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 motived 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 tyring 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 motived 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

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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

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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.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.





Interview dates are to be confirmed.