Backend Developer Salary in Edinburgh

Backend Developer jobs in Edinburgh hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $123,618/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Skyscanner

skyscanner.net
skyscanner.net • Glasgow • Edinburgh • Shenzhen • London • Barcelona • Travel Agencies • Travel Technology • Likely startup • Hiring 2
Glasgow • Edinburgh • Shenzhen • London • Barcelona • Travel Agencies • Travel Technology • Likely startup • Hiring 2
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Principal Engineer - Identity & Privacy

≈ $102k – $206k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Hybrid (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
SQL
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
OpenTelemetry
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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GE Vernova

gevernova.com
gevernova.com • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Hydroelectric • Wind Energy • Industrial Machinery • Power Grid • Nuclear Energy • 5000+ employees • Est. 2024 • NYSE: GEV • Trust B • Hiring 1780, 208 new
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Hydroelectric • Wind Energy • Industrial Machinery • Power Grid • Nuclear Energy • 5000+ employees • Est. 2024 • NYSE: GEV • Trust B • Hiring 1780, 208 new
GE Vernova is an American energy company created in April 2024 when General Electric split into three, taking the power, wind and electrification businesses. It builds and services gas turbines that generate a substantial share of the world's electricity, onshore and offshore wind turbines, grid equipment including transformers and high-voltage transmission, and nuclear technology through GE Hitachi and its BWRX-300 small modular reactor. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company sits at the centre of two simultaneous demand shocks: the electrification of transport and industry, and the electricity requirements of large-scale artificial intelligence data centres.
Ken Parks · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Scott Strazik · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Staff Software Engineer

≈ $118k – $204k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Helm
SOAP
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Computershare

computershare.com
computershare.com • HQ: Melbourne, Australia • Stock Exchanges & Market Infrastructure • Custody & Fund Administration • 5000+ employees • Est. 1978 • Trust A • Hiring 63, 15 new
HQ: Melbourne, Australia • Stock Exchanges & Market Infrastructure • Custody & Fund Administration • 5000+ employees • Est. 1978 • Trust A • Hiring 63, 15 new
Computershare is a global financial administration company specializing in stock transfer agency, corporate trust, and share registry management. The enterprise delivers specialized operational infrastructure for public and private businesses, managing employee equity plans, shareholder records, and complex corporate actions. Operating across major international financial markets, it enables corporations and institutional clients to streamline investor communications, enforce regulatory compliance, and execute high-volume security transactions.
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Lead Software Developer

≈ $61k – $123k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Staff
C#
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Entity Framework Core
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
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Keysight

keysight.com
keysight.com • HQ: Santa Rosa, United States • EDA Software • Test & Measurement Instruments • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 2014 • Trust B • Hiring 591, 67 new
HQ: Santa Rosa, United States • EDA Software • Test & Measurement Instruments • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 2014 • Trust B • Hiring 591, 67 new
Keysight is an American maker of electronic test and measurement equipment and software, spun off from Agilent Technologies in 2014. It sells oscilloscopes, network and signal analysers, and design and simulation software used in wireless, semiconductor, automotive and aerospace development, and acquired the French simulation firm ESI Group in 2024. The company is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, United States.
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Software Engineer - C/C++/C#/Python

≈ $82k – $159k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
C++
Python
DevOps
Windows
Git
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Methods

methods.co.uk
methods.co.uk • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1990 • Trust A • Hiring 72, 4 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1990 • Trust A • Hiring 72, 4 new
Methods is a digital transformation consultancy headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and founded in 1990. The company designs and delivers user centred digital services, data platforms, cloud migrations, and cyber security work almost entirely for the United Kingdom public sector. It has been part of the French engineering group Alten since 2022 and holds places on major government procurement frameworks including G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes.
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Backend Developer - AWS/Typescript/Serverless Architecture/AWS Lambda

≈ $72k – $176k per year (Estimated) • In office (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS Lambda
Rest API
Git
CI/CD
AWS
AWS CDK
CloudFormation
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon EventBridge
API Gateway
Amazon S3
IAM
Terraform
Docker
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Ouster

ouster.com
ouster.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Robotic Components & Sensors • Machine Vision & 3D Cameras • Est. 2015 • NASDAQ: OUST • Hiring 27, 4 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Robotic Components & Sensors • Machine Vision & 3D Cameras • Est. 2015 • NASDAQ: OUST • Hiring 27, 4 new
Ouster is a San Francisco lidar company that designs and manufactures digital lidar sensors for precision mapping, robotics, automotive, security systems, smart cities and industrial solutions. It merged with rival Velodyne in 2023 and lists locations in Bangkok, Singapore and Edinburgh. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Marta Hall · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Joseph Jellen · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Anand Gopalan · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
David Hall · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Senior Product Engineer - Ouster

