Top Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will enhance the REDAPL platform, leading initiatives in data ingestion, processing, and supporting infrastructure-related projects while mentoring other engineers.

Leads a software development team through the full product lifecycle, including user research, product strategy, roadmap planning, application development, testing, code reviews, documentation, team performance management, budgeting, partnerships, and user support. The role also manages Agile processes, reports metrics, develops funding proposals, and participates in conferences and periodic travel.

Develop and support Python microservices, web applications, APIs, integrations, and internal tools. Design reliable, secure, observable distributed systems and deploy services across Kubernetes environments. Collaborate with stakeholders and DevOps engineers on architecture, roadmaps, and delivery while protecting customer data. Investigate complex issues, improve data and automation workflows, and mentor junior engineers in a remote-first team.

Automate testing and quality assurance for cloud-native data platforms, including data lakehouses, pipelines, APIs, and front-end applications. Responsibilities include creating test plans, executing manual and automated tests, managing test data, defining acceptance criteria, reporting quality metrics, supporting UAT and SIT, and improving QA frameworks, onboarding, training, and SDLC processes within an agile cross-functional team.

Senior backend engineer role building scalable, resilient Go-based backend services and APIs for cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP). Work with containers, Docker, Kubernetes, TDD, and performance optimisation while collaborating with client teams in a remote-first consultancy.

Responsible for building and maintaining Android applications with AI features. Focus on performance, UX design, and collaboration with backend and ML engineers.

Build and ship native Android features using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Design clean user flows for financial services, integrate backend APIs, improve performance and stability, use analytics and production feedback, and implement AI-assisted on-device experiences where beneficial.

The Software Engineer will develop and maintain cross-platform desktop applications, focusing on performance, reliability, and integration of AI features. Responsibilities include optimizing applications, managing local data, and ensuring stability on macOS and Windows.

As a Software Engineer in Sustaining Engineering, you will resolve complex issues related to Ubuntu and open-source software, engage with upstream communities, and develop bug fixes while maintaining close collaboration with support and product teams.

As a Python and Kubernetes Software Engineer, you will develop data analytics solutions using open source tools, collaborating with a distributed team.

The software engineer will develop and operate backend services for Snap Store and Charmhub.io, focusing on clean APIs and feature implementation.

The role involves developing software for Linux-based systems on autonomous devices, optimizing performance and ensuring reliability in various hardware environments.

As a Software Engineer at Canonical, you will collaborate globally to shape open-source software operations, focusing on Python and Golang development, enhance DevOps workflows, and improve infrastructure operations for cloud computing solutions.

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

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.

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.

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.

Designs, develops, and maintains scalable backend services, APIs, and data capabilities for analytics, dashboards, and visualizations. Responsibilities include processing and aggregating structured and unstructured data, optimizing performance, collaborating with frontend, data, UX, product, and DevOps teams, and supporting reliable production deployments. The role also involves technical design, testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, code reviews, and continuous improvement of analytics services.

Leads end-to-end modernization from a monolith to microservices, including legacy analysis, architecture, estimation, data migration, deployment, and production support. Guides .NET services, databases, messaging, containerization, and frontend integrations. Acts as the technical escalation point for complex issues while improving Jira tracking, estimation accuracy, QA collaboration, release predictability, and engineering processes. Manages and develops the team through one-on-ones, performance reviews, feedback, and career-focused objectives.

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.