Lead Genomics Bioinformatics Scientist: Personalised Medicine

Placements24; George; Sur place; ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary package

Generous annual leave and sick leave

Professional development opportunities

Access to HPC resources

Medical aid and retirement fund

Research leadership opportunities

Résumé du poste

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Lead Bioinformatics Scientist to join our research team in George, Western Cape. You will design and implement genomic data analysis pipelines for large-scale datasets (NGS) and collaborate with geneticists, molecular biologists, and clinicians to translate findings into actionable insights.

As a lead, you will mentor junior bioinformaticians, guide research directions, ensure data integrity and analytical rigor, and contribute to proposals and

Qualifications

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, CS or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in bioinformatics with genomics data analysis.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or R, plus shell scripting.
• Experience with NGS data analysis pipelines and cloud platforms.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and validate robust bioinformatics pipelines for WGS/WES/RNA-Seq.
• Implement algorithms for alignment, variant calling, expression and pathway analyses.
• Manage large genomic databases, ensuring quality, security and accessibility.
• Mentor junior bioinformaticians and guide research directions.
• Develop reproducible workflows using Snakemake or Nextflow and Python/R.
• Collaborate with geneticists, molecular biologists, and clinicians to translate results.

Connaissances

Leadership

Team mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Scientific writing

Formation

PhD in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Genetics/CS

Outils

Python

R

Shell scripting

BLAST

GATK

Ensembl

UCSC Genome Browser

Docker

Singularity

Snakemake

Nextflow

AWS

GCP

Azure

Description du poste

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Lead Bioinformatics Scientist to join our research team in George, Western Cape. You will design and implement genomic data analysis pipelines for large-scale datasets (NGS) and collaborate with geneticists, molecular biologists, and clinicians to translate findings into actionable insights.

As a lead, you will mentor junior bioinformaticians, guide research directions, ensure data integrity and analytical rigor, and contribute to proposals and