Remote Lead Bioinformatician - Genomics & Precision Medicine

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Remote-first environment

Flexible work location

Job summary

Placements24's client, a cutting-edge biotechnology company, seeks a Lead Bioinformatician to spearhead genomics data analysis in a fully remote role. You will design scalable pipelines, manage large datasets, and guide a talented team of bioinformaticians across projects.

The ideal candidate has a PhD or equivalent, with 7+ years in genomics and proven leadership. Experience with AWS/GCP, Docker/Singularity, and Bioconductor is required.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master’s in a quantitative field with focus on bioinformatics.
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in bioinformatics, with genomics data focus.
• Proven leadership experience managing bioinformatics projects or teams.
• Strong programming in Python/R/Perl and Bioconductor, GATK, samtools.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Docker/Singularity.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of scalable bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale genomic/transcriptomic data (WGS/WES/RNA-Seq).
• Manage and curate complex biological datasets ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Apply advanced statistical and ML methods for variant calling, assembly, differential expression, and pathway analysis.
• Collaborate with researchers and clinicians to define questions and interpret results.
• Supervise and mentor a team of bioinformaticians in a remote environment.
• Ensure quality, reproducibility, and documentation of analyses and tools.
• Stay updated on bioinformatics advances and tools; communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Contribute to publications and presentations.

Skills

Python

R

Perl

Leadership

Team management

Cloud computing

Machine learning

Statistics

Data visualization

Remote collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics

Master's in Bioinformatics

Tools

Bioconductor

GATK

Samtools

Docker

Singularity

Job description

Placements24's client, a cutting-edge biotechnology company, seeks a Lead Bioinformatician to spearhead genomics data analysis in a fully remote role. You will design scalable pipelines, manage large datasets, and guide a talented team of bioinformaticians across projects.

The ideal candidate has a PhD or equivalent, with 7+ years in genomics and proven leadership. Experience with AWS/GCP, Docker/Singularity, and Bioconductor is required.