Top Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Architect and deliver resilient, high-performance cloud services for SailPoint’s identity platform using Golang and Angular. Design synchronous and event-driven microservices, build scalable SaaS features, improve performance and reliability, conduct architecture and code reviews, and mentor engineers. The role includes collaboration with product and architecture teams, participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation, and leadership across Policy Engine and agentic identity initiatives.

Design, build, deploy, and operate full-stack microservices for SailPoint’s Policy Engine. Develop scalable distributed systems using Golang and Angular, write unit and integration tests, debug and profile complex services, participate in on-call support, lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and contribute to technical roadmaps and architectural initiatives.

Contract software engineering role for a remote Europe-based engineer building scalable, resilient backend products with client teams. Responsibilities include backend development in Go, API and SaaS platform development, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, containerized deployment with Docker and Kubernetes, testing with TDD, and performance optimization. The role also involves technical communication, collaborative problem-solving, and thoughtful use of AI tools.

Lead quality engineering for membership and loyalty capabilities, designing and executing functional, integration, API, contract, automation, and end-to-end tests. Build reliable test suites, validate loyalty points and personalized recommendations, manage test data, ensure cross-browser and cross-device quality, define testing strategies, and improve coverage using AI-assisted tools. Collaborate with engineering and product teams throughout the software development lifecycle while leading quality engineers in the loyalty and personalization area.

Own and evolve GitLab’s authorization systems across its Ruby on Rails monolith and next-generation Rust policy engine. Design fine-grained permissions for users, tokens, roles, and AI agents; secure GraphQL and REST APIs; lead feature-flagged rollouts and migrations; improve performance and reliability; and collaborate across authentication, platform, AI, and modular-service teams in a distributed asynchronous environment.

Build and optimize high-performance Elixir/Phoenix backend systems with PostgreSQL at scale. Design efficient schemas, queries, indexes, batching strategies, migrations, and concurrency patterns. Diagnose database bottlenecks, support large document volumes, and improve reliability across cloud and self-hosted deployments. Contribute to AI-assisted engineering workflows, platform architecture, tooling, and customer success while collaborating with a remote-first team.

Develop and support scalable Java and Spring Boot backend microservices powering omnichannel inventory availability, order promising, allocation, fulfilment, and post-purchase experiences. Build event-driven processing with Kafka, integrate OMS, WMS, ERP, commerce, and fulfilment platforms, and ensure services are secure, observable, reliable, and performant. Own features from design through production, write tested code, participate in reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and improve operational efficiency.

Designs, automates, and executes functional, integration, API, contract, regression, concurrency, and performance tests for inventory, order promising, sourcing, and fulfillment platforms. Investigates defects, validates fixes, maintains regression coverage, integrates quality tests into CI/CD pipelines, and supports release readiness. The role collaborates with product and engineering teams to validate distributed commerce systems, integrations, business rules, data consistency, scalability, resilience, and consumer-impacting workflows.

Develop cloud-based Java microservices for CC Responder using agile Scrum practices. Responsibilities include full software development lifecycle ownership, system integration, testing, documentation, customer support, mentoring junior engineers, code reviews, architectural guidance, and establishing code quality standards.

Design and develop scalable, secure frontend web applications for connected embedded systems. Lead frontend architecture, collaborate with backend/embedded teams, implement device provisioning, telemetry visualization, and remote management UIs. Optimize performance, accessibility, and maintainability; mentor engineers, participate in reviews, and drive frontend best practices.

The Senior SDET at BR-DGE will design and maintain automation frameworks, partner with development teams to enhance quality, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and drive engineering maturity by coaching junior staff.

Evaluate AI coding-agent interactions for quality, engineering judgment, reasoning, explanations, and user trust. Provide clear written feedback, distinguish response-quality levels, help define evaluation standards, and record short video explanations. The role requires senior-level software engineering experience, strong TypeScript/JavaScript or Python skills, familiarity with OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor, and excellent English communication.

