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# Junior AI Engineer BPSS Eligible

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £104,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Code Review, Cursor, Programming Tools, Github, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Knowledge Management, Power BI, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Scripting, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Grafana, AI Coding Agents, Machine Learning Operations, Tools for Reporting, Front End Software Development, Virtual Agents, Restful APIs, Model Context Protocol
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/junior-engineer/sanderson-government-and-defence-job108317466

## About the Role

* Daily use of AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or similar.
 * Experience developing in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
 * Understanding of REST APIs and JSON.
 * Comfortable using Git and GitHub, including pull requests and code reviews.
 * Strong written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
 * Self-starter mindset with the ability to rapidly prototype ideas and demonstrate value.

Desirable Experience

 * Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), GitHub Actions or AI agent frameworks.
 * Exposure to reporting tools such as Power BI, Grafana or Excel-based dashboards.
 * Basic front-end development skills (HTML/CSS).
 * Experience with Azure cloud services.
 * Knowledge of Jira and Confluence integrations.
 * Interest in AI observability, evaluation and cost optimisation.
 * Experience in regulated environments such as government, healthcare or financial services.

About You

We're keen to speak with candidates who have around 1-3 years' technical experience, although strong graduates or apprentices with a demonstrable portfolio of AI projects, GitHub repositories, automations or tooling work will also be considered.

## Description

Junior AI Engineer | £400 per day | Inside IR35 | London (1-2 Days per Week) | BPSS Eligible, This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career who is already using AI-powered development tools daily and wants to gain hands-on experience building AI tooling, automations, integrations and experimental solutions at scale., Working alongside experienced technical leaders, you'll help develop and maintain AI-powered tooling, reusable skills, prompts, agents and automations that support delivery teams. You'll contribute to innovative experiments exploring AI-native ways of working and help improve the platforms and services that enable them., * Building and maintaining reusable AI skills, prompts, instructions and agent-based solutions.

 * Developing scripts and automations using Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
 * Supporting integrations with collaboration, knowledge management and workflow platforms.
 * Creating and testing AI-powered prototypes and proof-of-concepts.
 * Maintaining usage reporting, adoption metrics and simple dashboards.
 * Improving internal guidance, documentation and self-service resources.
 * Supporting workshops, demonstrations and enablement sessions for delivery teams.