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# Senior Data Scientist (Senior Software Engineer), BBC Verify

- **Company:** The BBC
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computer Programming, Computer Literacy, Python (Programming Language)
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840591426-senior-data-scientist-senior-software-engineer-bbc-verify

## About the Role

* Extensive experience finding newsworthy insights in a broad range of satellite data sources.
 * Extensive experience developing automated tools to find stories in satellite data.
 * Experience embedding the latest research practices/techniques relating to satellite data in non-expert groups.
 * Extensive experience programming in R and/or Python for automating the extraction, cleaning, transformation, and analysis of satellite data.
 * An understanding of delivering stories or projects with editorial content to tight deadlines.
 * Experience identifying, proposing, and delivering new ideas for analysis or improvements to workflows based on technical skills and understanding of the organisation's needs.
 * Strong communication skills to work with non-technical colleagues to identify strengths and weaknesses of story ideas and explain analysis findings clearly and concisely.

## Description

The successful candidate will work alongside three other data scientists, using their computing skills to enhance the story-finding and storytelling capacity of BBC Verify., This role requires a data scientist or programmer who specializes in ingesting, analyzing, and explaining satellite data and can work effectively in news as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The candidate's computing skills will enable the team to find new stories, select which story ideas to pursue, and find stories faster from satellite imagery and APIs.

Examples of recent projects include:
Automating steps in the collection and presentation of satellite imagery to speed the assessment of damage in military conflict.


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