Junior AI & Digital Solutions Developer

We are seeking a motivated Junior AI & Digital Solutions Developer to become part of our digital solutions team. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the business and under the guidance of experienced team members, the successful candidate will support the development and delivery of practical digital solutions that improve business processes and operational efficiency.

The role will involve contributing to software development, AI-assisted development, workflow automation, and data integration initiatives, while helping to identify opportunities for digital improvement across the organisation.

The successful candidate will be assessed primarily on their practical problem-solving ability, technical aptitude, willingness to learn, and potential to deliver value, rather than on the number of years of commercial experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with operational and support teams to map processes, identify high-value automation opportunities and translate requirements into workable technical solutions.
• Design, build, test and maintain internal applications, scripts and automated workflows for approvals, document handling, notifications, data entry, system integration and recurring reporting.
• Develop AI-enabled solutions for PDF and document extraction, summarisation, classification, internal knowledge search, action and risk identification, drafting and operational reporting.
• Build lightweight web applications and integrations using APIs, connectors, databases and structured data; deploy solutions to appropriate cloud or internal environments.
• Use Microsoft 365 and Power Platform tools, including Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot, AI Builder and Dataverse where appropriate.
• Monitor live solutions, investigate failures, implement exception handling and maintain clear technical, testing and user documentation.
• Apply suitable security, access control, data protection, human review and change-management standards to AI-enabled solutions.

Essential Requirements:

• Foundation in software development through a degree, apprenticeship, placement, personal portfolio or equivalent practical experience.
• Basic programming capability in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript, with an understanding of SQL, REST APIs, JSON, databases and system integration.
• Hands on interest in generative AI, large language models, prompt design and AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or equivalent.
• Ability to take a high-level business problem and independently design, build, deploy and improve a simple working solution.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues.
• Practical and responsible approach to confidential information, data quality, system access, testing and maintainability.

Desirable Requirements:

• Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, Dataverse or AI Builder.
• Azure, Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, cloud deployment or application hosting.
• OCR, intelligent document processing, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or enterprise knowledge search.
• Git, GitHub or Azure DevOps, including source control and basic development workflows.
• Experience gained through university projects, placements, apprenticeships, hackathons or personal applications.

Salary & Benefits:

• Competitive salary up to £31,000 depending on experience
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, Cycle to Work Scheme, Healthshiled Cash Plan
• Regular training and career development