Senior Bioinformatician — Genomics & Multi-Omics Lead

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonus

Comprehensive benefits (health, dental

vision)

Retirement plan with company matching

Generous paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatician in Benoni, Gauteng, to lead the development of robust pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics data. You will drive analyses, interpret results, and collaborate with wet-lab scientists to translate findings into actionable insights for drug discovery.

The role requires a PhD with 5+ years in bioinformatics, strong Python/R skills, and experience with NGS tools.

Qualifications

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, CS, Statistics or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of bioinformatics or computational biology research, preferably in pharma/biotech.
• Proficiency in Python and R with bioinformatics libraries.
• Unix/Linux expertise with shell scripting.
• Experience with NGS data and tools (aligners, variant callers, expression analysis).
• Strong understanding of molecular biology and statistics.
• SQL database experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust bioinformatics pipelines for high-throughput sequencing data.
• Analyze genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics data and interpret findings.
• Design experiments to identify biomarkers and predict treatment responses.
• Collaborate with biologists and clinicians to integrate multi-omics data.
• Apply machine learning for predictive modeling and data mining in biological contexts.
• Visualize complex biological data for publications and presentations.
• Mentor junior bioinformaticians and document methodologies.

Skills

Python programming

R programming

Unix/Linux

SQL

Data analysis

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

Tools

NGS analysis tools

Git

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatician in Benoni, Gauteng, to lead the development of robust pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics data. You will drive analyses, interpret results, and collaborate with wet-lab scientists to translate findings into actionable insights for drug discovery.

The role requires a PhD with 5+ years in bioinformatics, strong Python/R skills, and experience with NGS tools.