Senior Bioinformatics Data Scientist - Life Sciences

Placements24; Mossel Bay; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Professional development

Computing resources given

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Placements24 in Mossel Bay is seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Bioinformatics to join our cutting-edge research team. You will develop predictive models and analyze complex biological and chemical datasets to drive data-driven decisions.

You will collaborate with researchers, build visualizations, run experiments, and stay current with advances in ML and bioinformatics, leveraging Python or R and big data tools to extract meaningful insights.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as data science or bioinformatics.
• 5+ years as a data scientist with bioinformatics experience.
• Proficiency in Python or R and ML libraries; experience with big data tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ML models for biological data analysis.
• Process and analyze large genomic, proteomic, and clinical datasets.
• Collaborate with researchers to define analytics objectives and interpret results.
• Create visualizations and dashboards to communicate insights.
• Design experiments and A/B tests to validate hypotheses and assess impact.
• Stay updated on latest ML and bioinformatics advances.

Skills

Python

R

Machine learning

Bioinformatics

Statistical modeling

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science/Bioinformatics

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

NoSQL

Spark

Job description

Placements24 in Mossel Bay is seeking a Senior Data Scientist specializing in Bioinformatics to join our cutting-edge research team. You will develop predictive models and analyze complex biological and chemical datasets to drive data-driven decisions.

You will collaborate with researchers, build visualizations, run experiments, and stay current with advances in ML and bioinformatics, leveraging Python or R and big data tools to extract meaningful insights.