Senior Bioinformatics Engineer — Scalable Genomics Pipelines & HPC

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Genomic tech exposure

Professional development

Collaborative research environment

Richards Bay location

Pension fund & medical aid

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer to join a dedicated R&D team in Richards Bay. You will design, build and maintain scalable bioinformatics infrastructure and pipelines to analyze large-scale genomic datasets, working closely with computational biologists and researchers.

The role emphasizes high-performance computing, cloud platforms, version control, and CI/CD, with focus on reliability, performance and reproducibility, and opportunities for professional growth in a

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of bioinformatics software development and pipeline engineering.
• Strong programming in Python, Perl, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with HPC environments and cloud platforms, Git, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable bioinformatics pipelines.
• Optimize pipelines for performance, reproducibility, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with research teams to understand computational needs.
• Manage data storage and processing infrastructure while ensuring security.
• Develop automation tools and scripts for bioinformatics tasks.

Skills

Python

Perl

Shell scripting

CI/CD

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science / Bioinformatics

Tools

Git

HPC

Cloud platforms

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer to join a dedicated R&D team in Richards Bay. You will design, build and maintain scalable bioinformatics infrastructure and pipelines to analyze large-scale genomic datasets, working closely with computational biologists and researchers.

The role emphasizes high-performance computing, cloud platforms, version control, and CI/CD, with focus on reliability, performance and reproducibility, and opportunities for professional growth in a