Python Engineer - Automation | 6 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh| Starting ASAP Day Rate: £ About the Role: Harvey Nash’s Pub Sec client is restructuring its software delivery model to create long-standing development teams aligned to core business domains, ensuring clear ownership of digital products. The Land Registration Automation team is responsible for analysing the problem space and developing solutions that enable high-volume, low-complexity casework to be automated. Key challenges include: * Applying OCR and large language models to deed documents to assess automation risk. * Using large language models to interpret unstructured Title Sheet content and support automation of more complex cases. * Automating wet signature verification using document analysis, object detection techniques and open language models. The team is focused on expanding the scope, accuracy and reliability of the automation capability. They work closely with operational and customer-facing teams to ensure solutions integrate effectively with existing digital platforms and align with wider delivery roadmaps. Essential Skills & Experience: Commercial experience with AI/ML technology: * OCR, Object Detection and LLM analysis implementation * Machine Learning & AI Libraries including: * Transformers/Hugging Face for working with pre-trained LLMs, fine-tuning, and inference * PyTorch for deep learning model development and training * OpenCV for computer vision tasks and image preprocessing in object detection * PIL/Pillow for image manipulation and format conversion * YOLO object detection frameworks * Core Python Skills: * * Proficiency in Python 3.9+ with understanding of object-oriented programming, decorators, context managers, and async/await patterns * Data structures and algorithms for efficient data processing and model optimization * Error handling and debugging using try-catch blocks, logging, and debugging tools * * Data Processing: * Pandas and NumPy for data manipulation, cleaning, and numerical operations * SQLAlchemy or psycopg2 for database connectivity and ORM operations * Boto3 for AWS service integration and automation * * * AWS (working within Technical Lead’s architecture): * Lambda function development with proper event handling and response formatting * S3 operations including multipart uploads, presigned URLs, and event notifications * CloudWatch logging and metrics for monitoring and debugging * Understanding of IAM and security for role-based access and credential management * Experience with CDK for infrastructure deployment * SQS for message queuing * EKS/ECS/Kubernetes for containerized AI deployments * * API Development: * FastAPI for building REST APIs and model serving endpoints * Requests library for HTTP client operations and external API integration * Authentication/authorization implementation (JWT, OAuth) * * Software Development: * Making excellent quality AI/ML software collaboratively with other engineers * Working effectively under technical leadership while contributing specialized AI/ML expertise * Design and implementation of AI/ML solutions using service-based and serverless architecture * Using written, verbal, and visual communication to explain AI/ML concepts to both technical and non-technical audience * * Development Practices: * Cloud monitoring, telemetry, intelligence tools for AI/ML systems, including Grafana * Experience working in Agile delivery models - Scrum and/or Kanban frameworks * Formal XP engineering techniques including TDD and pair programming * Working within defined infrastructure-as-code frameworks * Desirable Qualifications Advanced AI/ML Technologies: * Custom model architecture design and implementation * Advanced fine-tuning techniques including LoRA, QLoRA, and parameter-efficient methods * Multi-modal AI systems combining text, image, and structured data * Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) for model alignment Production ML Systems: * Apache Airflow/Dagster for ML workflow orchestration and ETL pipeline management * Model versioning and experiment tracking (MLflow, Weights & Biases) * Real-time model serving and edge deployment strategies * A/B testing frameworks for ML model evaluation This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply. To From Record Yes No Always use these settings

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Why Spacelabs? Because lives depend on what we build.

The Senior Software Development Engineer in Test will be a hands-on role on a small team of test automation engineers on the development of automated tests for the next generation patient monitoring platform. This position requires a deep understanding of solid design principles, development practices and test verification knowledge. The role will work closely with cross-functional groups such as Systems, Hardware, Verification, Electrical and Software Engineering.

The test automation development includes the patient monitoring platform of the next generation patient monitor in an enterprise of networked patient monitors physically located on multiple hospital floors communicating with several central stations.

The successful candidate for this role will have test automation development experience in agile software development environment.

