Senior Data Journalist
9 hours ago
Birmingham
Senior Data Journalist | Investigations, Data Validation & AI-Assisted Research | Up to £150k | Remote We’re hiring a Senior Data Journalist to work directly with senior stakeholders at a company building one of the world’s largest data platforms. This role is focused on uncovering insights from complex, messy real-world data, combining investigative thinking, validation, and technical analysis to surface meaningful stories, patterns, and risks. You’ll be working with large-scale global company and ownership datasets, helping interrogate, validate, and explain data that powers investigative research, AI systems, and commercial intelligence products. This is not a traditional newsroom role. It’s ideal for someone who enjoys digging into difficult datasets, questioning assumptions, validating findings, and using technology to support deep investigative work. What you’ll be doing: • Investigating and validating complex company and ownership data, • Working with messy, multi-source datasets to identify inconsistencies, anomalies, and hidden connections, • Using SQL and Python to analyse, clean, and interrogate data, • Applying investigative techniques across structured and unstructured information, • Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to turn findings into clear outputs, • Exploring how AI and LLM tools can support research, validation, and investigative workflows, • Helping improve how data is structured, interpreted, and trusted across the platform What they’re looking for: • Strong SQL and Python skills, • Background in data journalism, investigative research, OSINT, analytics, or data-focused reporting, • Experience working with complex or unreliable datasets, • Strong attention to detail and a sceptical, investigative mindset, • Someone who cares about accuracy, methodology, and real-world meaning behind the data, • Bonus: experience with corporate, financial, regulatory, risk, or ownership data Remote £100k–£150k Senior Data Journalist | Investigations, Data Validation & AI-Assisted Research | Up to £150k | Remote