Remote Bioinformatics Scientist – Genomics & Data Analysis

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Home office allowance

Virtual training access

Job summary

Placements24 represents a forward-thinking biotechnology company recruiting a Bioinformatics Scientist for a remote R&D team. You will analyze large-scale genomic datasets to identify genetic variations, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets.

Collaborating with biologists, computational scientists and clinicians, you will build pipelines, apply statistical and ML methods, and communicate findings through reports and presentations.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in a quantitative field with genomic data experience.
• Experience in variant calling, annotation, and association studies.
• Proficiency in Python or R and bioinformatics tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze high-throughput sequencing data (WGS, WES, RNA-Seq) to identify variants.
• Develop and refine bioinformatics pipelines for genomic analysis.
• Collaborate with experimental teams to design genomic studies.
• Apply statistical genetics and machine learning to predict outcomes.
• Communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences via reports.
• Keep up-to-date with genomics tools and methods.

Skills

Python

R

Genomics data analysis

Cloud computing

Git

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

MSc in related field

Tools

GATK

ANNOVAR

Ensembl

Job description

Placements24 represents a forward-thinking biotechnology company recruiting a Bioinformatics Scientist for a remote R&D team. You will analyze large-scale genomic datasets to identify genetic variations, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets.

Collaborating with biologists, computational scientists and clinicians, you will build pipelines, apply statistical and ML methods, and communicate findings through reports and presentations.