Python Engineer - Edinburgh

Python Platform Engineer - AI / Kubernetes

12-month contract | £450-£550/day | Outside IR35 | Edinburgh (Hybrid)

We're working with a major public sector client delivering a next-gen AI platform to transform how high-volume documents are processed.

This is a hands-on Python engineering role focused on building and running the platform that powers AI workloads not developing models.

What you'll be doing

• Building production-grade Python services and shared libraries
• Developing workflow pipelines for document processing (ingestion → extraction → output)
• Running workloads in Kubernetes (AKS) with scalable, reliable design
• Owning infrastructure (Terraform) and deployment (CI/CD, GitOps)
• Implementing monitoring, alerting, and automation to keep systems running smoothly
• Integrating with enterprise systems (databases, messaging, document stores)

What we're looking for

• Strong Python engineering experience (production systems)
• Experience with Kubernetes / containers
• Cloud experience (Azure preferred)
• Knowledge of Terraform / IaC
• CI/CD pipelines or GitOps experience
• Comfortable owning systems end-to-end in production