Automation Engineer
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £500.0 to £550.0 per day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9QA |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4707671_1752571987 |
Summary
Your New Company and Role
Join a dynamic digital team focused on delivering intelligent automation solutions using cutting-edge technologies. In this role, you'll help build and evolve a production-grade automation service that applies AI/ML to process high-volume, low-complexity workflows.
You'll work on a modern AWS serverless platform, developing components for document analysis, signature detection, and predictive modelling. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is key to ensuring seamless integration with existing digital services.
What You'll Need to Succeed
Essential Skills
- Strong experience with OCR, NLP (e.g., spaCy), and machine learning.
- Proficiency in AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudFormation).
- Skilled in Python and/or TypeScript.
- Experience with serverless architecture, Agile delivery, and XP practices.
- Familiarity with cloud monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana) and infrastructure-as-code.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with AWS AI services (e.g., Textract), MLOps, PyTorch.
- Knowledge of Containerisation.
What you need to do now
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