Senior Bioinformatician - Remote Research Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Fully remote environment

Professional development funding

State-of-the-art computational tools

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatician for a fully remote position. Join a globally distributed team to analyze large genomic datasets, develop computational methods, and drive research insights from your home office.

The role requires a PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field and 5+ years of hands-on bioinformatics experience, with strong Python and R skills and familiarity with Biopython, SciPy, and Pandas. Cloud and containerization experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, CS, Statistics or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on bioinformatics experience with complex data.
• Proficiency in Python and R with relevant libraries (Biopython, SciPy, Pandas).
• Strong statistical, ML methods, and problem-solving in biology.
• Experience with bioinformatics databases (NCBI, Ensembl, UniProt).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate computational pipelines for omics data.
• Develop robust code in Python/R for analysis and visualization.
• Collaborate with researchers to interpret results and guide experiments.
• Apply statistics, ML and pathway analysis to derive insights.
• Contribute to algorithm/tool development and maintain reproducible work.
• Stay updated on bioinformatics advances and document methods.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Python programming

R programming

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Data visualization

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

Master's in related field

Tools

Biopython

SciPy

Pandas

Docker

AWS / GCP / Azure

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatician for a fully remote position. Join a globally distributed team to analyze large genomic datasets, develop computational methods, and drive research insights from your home office.

The role requires a PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field and 5+ years of hands-on bioinformatics experience, with strong Python and R skills and familiarity with Biopython, SciPy, and Pandas. Cloud and containerization experience are a plus.