The Senior Software Engineer, Frontend is responsible for developing and maintaining modern frontend systems, managing complex logic, and implementing API integrations while optimizing delivery through CI/CD processes.

Set long-term technical strategy for backend identity systems, lead major distributed-system initiatives, ensure operational availability, establish engineering quality standards, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor engineers. Build and launch highly available systems supporting international expansion, KYC verification, identity data management, decisioning, regulatory compliance, and global risk models.

Owns technical strategy, architecture, and operational excellence for FanDuel’s CPE engineering domain. Influences engineering standards across a large organization, guides major architectural decisions, supports complex production incidents, develops reference implementations, and mentors Senior Staff Engineers. The role also establishes responsible AI-assisted software development practices in a highly regulated environment, balancing scalability, reliability, security, auditability, and long-term technical direction.

Design and build distributed systems for a high-performance CI/CD execution platform. Responsibilities include orchestrating Supabase Branch lifecycle operations, provisioning ephemeral sandboxed environments on AWS, scheduling concurrent builds, optimizing pipelines through caching and artifact reuse, handling retries and failures, instrumenting observability, and developing configuration and infrastructure integrations. The role requires strong Go and TypeScript skills, cloud infrastructure experience, and a production operations mindset.

Build and operate high-performance backend systems and distributed services using Elixir and Phoenix. Design declarative infrastructure with Terraform, Terramate, FluxCD, Kubernetes, and Helm; manage AWS cloud workloads, cluster upgrades, GitOps workflows, observability, and databases. Collaborate with a remote engineering team on architecture, product development, debugging, reliability, and customer success.

Designs and delivers scalable AI-centric software for offensive security, including agentic vulnerability detection, automated penetration testing, workflow optimization, and threat intelligence. Owns features from ideation through deployment and monitoring, contributes to architecture and testing, and collaborates across teams. Requires Python or Go, AI technologies, microservices, APIs, messaging, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud experience.

Designs, builds, tests, and maintains scalable backend systems and APIs using Java, Python, AWS, Terraform, and React. Owns product and technology areas, resolves complex issues, participates in code reviews and design discussions, improves engineering processes, supports production systems through on-call rotation, and mentors other engineers. The role emphasizes pragmatic software design, operational excellence, testing, DevOps practices, and continuous improvement.

Provides technical leadership for software development supporting grid management and power-system control. Designs and develops modules for grid software products, makes technology and interface decisions, leads design reviews, estimates work, maintains code quality, optimizes performance, and mentors team members. Requires advanced Java and Spring expertise, microservices and web-services experience, containerization skills, and familiarity with modern web technologies. The role is hybrid in Edinburgh and collaborates with global, multidisciplinary teams.

The Software Engineer will develop and maintain software for products, focusing on state management patterns and API integrations while collaborating with teams.

Own end-to-end development of automation and AI-driven systems across tenant find, property management, or payments. Responsibilities include understanding complex operational workflows, identifying automation opportunities, designing scalable architectures, collaborating with product managers, making pragmatic AI and agentic system decisions, and delivering reliable solutions from concept through production. The role requires strong product judgment, technical ownership, and the ability to improve business outcomes in a fast-changing environment.

Build and maintain production-grade iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI, integrating AI through backend APIs. Design reliable AI interaction patterns, optimize performance and memory, support concurrency and background tasks, capture user feedback, and collaborate with backend and machine learning engineers. Maintain App Store quality, monitor production issues, and deliver responsive, stable, and efficient user experiences.

Lead the technical vision and development of Elasticsearch’s core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, query execution, and relevance. Research search algorithms and data structures, contribute to Lucene, guide technical roadmaps, collaborate across teams, mentor senior engineers, and build high-performance distributed search systems. Serve as a subject-matter expert while driving projects from concept through completion.

Lead large-scale technical initiatives and build scalable product functionality and infrastructure using TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Partner with product and design teams to develop privacy features for SaaS customers, make architectural tradeoffs, mentor engineers, support hiring, and establish engineering excellence across a growing organization.