Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,610 - £42,254 per annum
EPCC, College of Science and Engineering
Full-time: 35 hours
Fixed term: 3 years with possibility of extension
Up to 4 posts available
The Opportunity
Join EPCC, the UK’s National Supercomputing Centre, in a highly technological and fast-moving field. We are seeking up to four motivated Application Developers. This role is for you if you like understanding what problems other organisations are trying to solve with AI. You like to design solutions, develop machine learning/AI pipelines and deploy these pipelines in production. You can demonstrate experience in programming languages (e.g., Python, R, C++), software engineering (e.g., coding skills, testing frameworks, version control, documentation), use of distributed infrastructure (e.g., scaling, containers), data engineering (e.g., databases, streaming, MLops), and machine learning (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLM models). You are motivated to learn and apply new technologies, tools and methods. For the Application Consultant role, that you have experience interacting with external problem stakeholders to design, implement and deploy solutions.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
* You like to understand what problems other organisations are trying to solve with AI and like to design solutions, develop machine learning/AI pipelines and deploy these pipelines in production.
* You can demonstrate experience in programming languages (e.g., Python, R, C++), software engineering (e.g., coding skills, testing frameworks, version control, documentation).
* You have experience using distributed infrastructure (e.g., scaling, containers), data engineering (e.g., databases, streaming, MLops), and machine learning (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLM models).
* You are motivated to learn and apply new technologies, tools and methods.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
* CV
* Cover letter
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* A competitive salary
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab ).
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 14th January 2026.
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Interview dates are to be confirmed.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the largest and highest-ranked STEM groupings in the UK. Headed by Professor Iain Gordon, CSE comprises seven Schools (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, GeoSciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy) as well as a national supercomputing centre (the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) and the Bayes Centre for interdisciplinary data science and innovation. We extend beyond the University through many joint activities - for example we host the cross-Scotland DataLab innovation Centre, we are a founding partner in the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, and we are a partner in UK-wide collaborations including the Alan Turing Institute and the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Most Schools are located 2 miles south of the city centre at the King’s Buildings whilst Informatics, EPCC, Bayes and sections of GeoSciences are located in the University’s Central Area near George Square. The College has over 3,000 academic and support staff, and educates around 7,000 undergraduates, almost 1,500 taught postgraduates and more than 2,000 research students.