Senior Bioinformatics Scientist – Drug Discovery Equity

Placements24; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1.500.000 - 2.100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Bonus program

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Stock options

Professional development

Relocation assistance

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Specialist to join its drug discovery team in Polokwane. You will lead advanced analyses across genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and HTS data to identify and prioritize novel drug targets, while collaborating with chemists and biologists to integrate omics data into discovery pipelines.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a quantitative biosciences field, have 5+ years of bioinformatics experience in pharma, and be proficient in Python or R,

Qualifikationen

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Statistics or related quantitative field with focus on biological data analysis.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in bioinformatics, with significant drug discovery/pharmaceutical research.
• Strong programming skills in Python or R and experience with bioinformatics libraries.

Aufgaben

• Develop advanced bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale omics datasets in drug discovery.
• Analyze genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics data to identify drug targets.
• Integrate HTS data to identify hit compounds.
• Apply statistical modeling and ML to predict efficacy, toxicity, PK properties.
• Collaborate with chemists/biologists to design experiments and interpret results.
• Develop data visualization tools and dashboards for diverse audiences.
• Contribute to virtual screening campaigns.
• Stay current with bioinformatics and drug discovery advances.
• Manage and curate biological databases and knowledge bases.
• Mentor junior bioinformaticians and contribute to publications.

Kenntnisse

Python

R

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Data Visualization

Ausbildung

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/CS/Statistics

Tools

SQL

Cheminformatics tools

Omics analysis libraries

AWS/GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Specialist to join its drug discovery team in Polokwane. You will lead advanced analyses across genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and HTS data to identify and prioritize novel drug targets, while collaborating with chemists and biologists to integrate omics data into discovery pipelines.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a quantitative biosciences field, have 5+ years of bioinformatics experience in pharma, and be proficient in Python or R,