Python AI/ML Engineer | Cloud & FastAPI, Hybrid UK

Spinwell Global; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 116,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinwell Global is hiring a Python Engineer for a 6-month contract with possible extension. The role is hybrid, based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, with on-site collaboration as required by the project.

You will lead hands-on development in an agile team, focusing on document processing and ML automation using Python, AI/ML libraries, and AWS infrastructure including Lambda, S3 and CDK. Strong Python and ML experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience with AI/ML technologies.
• Proficient in Python 3.9+ and modern libraries.
• Experience with AWS services and serverless/containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to an agile team.
• Develop AI/ML solutions including OCR, object detection and LLM workloads.
• Build REST APIs with FastAPI and integrate external services.

Skills

AI/ML

OCR

Object Detection

LLMs

PyTorch

OpenCV

PIL/Pillow

YOLO

Python 3.9+

Data Processing

Pandas

NumPy

SQLAlchemy

psycopg2

Boto3

AWS

Lambda

S3

CloudWatch

IAM

CDK

SQS

Kubernetes

FastAPI

Requests

JWT/OAuth

Agile

TDD

Tools

Transformers/Hugging Face

Job description

Spinwell Global is hiring a Python Engineer for a 6-month contract with possible extension. The role is hybrid, based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, with on-site collaboration as required by the project.

You will lead hands-on development in an agile team, focusing on document processing and ML automation using Python, AI/ML libraries, and AWS infrastructure including Lambda, S3 and CDK. Strong Python and ML experience are essential for success.