≈ $74k – $144k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
Chips/EDA
JMP
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Marsh McLennan

marshmclennan.com
marshmclennan.com • HQ: New York, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1871 • Trust B • Hiring 923, 183 new
HQ: New York, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1871 • Trust B • Hiring 923, 183 new
Marsh McLennan is a global professional services firm in risk, strategy and people, headquartered in New York and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It operates through four businesses, Marsh in insurance broking, Guy Carpenter in reinsurance, Mercer in health, wealth and benefits consulting and Oliver Wyman in management consulting, with about 90,000 colleagues in some 130 countries. It hires catastrophe risk analysts, reinsurance brokers, benefits consultants, sales executives, paralegals, software engineers and IT support staff in hubs such as London, Cluj-Napoca and Mexico City.
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Senior Software Engineer

≈ $83k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • Hybrid (Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, Leeds, London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
Copilot
Frontend
Angular
Management
Agile
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Accenture

accenture.com
accenture.com • HQ: Dublin, Ireland • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) • Systems Integrators • Management Consulting • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1989 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 4967, 262 new
HQ: Dublin, Ireland • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) • Systems Integrators • Management Consulting • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1989 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 4967, 262 new
Accenture is a professional services company that began as the consulting arm of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, separated as Andersen Consulting in 1989 and took its present name in 2001. It is one of the largest technology services organisations in the world, employing well over seven hundred thousand people and running strategy, consulting, technology, operations and industry work for most of the Fortune Global 500. Incorporated in Dublin and built on a delivery network concentrated in India and the Philippines, it has reoriented around cloud migration, cybersecurity and generative AI, which it now books as a distinct multi-billion dollar revenue line.
Angie Park · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Julie Sweet · Chair & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
George Shaheen · Founding Chief Executive of Andersen Consulting · founder
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Software Engineer - Scotland

≈ $71k – $176k per year (Estimated) • In office (Glasgow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time
Java
SQL
Databases
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Azure
AWS
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Mimica

mimica.ai
mimica.ai • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Process Mining • AI Agents • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 15, 2 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Process Mining • AI Agents • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 15, 2 new
Mimica is a British software company that builds task mining and process discovery tools for enterprises. Its software records how employees carry out work on their computers, maps the underlying processes and identifies tasks that can be automated, and is used by operations teams and consulting partners in Europe and North America. The company is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Staff/Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js)

≈ $125k – $207k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Dublin • Toronto • London • Amsterdam • Warsaw • Remote (United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, UTC-6 – UTC+1 hours) • Full-Time • Staff • English: C1
Node JS
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
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Staff/Lead Fullstack Engineer (Frontend-focused)

≈ $95k – $188k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Lead • 8+ years exp • Berlin • Amsterdam • Prague • Barcelona • Dublin • Remote (United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Netherlands, UTC-1 – UTC+3 hours) • Full-Time • Staff • English: C1
JavaScript
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
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Staff/Lead Python Engineer (FastAPI, Orchestration)

≈ $96k – $190k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Lead • 8+ years exp • Berlin • London • Amsterdam • Warsaw • Stockholm • Remote (United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Czech Republic, Netherlands, UTC-7 – UTC+3 hours) • Full-Time • Staff • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
Loki
Prometheus
Grafana
GCP
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Rockstar Games

rockstargames.com
rockstargames.com • HQ: New York, United States • Game Development • Console Games • PC Games • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust A • Hiring 24
HQ: New York, United States • Game Development • Console Games • PC Games • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust A • Hiring 24
Rockstar Games is a video game publisher and developer headquartered in New York City, known for the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series and their online live service modes. Established in 1998 as a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, it runs a network of development studios in the United Kingdom, North America and India, including large studios in Oakville, Ontario and Bangalore. Its engineering hiring covers gameplay, graphics, audio and animation tools programmers, Java and .NET software engineers, web developers and FiveM platform engineers, while its game security team recruits threat intelligence analysts, anti-cheat engineers and operations managers.
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Senior Cheat Software Engineer

≈ $72k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Dundee, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C#
Python
DevOps
Windows
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Senior Software Engineer (C++)

≈ $71k – $139k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Cybersecurity
IDA Pro
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Seccl

seccl.tech
seccl.tech • HQ: Bath, United Kingdom • Custody & Fund Administration • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Hiring 7, 1 new
HQ: Bath, United Kingdom • Custody & Fund Administration • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • 51-200 employees • Est. 2016 • Startup • Hiring 7, 1 new
Seccl is a Bath company founded in 2016 that supplies custody and trading technology to financial advisers and wealth managers. Its cloud platform lets firms run their own investment proposition instead of relying on legacy platforms. The company is owned by Octopus Group and serves a growing share of British advice firms.
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Senior software engineer (Node.js/TypeScript)

