Remote Computational Biologist — NGS & Bioinformatics Pipelines

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Tech stipend

Professional development

Conference attendance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a talented Computational Biologist to join a leading genomics research center. The role is fully remote and focuses on analyzing complex biological data, developing bioinformatics pipelines, and contributing to discoveries in cancer, infectious diseases, or personalized medicine.

You will collaborate with a global team of biologists and bioinformaticians, work with HPC resources, publish results, and stay current with advances in computational biology.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master’s in a quantitative bio field.
• Experience analyzing large-scale NGS datasets.
• Proficiency in Python or R and bioinformatics libraries.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and scripting.
• Familiarity with BLAST, UCSC Genome Browser, Ensembl.
• Strong statistical understanding for biological data.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration for remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize bioinformatics pipelines for NGS data (WGS, WES, RNA-seq).
• Perform data QC, variant calling, and functional annotation.
• Develop and apply statistical and machine learning methods to biological data.
• Integrate multi-omics data to derive insights.
• Collaborate with experimental biologists to interpret results.
• Develop and maintain databases and data warehousing solutions for biological information.
• Write clear documentation for code, pipelines, and analyses.
• Present research findings to internal teams and at conferences.
• Stay current with advancements in computational biology and bioinformatics.

Skills

Python

R

Statistical analysis

Remote collaboration

Communication

Education

Ph.D./Master’s in Computational Biology or related field

Tools

BLAST

UCSC Genome Browser

Ensembl

Linux/Unix scripting

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a talented Computational Biologist to join a leading genomics research center. The role is fully remote and focuses on analyzing complex biological data, developing bioinformatics pipelines, and contributing to discoveries in cancer, infectious diseases, or personalized medicine.

You will collaborate with a global team of biologists and bioinformaticians, work with HPC resources, publish results, and stay current with advances in computational biology.