Top Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

The role involves designing and delivering open source software operations code in Python, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating with teams across the Linux stack.

As a Software Engineer, you will build features, write maintainable Roblox Lua code, collaborate with teams, and enhance gameplay for millions of players.

The Sr. Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain public APIs and integrations, ensuring high scalability and performance while improving code quality using AI tools.

The Software Engineer will design, develop, and install software solutions, focusing on web applications using PHP and ensuring coding standards and technical design compliance.

Lead design and implementation of the Libraries Platform: services, pipelines, package index, automation for builds, CVE remediation, SBOM/provenance, AI-assisted patching, and reliability/observability for multi-ecosystem package workflows.

Develop full-stack features using C#/.NET backend services and TypeScript/Angular front-end applications. Own work from design through production deployment, troubleshoot issues end-to-end, write secure and tested code, perform code reviews, mentor developers, and help guide technical direction. Work with SQL databases, data migrations, integrations, cloud infrastructure, and messaging systems while using AI-assisted development tools responsibly.

Design, maintain, and extend abuse detection and prevention systems for GitLab's SaaS platform. Serve as a core maintainer of a Ruby on Rails monolith, build anomaly detection and agentic AI mitigations, automate abuse response, collaborate with peer engineering and security teams, and produce runbooks and operational documentation.

Software Engineer will collaborate with clients to deliver digital products, lead projects, and apply analytical and engineering skills across development lifecycle.

As a Software Engineer II, you will build and maintain features on Stora's Rails-based platform, improve app stability, and collaborate with a small team on various domains.

The Software Engineer will design and maintain payment processing systems, mentor other engineers, and ensure security in client transactions within the crypto ecosystem.

Develop and maintain Unity’s Web runtime, adding features, fixing issues, and optimizing download size, load time, startup performance, and native code. Work across C++, C#, and JavaScript while profiling and debugging browser-based runtime behavior. Collaborate with distributed teams, investigate developer-reported issues, and track evolving browser capabilities. The role may also involve WebAssembly, Emscripten, LLVM, WebGL, real-time 3D, and compression techniques.

Lead the development of native Windows desktop applications, ensuring performance, accessibility, and maintainability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Join the Session Management backend team to build reliable, scalable services and APIs. Write maintainable Java backend code, test changes, participate in design and code reviews, investigate bugs, improve observability and performance, and keep documentation current while learning about distributed systems, databases, caching and cloud infrastructure.

Build and optimize high-performance, event-driven microservices for marketing systems. Design scalable architectures, write secure and well-tested backend Java code, work with cloud infrastructure (AWS), streaming (SNS/SQS or Kafka), databases, and container orchestration. Contribute to design, code reviews, on-call rotation, and cross-team collaboration to deliver personalized marketing experiences at scale.

Build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems and APIs in Java. Participate in design, code reviews, testing, and production release processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot defects, document solutions, and ensure high code quality while supporting regulatory-focused internal tooling.

Design and implement anti-cheat, anti-piracy, and anti-tamper solutions for Rockstar titles. Research protections, debug obfuscation/anti-tamper issues, profile performance and memory, follow SDLC, and test cross-platform security features.

Leads the design, development, deployment, and support of high-traffic full-stack applications and APIs. Responsibilities include architecture, infrastructure, monitoring, CI/CD, database development, documentation, production troubleshooting, code review, technical strategy, mentoring, and cross-team project delivery. The role owns solution design, influences engineering standards, and supports scalable, fault-tolerant systems in an Agile environment.

Designs and develops high-traffic, scalable software systems and data processes across multiple teams. Owns technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, reliability, security, QA, infrastructure, and deployment practices. Leads solution design, evaluates technologies, resolves cross-team technical risks, mentors engineers, reviews code, supports live applications, and influences long-term technology decisions while partnering with product and business stakeholders.

Lead and deliver full‑stack features for international direct‑to‑consumer products. Collaborate with product, design, and analytics; own operations, metrics, on‑call, code quality, and talent development while driving technical design and execution.

Lead design and build of API-first product platforms and high-scale APIs consumed by internal teams, external integrations, and AI agents. Drive API standards, reliability, observability, and scalability; develop agentic workflows and reduce systemic technical risk while mentoring senior engineers.

Develop, own and deliver commercial .NET software features; contribute to architecture, mentor junior developers, provide 3rd-line support, and ensure quality through testing and performance tuning of database-backed systems.

Design, build and maintain backend services for multiplayer games. Implement distributed systems, CI/CD, containerised microservices, databases (SQL/NoSQL), cloud infrastructure, and documentation. Collaborate on estimates, support teammates, and ensure high-quality deployments and operational standards.

Full-stack AI/ML Software Engineer to build HealthTech SaaS microservices, implement and integrate ML solutions, write high-quality code, author documentation, perform code reviews, and act as an SME on services and systems.

The Senior Back-End Software Engineer designs, develops, and maintains scalable backend systems while taking ownership of the software development lifecycle.

As a Software Engineer at Canonical, you will design, build, and ship software, improve packaging and distribution processes, and mentor colleagues while contributing to open source projects.