Senior Remote Computational Biologist - Genomics & AI Lead

Placements24; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global health insurance

Budget for professional development

Flexible work hours

Remote work from anywhere

Job summary

Placements24 in South Africa seeks a Senior Remote Research Scientist in Computational Biology to lead genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics projects from anywhere.

You will design computational models, build scalable pipelines, and collaborate with clinicians to translate findings into impactful insights. A PhD with 6+ years in bioinformatics and strong Python/R skills are required; remote work and global collaboration are core to this role.

Qualifications

• PhD in a related quantitative field is required.
• Minimum of 6 years of computational biology or bioinformatics research experience, preferably in biotech/pharma.
• Proficiency with analysing large-scale biological data (e.g., NGS).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of computational biology research projects across omics for insights.
• Develop algorithms and statistical models for large datasets.
• Collaborate with experimental biologists and clinicians to interpret findings and generate hypotheses.
• Build and maintain robust bioinformatics pipelines for data processing and analysis.
• Mentor junior computational scientists and guide scientific direction.
• Communicate results through presentations and publications.

Skills

Python

R

Bioinformatics

Remote collaboration

Data analysis

Education

PhD in Computational Biology / Bioinformatics

Tools

Bioconductor

NCBI/Ensembl

DESeq2

Job description

Placements24 in South Africa seeks a Senior Remote Research Scientist in Computational Biology to lead genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics projects from anywhere.

You will design computational models, build scalable pipelines, and collaborate with clinicians to translate findings into impactful insights. A PhD with 6+ years in bioinformatics and strong Python/R skills are required; remote work and global collaboration are core to this role.