Remote Genomics Data Scientist: NGS & Biomarker Discovery

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible scheduling

Professional development allowance

Advanced computational resources

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Computational Biologist to join its fully remote R&D team, focusing on large-scale genomics data analysis to drive discovery and support drug development.

You will build and optimize pipelines for WGS, exome and RNA-seq data, apply statistics and machine learning, and collaborate with experimental biologists to interpret results and inform follow-up experiments.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics, CS or related field.
• Proven experience analyzing large-scale genomics data (NGS).
• Proficiency with Python or R and bioinformatics libraries.

Responsibilities

• Analyze NGS data (WGS, exome, RNA-seq) to identify variants and expression patterns.
• Develop computational pipelines for processing and visualization.
• Collaborate with experimental biologists to interpret results.
• Apply statistics and ML to extract insights from datasets.
• Develop new analytical tools and methodologies.
• Communicate findings via reports, presentations, and publications.

Skills

Genomics data analysis

Statistical methods

Machine learning

Remote collaboration

Problem solving

Education

PhD or Master's in Computational Biology or related field

Tools

Python

R

Bioinformatics tools

Linux/Unix HPC

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Computational Biologist to join its fully remote R&D team, focusing on large-scale genomics data analysis to drive discovery and support drug development.

You will build and optimize pipelines for WGS, exome and RNA-seq data, apply statistics and machine learning, and collaborate with experimental biologists to interpret results and inform follow-up experiments.