Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Science / ML Engineer

This role involves developing and deploying machine learning models to enhance transaction monitoring systems for business banking, focusing on detecting financial crime. The engineer will work with large-scale datasets using PySpark and Python, build tree-based models like XGBoost, and translate complex data insights into actionable outputs. Collaboration with analytics teams and regular onsite presence in Glasgow or Edinburgh is required.

TXP Glasgow, City Of Glasgow, G2 1AL, United Kingdom £560 – £565 pd

Cyber Security Specialist

This role involves collaborating with teams to secure AI and Machine Learning solutions, conducting threat modelling, and ensuring compliance with security standards. The position offers exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Adecco Manchester, United Kingdom £600 pd

Hybrid Contract

Business Technology and Innovation Manager - Border to Coast PP

This role involves leading a team of four to drive technology innovation, assess and implement emerging technologies, and translate business strategy into actionable roadmaps. The focus is on improving efficiency, advancing capabilities, and ensuring resilience across the business, with a strong emphasis on governance and risk management.

Interface Recruitment Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Expression of Interest: Next-generation Agentic Controls and Forensics (Technical Roles)

This role involves pioneering research into agentic controls and forensics for future AI systems, focusing on scalable technical methods to detect and understand AI misbehaviour. You'll work with pre-release frontier models and have access to significant computational resources, operating at the intersection of AI safety, security, and policy. The position offers high autonomy to explore novel research directions with real-world impact on global AI governance.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Safety and Security for Agents

This role focuses on improving the safety, fairness, and trustworthiness of next-generation large language models that interact with external resources and take autonomous actions. You'll design and implement data generation strategies, post-training algorithms, and evaluation methods, working closely with ML, policy, and product teams. The position emphasizes hands-on experimentation, statistical rigor, and responsible AI practices in a highly autonomous, research-driven environment.

Cohere London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Software Engineer, Chem-Bio

Design and build robust platform systems to support AI research on chemical and biological risks, translating complex research needs into scalable infrastructure. Develop evaluation frameworks, LLM-based agent systems, and shared tooling in Python, collaborating closely with interdisciplinary researchers. Drive engineering excellence through architecture, mentorship, and infrastructure improvements within a government-embedded technical team.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent Clearance Required

Cyber Security Engineer - Cyber & Autonomous Systems Team

This role involves working with cutting-edge AI and cybersecurity technologies to design and develop evaluation environments, conduct pre-deployment testing, and contribute to research on AI cyber capabilities. You will collaborate with a highly skilled team and have a direct impact on shaping government policies and standards for AI safety.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

Software Engineer - Cyber & Autonomous Systems Team

This role involves working with cutting-edge technologies to evaluate the capabilities of AI models in cybersecurity and autonomy. Responsibilities include building evaluation infrastructure, developing analysis tooling, leading testing exercises, and delivering production-quality Python code. The work has a direct impact on shaping the UK government's understanding of AI cyber capabilities and informing safety standards.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom