Contract Python Jobs in Edinburgh

13 of 13 Contract Python Jobs in Edinburgh

AI Architect/Developer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Harvey Nash
services, such as cloud computing, data security, AI, and distributed systems. Essential Skills & Experience: 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, or Python End-to-end Systems Development: Proven ability to architect and build complex systems with a long-term vision Expertise in financial services applications, including knowledge of transaction processing, risk management More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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Senior Software Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VANLOQ LIMITED
and implement resilient frontend clients, backend services, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native solutions. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain secure, performant backend REST API services and frontend clients using Python, GoLang, Docker, and Cloud-Native services. Manage and implement database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring compliance with audit and regulatory standards. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration … incidents and performance bottlenecks. Skills & Experience Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 5+ years in software engineering with experience in large-scale distributed systems. Proficient in Python and GoLang. Strong background in cloud technologies (AWS and/or GCP), networking, IAM, and cost optimisation. Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, including IaC (Terraform), CI/CD (Jenkins … streams). RESTful API development. Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions. Microservices & distributed tracing. Logging/monitoring frameworks (ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana). Automation with Terraform, Ansible or similar. Programming in Python, Java, GoLang. Desirable Financial services or regulated industry experience. AWS/GCP certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Engineer). Knowledge of cryptography. If you are a skilled More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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AI Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
McGregor Boyall
data pipelines using SQLAlchemy, Boto3, Pandas, and Airflow . Contribute to real-time AI services , model versioning, and advanced fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, etc.). AI Engineer requirements: Solid Python skills (3.9+) with deep knowledge of async, OOP, and performance tuning. Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning , image processing, and ML libraries. Experience building and maintaining cloud-native AI More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Python Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
McGregor Boyall
Python Engineer 6-month contract (extensions highly likely) £480-£520 per day Outside ir35 Remote contract We're looking for an experienced Python Engineer with a strong understanding of AI/ML/AWS, and commercial expertise in deploying AI systems using state-of-the-art machine learning libraries, cloud infrastructure, and modern Python-based tooling. What You'll Be … Pandas , NumPy , SQLAlchemy , and Airflow Supporting real-time model inference, edge deployments, and API integrations Working closely with a technical lead in a service-based and serverless architecture Essential Python Engineer skills and experience: Strong Python 3.9+ skills with deep understanding of OOP, async/await, and debugging Proven experience building and deploying AI/ML systems in the cloud More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Python Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
proactive, collaborative mindset. Key skills and experience include:Technical Proficiency AI/ML technologies: OCR, Object Detection, LLMs Libraries: Transformers/Hugging Face, PyTorch, OpenCV, PIL/Pillow, YOLO Python 3.9+ with OOP, async/await, and debugging techniques Data tools: Pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy/psycopg2 AWS: Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CDK, SQS, EKS/ECS API development: FastAPI, Requests More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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Python Engineer

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hays Technology
proactive, collaborative mindset. Key skills and experience include: Technical Proficiency AI/ML technologies: OCR, Object Detection, LLMs Libraries: Transformers/Hugging Face, PyTorch, OpenCV, PIL/Pillow, YOLO Python 3.9+ with OOP, async/await, and debugging techniques Data tools: Pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy/psycopg2 AWS: Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, CDK, SQS, EKS/ECS API development: FastAPI, Requests More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £500 - £550/day
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Senior Data Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Primus Connect
and transformation logic in Databricks Implement and maintain Delta Lake physical models and relational data models. Contribute to design and coding standards, working closely with architects. Develop and maintain Python packages and libraries to support engineering work. Build and run automated testing frameworks (e.g. PyTest). Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices. Collaborate with BAs on source … PySpark and SparkSQL. Strong knowledge of relational database modelling Experience designing and implementing in Databricks (DBX notebooks, Delta Lakes). Azure platform experience. ADF or Synapse pipelines for orchestration. Python development Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps principles. Desirable Skills Data Vault 2.0. Data Governance & Quality tools (e.g. Great Expectations, Collibra). Terraform and Infrastructure as Code. Event Hubs More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 550 - 615 Daily
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Senior Data Engineer

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Primus Connect
and transformation logic in Databricks Implement and maintain Delta Lake physical models and relational data models. Contribute to design and coding standards, working closely with architects. Develop and maintain Python packages and libraries to support engineering work. Build and run automated testing frameworks (e.g. PyTest). Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices. Collaborate with BAs on source … PySpark and SparkSQL. Strong knowledge of relational database modelling Experience designing and implementing in Databricks (DBX notebooks, Delta Lakes). Azure platform experience. ADF or Synapse pipelines for orchestration. Python development Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps principles. Desirable Skills Data Vault 2.0. Data Governance & Quality tools (e.g. Great Expectations, Collibra). Terraform and Infrastructure as Code. Event Hubs More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £550 - £615/day Outside IR35
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Software engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Lorien
Full Stack Engineer (Python/Typescript) Hybrid Working - Edinburgh OR London - 1 day a week on site. Financial Services Initial 3-Month Contract Lorien's leading banking client is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join the existing team to support an ongoing Front Desk Project that is powered by AI. The project is working on a reception desk … a Hybrid Model of 1 day a week on site. Initial 3-Month Contract with Potential for Extension. Key Skills and Experience Strong experience writing high-quality code in Python (80% role focus) Strong Experience writing high-quality code in Typescript (20% role focus) Experienced in working with Fast API. Experienced with Agent Frameworks. Experienced with Model Context Protocol (MCP More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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AI Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
training o OpenCV for computer vision tasks and image preprocessing in object detection o PIL/Pillow for image manipulation and format conversion o YOLO object detection frameworks Core Python Skills : * Proficiency in Python 3.9+ with understanding of object-oriented programming, decorators, context managers, and async/await patterns * Data structures and algorithms for efficient data processing and model optimisation More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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AI Engineer

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hays Technology
training o OpenCV for computer vision tasks and image preprocessing in object detection o PIL/Pillow for image manipulation and format conversion o YOLO object detection frameworks Core Python Skills : * Proficiency in Python 3.9+ with understanding of object-oriented programming, decorators, context managers, and async/await patterns * Data structures and algorithms for efficient data processing and model optimisation More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £500 - £550/day
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AI Engineer

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Experis
templates Data extraction and transformation from structured and unstructured sources Collaborate with clients to define reporting ontologies, workflow requirements, and automation goals. Rapidly prototype and iterate AI solutions using Python, AWS, and containerized environments. Ensure robust testing, performance tuning, and continuous improvement of deployed agents. Essential Skills: Strong proficiency in Python , containerized application development. Proven track record in AI/ More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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AI Engineer - Outside IR35

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sanderson Recruitment
enhancing and expanding the current automation service, which leverages OCR, Object Detection and LLM AI in order to automate some internal applications. You will bring a strong blend of Python development expertise, coupled with commercial exposure to modern AI technology and practices. Specifically, you will have a strong technical foundation across a blend of Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning … Python and associated libraries, as well as exposure to working with AWS. Skills and Experience Summary (A blend of); Commercial experience with AI/ML technologies OCR, Object Detection and LLM analysis implementation LLM fine tuning Machine Learning & AI Libraries including: Transformers/Hugging Face Python expertise with an understanding of object-oriented programming Pandas, PyTorch, Numpy SQLAlchemy, Boto3 AWS More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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Python
Edinburgh
10th Percentile
£450
25th Percentile
£475
Median
£525
75th Percentile
£555
90th Percentile
£625