AI Engineer & Data Scientist for hire in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is Europe's strongest AI-research city after London — strong fintech, university spin-out, and gov-contracting presence.
What teams in Edinburgh hire us for
- AI Services — Production AI systems — RAG, agents, and LLM-backed features built into your existing product, with evaluation, observability, and a clear path to ROI.
- Data Science & Analytics — Statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and decision-grade dashboards — built by an engineer who treats your data as evidence, not vibes.
- Full-Stack Python Development — Production web apps with a Python backend (FastAPI/Flask) and a modern React/TypeScript frontend — shipped end-to-end by one engineer.
- AI Automation — Replace repetitive operational work with AI-augmented workflows in n8n, Make, Zapier, and custom Python — measurable hours-saved per month.
- Machine Learning Engineering — Custom ML models trained on your data — vision, time-series, and tabular — packaged as production APIs with monitoring and re-training pipelines.
The local market in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is Europe's strongest AI-research city after London — strong fintech, university spin-out, and gov-contracting presence.
Timezone & availability
GMT/BST (UTC+0/+1) — 4–5 hour overlap with PKT
Active industries
- FinTech
- AI/ML Research
- EdTech
Notable employers we model our quality bar against
We've worked with or built reference systems comparable to teams at Skyscanner, Rockstar North, FanDuel, University of Edinburgh. We don't claim them as past clients, but we hold ourselves to the engineering bar these teams set in Edinburgh.
Pricing in UK
Engagement size: £4,000–£50,000 GBP per engagement.
Hourly rate: £75–£150 GBP per hour.
Engaged via UK Ltd contract, IR35 outside (we work as a substitutable supplier, not a personal-services contract), or through agency-of-record arrangements.
Questions Edinburgh buyers ask
- Are you based in Edinburgh?
- Operationally remote, with on-site availability for kickoff workshops in Edinburgh when scoping warrants. GMT/BST (UTC+0/+1) — 4–5 hour overlap with PKT
- What kind of Edinburgh clients do you work with?
- Edinburgh is Europe's strongest AI-research city after London — strong fintech, university spin-out, and gov-contracting presence. Active industries we support locally: FinTech, AI/ML Research, EdTech.
- How are Edinburgh engagements priced?
- £4,000–£50,000 GBP per engagement, structured as fixed-scope milestones. Hourly: £75–£150 GBP per hour.
- Can you contract through a Edinburgh entity?
- Engaged via UK Ltd contract, IR35 outside (we work as a substitutable supplier, not a personal-services contract), or through agency-of-record arrangements.