≈ $92k – $179k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (London, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
DevOps
Octopus Deploy
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon EventBridge
API Gateway
Amazon S3
Incident Management
GitHub Actions
Terraform
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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WNS

wns.com
wns.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) • 5000+ employees • Est. 1996 • Trust A • Hiring 89, 10 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) • 5000+ employees • Est. 1996 • Trust A • Hiring 89, 10 new
WNS is a global business process management and digital transformation company that delivers technology-driven operations and consulting services. Originally founded as a captive operations unit for British Airways, the enterprise has expanded into a worldwide leader providing industry-specific solutions across analytics, finance, customer care, and procurement. Combining advanced data intelligence, AI, and domain expertise, the organization serves hundreds of enterprise clients across major sectors like banking, healthcare, retail, and travel.
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Full Stack Senior Developer with Dot NET CORE & Angular 16 + ( Mandatory)

≈ $58k – $114k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
C#
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Entity Framework Core
xUnit
Databases
Azure SQL Database
Frontend
NgRx
Angular
DevOps
Rest API
Azure
Azure DevOps
Docker
CI/CD
Management
Agile
Kanban
Scrum
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Capco

capco.com
capco.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • RegTech, AML & Compliance • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Management Consulting • 5000+ employees • Est. 1998 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 546, 76 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • RegTech, AML & Compliance • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Management Consulting • 5000+ employees • Est. 1998 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 546, 76 new
Capco is a management and technology consultancy founded in 1998 that works only for the financial services industry, covering banking, capital markets, wealth management, insurance and payments. It competes for regulatory, risk, testing and core banking transformation work, with delivery centres across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia and a large engineering presence in Poland and India. Owned by the Indian IT services group Wipro since 2021, Capco is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Marcel du Bois Capco · Amministratore · decision-maker
Ann-Kathrin Sauthoff-Bloch · Geschäftsführung · decision-maker
Kushal Patel · Geschäftsführung · decision-maker
Annie Rowland · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Principal Backend Developer (Java)

≈ $75k – $152k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Principal
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
CloudFormation
IAM
CI/CD
AWS
GitLab CI
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Senior Backend Engineer - Java

≈ $66k – $130k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
CloudFormation
CI/CD
AWS
GitLab
Management
Agile
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Talan

talan.com
talan.com • HQ: Paris, France • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2002 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 357, 28 new
HQ: Paris, France • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2002 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 357, 28 new
Talan is a French technology and management consultancy founded in 2002 that advises large organisations on data, cloud, artificial intelligence and business transformation. It works mainly with banks, insurers, public sector bodies, energy companies and industrial groups, combining strategy consulting with hands-on engineering through practices covering data platforms, distributed ledger technology, enterprise applications and cybersecurity. Headquartered in Paris, the firm has grown quickly through acquisitions across Europe, North America and the Middle East and now employs several thousand consultants.
Mehdi Houas · Founder and Chairman · decision-maker
Philippe Cassoulat · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Full Stack Developer Python-React

≈ $50k – $113k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior • English
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Git
CI/CD
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Opencast

opencastsoftware.com
opencastsoftware.com • HQ: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom • Government • Health Care • Trust D • Hiring 20
HQ: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom • Government • Health Care • Trust D • Hiring 20
Opencast is an independent UK technology consultancy delivering human-centred digital solutions across government, healthcare and innovative businesses.
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Software Developer - Consultant (Contract)

up to $151k per year • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Contractor
Ruby
Scala
Kotlin
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Management
Agile
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Software Developer - Senior Consultant (Contract)

$151k – $201k per year • Senior • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Contractor • Senior
Ruby
Scala
Kotlin
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Management
Agile
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Wordsmith

wordsmith.org
wordsmith.org • HQ: Edinburgh, United Kingdom • AI Agents • Legal Software • Legal AI • 201-500 employees • Est. 1994 • Trust A • Hiring 15, 1 new
HQ: Edinburgh, United Kingdom • AI Agents • Legal Software • Legal AI • 201-500 employees • Est. 1994 • Trust A • Hiring 15, 1 new
Wordsmith is a legal technology company building a legal operating system for in-house teams, where requests from across the business come into one place, AI agents handle routine work and lawyers stay in control. It hires enablement leads, legal solutions engineers, customer success managers, security engineers and account executives in Edinburgh, London and New York. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Product Engineer

≈ $52k – $118k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Edinburgh, London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Middle
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Design
Canva
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Backend Developer Salary in Edinburgh
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