Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Cathcart Technology
Location
Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
IR35 via approved umbrella company) Fully Remote (UK-based candidates only) We're seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer with a strong background in test automation to join a large-scale digital transformation programme. You'll be embedded within an Agile delivery team, working closely with Developers and fellow … testing to ensure robust, scalable releases. Key Skills & Experience Strong commercial experience with Playwright Hands-on experience using C# for test automation Experience testing web applications and APIs Strong understanding of Agile delivery environments Experience working within a Microsoft technology stack Exposure to Azure Desirable Experience designing ...

Summer Placement Test Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
quality. Collaborate with colleagues across multiple disciplines to help project targets and solve problems. Apply your academic knowledge to real projects, including design, testing, qualification and/or technology support. Share ideas and communicate with your team to share knowledge and gain insight into the Business. Develop your skills … with the guidance of an experienced supervisor and the wider engineering community. Develop software solutions to control measurement instrumentation devices and fully automate testing of a unit under test. What you'll bring Entry Requirements Currently studying for a Bachelor's/Integrated Master's degree, or higher degree ...

Principal Test Solutions Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70 - £73/hour inside IR35
aerospace standards, including MIL-STD-461, DO-160, DEF-STAN 59-411 and EFA EMC specifications Conducting radiated and conducted emissions and susceptibility testing, including defence-specific transient and high-field-strength test activities Supporting EMC testing from early lifecycle pre-compliance through to formal product qualification Preparing … test plans, procedures and technical reports Contributing to product certification activities, design reviews and performance reviews Supporting continuous improvement across test methods, processes and test automation Job Requirements: Experience in EMC testing within a development, qualification or BAE test engineering environment Working knowledge of EMC test set-ups, instrumentation ...

EMC Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Synergize Consulting Limited
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, On-site
onsite SC clearance is essential Up to £71 p/h Inside IR35 We are seeking two experienced EMC Engineers to support the development, testing and qualification of next-generation defence systems. This is an excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) engineering, gaining hands … experience within a UKAS-accredited EMC test facility. You will support a range of development and qualification programmes, carrying out EMC testing to military and aerospace standards and helping ensure complex electronic systems meet stringent performance and compliance requirements. Key Responsibilities · Support EMC engineering activities in accordance with military ...

Senior NPI Manager

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
PRINCE2 or PMP. Systems Proficiency: Skilled in using ERP/MRP tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and PLM software for configuration control and BOM management. Testing & Quality: Deep understanding of PFMEA, Root Cause Analysis (RCCA), and automated test equipment (ATE) for electro-mechanical systems. Analytical Ability: Strong data-driven ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Bright Purple Resourcing
Location
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Remote
Salary
£90,000
also work with microservices and event-driven architectures, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform. Testing coverage will rely on JUnit, Spock and Mockito, applying TDD and BDD along the way, and you'll take part in code reviews that help … Hands-on experience with microservices and event-driven architectures Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and Terraform A track record with TDD, Agile and automated build/deployment practices Practical experience with JUnit/Spock and mocking frameworks like Mockito A genuine grasp of SOLID, Design Patterns, Clean Code ...

Cloud Platform Engineering Associate Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
networking, storage and security requirements of GenAI, ML and agentic workloads, not retrofitting them later Drive AIOps adoption across platform operations — implementing intelligent monitoring, automated incident detection and response, and self-healing infrastructure capabilities that reduce manual operational toil Lead the design and delivery of CI/CD platforms … CloudFormation or similar) including AI-assisted IaC generation and governance CI/CD platform design and implementation, with experience incorporating AI-assisted deployment and test automation AIOps, platform observability and intelligent monitoring — including experience designing or operating self-healing or autonomously managed platform capabilities Cloud security, networking, identity and access ...

Application Security Specialist (12 month fixed term contract)

Hiring Organisation
Motability Operations
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, Hybrid
during a 12 month cover period. You will work with product teams, engineers and architects to identify and reduce security risk throughout design, development, testing and release. You will be the day-to-day application security contact for these domains, working within the wider Security Engineering function and escalating … clear, prioritised security requirements. Provide practical advice on secure design and implementation for applications, APIs, cloud services and integrations. Help teams use and improve automated security checks in development and CI/CD workflows, including code, dependency and configuration checks where relevant. Triage findings based on risk and context ...

Power Platform Developer

Hiring Organisation
Teksystems
Location
Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary Contract, Hybrid
Salary
Competitive
across Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse and Power BI. This is an end-to-end development position covering user interfaces, data models, workflows, reporting, testing and live support. This is not a Power BI-only, Power Apps-only or Power Platform administration role. Applicants must have practical experience building … requirements into structured and maintainable technical solutions. Develop canvas applications using Power Apps, Power Fx, reusable components and user-defined functions. Design and maintain automated workflows using Power Automate. Build normalised data models from Excel flat-file sources. Develop solutions using Dataverse and SharePoint. Create dashboards and reports using ...

Automation Engineer (Control Systems)

Hiring Organisation
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
Salary
£60,000
applications, code independently on both Siemens and Rockwell platforms. You will also be responsible for configuring communication networks, carrying out both factory and site testing, alongside commissioning on customer sites, keeping accurate documentation. This role would suit an Automation/Controls Engineer or similar looking to design bepoke intergated … automated systems from scratch. You will have prior experience independently coding on Siemens and/or Rockwell platforms. The Role: Design PLC/DCS and SCADA software's Configuring communication networks, carrying out both factory and site testing Code independently on Siemens and Rockwell platforms The Person: Automation ...

Data Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, On-site
data products that serve our clients' AI, analytics and business needs. We operate in an AI-augmented delivery model where AI-assisted pipeline development, automated data quality and agentic data operations are current practice, and our managers are expected to lead teams in adopting and embedding these approaches … designing or delivering pipelines that incorporate autonomous or human-in-the-loop AI workflows CI/CD and engineering standards for data platforms, including test automation and AI-assisted delivery practices Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, setting technical direction and driving delivery to a high standard You should apply ...