Remote Senior Genomics & Computational Biologist

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Home office stipend

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Biologist to join a fully remote research team focused on genomics and personalized medicine. You will design pipelines for whole-genome sequencing, RNA-seq, and more, applying advanced statistics and ML to extract biological insights.

Working remotely across South Africa, you will collaborate with biologists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians, publish findings, mentor juniors, and contribute to grant proposals while staying at the forefront of

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a quantitative field relevant to computational biology.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience analyzing large-scale genomic datasets.
• Strong proficiency in Python and R and bioinformatics libraries.
• Expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining techniques.
• Experience with genomic data formats and tools (GATK, BWA, STAR, DESeq2).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) for large-scale processing.
• Excellent problem-solving and independent work in remote settings.
• Strong written and verbal communication; capable of multi-project management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement computational pipelines for large-scale genomic data (WGS, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq).
• Develop and apply statistical models and ML to identify variants and expression patterns.
• Collaborate with biologists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians to interpret results.
• Develop novel algorithms and software tools to enhance analysis capabilities.
• Present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to grant proposals and scientific publications.
• Mentor junior computational biologists and promote knowledge sharing.
• Stay updated on genomics, bioinformatics, and computational biology advances.

Skills

Python

R

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Genomics data analysis

Data mining

Remote collaboration

Education

PhD in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics / Statistics / CS

Tools

GATK

BWA

STAR

DESeq2

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Computational Biologist to join a fully remote research team focused on genomics and personalized medicine. You will design pipelines for whole-genome sequencing, RNA-seq, and more, applying advanced statistics and ML to extract biological insights.

Working remotely across South Africa, you will collaborate with biologists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians, publish findings, mentor juniors, and contribute to grant proposals while staying at the forefront of