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• Work with the test automation team to review and derive required automation tests from requirements related to the patient monitoring platform
• Participate in cross-functional reviews of software requirements, architecture, software design, connectivity interface design and user interface design.
• Participate in the test automation component design efforts. Understand and design to existing interface specifications.
• Write, debug, review and document test automation software.
• Participate in the definition of test architectures, designs, tools and workflows to be shared with the test automation team members
• Ensure on-time delivery of test automation software including design documentation and other required artifacts.
• Hold yourself and other engineers to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships.
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the Companys Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.
• Uphold the companys core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the companys Code of Ethics and Conduct

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• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant software experience
• 3+ years of relevant automated testing experience
• Strong experience with Python or other scripting languages
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Design and Design Patterns
• Strong understanding of software testing concepts and methodologies
• Strong experience at least one automation testing tool and best practices
• Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery and Agile development
• Proficiency with tools supporting the software development lifecycle, such as source control, CI/CD platforms, requirements management, and defects tracking

Desirable:

• Experience with Qt/QML
• Demonstrated experience with embedded Linux application development
• Experience with Squish automation
• Experience with Selenium
• Experience working in a regulated development environment (finance, medical, defence, aerospace, etc.).
• Experience with the development of integrated (hardware and software) medical devices.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with Containerized environments and virtual machines
• To have experience of effective collaboration with international teams in Europe, India, and the US.

OSI Systems, Inc. has three operating divisions: (a) Security, providing security and inspection systems, turnkey security screening solutions and related services; (b) Healthcare, providing patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology and anesthesia systems; and © Optoelectronics and Manufacturing, providing specialized electronic components and electronic manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers with applications in the defense, aerospace, medical and industrial markets, among others.

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Key Responsibilities:

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• Improve performance and scalability of pricing models for portfolio-level execution
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• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including Git and version control workflows
• Experience working in regulated environments (financial services or insurance preferred)
• Knowledge of insurance pricing processes (life, annuities, protection, or general insurance) highly desirable
• Experience with statistical modelling or price optimisation techniques is an advantage
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About the Client:

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OUR PEOPLE:

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• Optimize development workflows and establish and apply coding standards and guidelines to maintain robust and clean code.
• Work closely with data science and software engineering teams to define project requirements, set technical direction, and establish development roadmaps.

What you’ll bring:

• Proficiency and professional experience in Python for backend development.
• Extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on designing and delivering robust, scalable solutions.
• Experience in establishing and upholding coding standards to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Effective teamwork skills and experience with working with multi-functional team

Bonus points:

• Working knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring.
• Expertise in cloud technologies (emphasis on Azure and/or AWS) and deployment practices.

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• Industry leadership: We deliver brand-new products that democratize modeling and analytics solutions.
• Career progression: We provide opportunities for continuous learning and professional development in a work environment of dedicated, highly experienced teams.

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Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence . Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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At Spacelabs Healthcare, we innovate to improve clinical and economic outcomes through advanced healthcare technology. Our solutions deliver critical patient data, enable better decisions, and help create safer patient environments. Lives depend on you.

The Role:

We are looking for a senior, hands-on Principal Cybersecurity Test Engineer to join our Cybersecurity Team. You will lead and execute advanced penetration testing across products, applications, infrastructure, and medical devices, ensuring robust security controls are in place and effective.

Responsibilities:

• Design and execute advanced penetration tests on products, applications, and systems, simulating real-world threat actor techniques
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attacker intelligence using internal and external sources
• Create and manage security assessment plans; develop, evaluate, and apply exploits and testing tools
• Document test scope, scenarios, findings, evidence, and recommendations in formal reports
• Provide regular assessment status updates and participate in technical and management reviews
• Perform secure code reviews, integration testing, defect analysis, and implement approved software changes
• Support product investigations related to security complaints and incidents
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• Deep expertise in firmware, OS, applications, networking, protocols, encryption, and access control
• Attend the office three times per week in Edinburgh.
• Strong coding skills (Assembly, C/C++, Java, C#, .NET, Python, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of Linux & Windows, databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres), and web/app servers
• Networking expertise (routing, switching, firewalls, vulnerabilities)
• Hardware security and hacking (JTAG, FPGA, USB, etc.)
• Proficiency with security tools (Kali Linux, Nessus, InsightVM, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Wireshark, NetSparker)
• Secure coding (OWASP), MITRE/SANS Top 25, SSDLC, static code analysis
• Security Frameworks (ISO 2700x, NIST Special Publications)
• Cloud development and cloud security testing
• Knowledge of medical device regulations and quality systems
• Familiarity with common attacks (XSS, CSRF, privilege escalation, auth/authz flaws, password cracking)

Education & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Software Engineering

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