AI-Driven Data Infrastructure Engineer

European Tech Recruit; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer to advance systems at the crossroads of database engineering, AI, and HPC. You will work on challenging research and development problems spanning database internals, distributed data platforms, and memory architectures for intelligent agents.

Based in the United Kingdom, this role emphasizes turning concepts into working systems, rigorous evaluation, and delivering high-performing solutions.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in CS/CE/EE/Math or related field.
• Strong foundation in computer systems, databases, AI systems, or distributed systems.
• Proficiency in at least one system language: C, C++, Rust, or Go.
• Experience with deep-learning frameworks such as Python or TensorFlow.
• Experience with empirical research through benchmarking and workload analysis.
• Ability to communicate complex results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced data and AI infrastructure.
• Investigate database components: query processing, storage, indexing, transactions.
• Explore AI techniques: LLM quantisation, on-device inference, fine-tuning.
• Analyze workloads, benchmark, profile, and run controlled experiments.
• Diagnose performance issues and guide system improvements.
• Collaborate on research projects and communicate findings clearly.

Skills

Systems programming (C, C++, Rust, Go)

Python/TensorFlow experience

Empirical systems research & Benchmark

Independent problem solving

Strong communication & collaboration

Education

Master's degree or PhD in CS/CE/EE/Math

Tools

PostgreSQL/MySQL/DuckDB/Spark/Flink/Velox/ClickHouse/RocksDB/CockroachDB

TensorFlow / AI frameworks

Job description

European Tech Recruit is seeking a Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer to advance systems at the crossroads of database engineering, AI, and HPC. You will work on challenging research and development problems spanning database internals, distributed data platforms, and memory architectures for intelligent agents.

Based in the United Kingdom, this role emphasizes turning concepts into working systems, rigorous evaluation, and delivering high-performing solutions.