Senior Computational Biologist - Fully Remote Omics

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 217,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Fully remote work

Access to powerful computational资源

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Biologist for a fully remote role with an administrative base in Queenstown, ZA. The role focuses on analyzing genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics data, developing pipelines, and contributing to high-impact publications.

The ideal candidate has a Ph.D./Masters in a quantitative field and at least 5 years of hands-on omics experience, with strong Python/R skills and cloud platform experience.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, CS, Statistics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on omics data analysis experience.
• Proficiency in Python or R and bioinformatics libraries/tools.
• Strong knowledge of statistical modeling, ML, and experimental design.
• Experience with cloud platforms and Git is essential.
• Familiarity with diverse omics data types and analysis strategies.
• Excellent problem-solving and remote work prioritization abilities.
• Strong communication for virtual collaboration and publications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain robust computational pipelines for large-scale omics data.
• Perform statistical analysis, machine learning, and data mining on genomic and transcriptomic data.
• Collaborate with experimental biologists and clinicians to interpret data and generate insights.
• Design and conduct bioinformatics analyses to support disease mechanism studies and biomarker discovery.
• Visualize complex biological data for presentations and publications.
• Contribute to development of novel computational methods and algorithms.
• Ensure data integrity, reproducibility, and efficient data management.
• Stay updated with advances in computational biology and bioinformatics.
• Mentor junior computational biologists in a remote team setting.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Experimental design

Remote collaboration

Problem solving mindset

Education

Ph.D. or Master's in Computational Biology or related field

Tools

Python

R

Git

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Bioinformatics libraries/tools

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Biologist for a fully remote role with an administrative base in Queenstown, ZA. The role focuses on analyzing genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics data, developing pipelines, and contributing to high-impact publications.

The ideal candidate has a Ph.D./Masters in a quantitative field and at least 5 years of hands-on omics experience, with strong Python/R skills and cloud platform experience.