CareerPlan

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist (Remote)

Polokwane, CapricornRemoteFull-time2026-10-18

Core

Analyzing large-scale genomic and transcriptomic datasets to identify novel drug targets and support precision medicine initiatives.

Role type

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Builds

Drug development pipeline insights via multi-omics integration

Domain

Pharmaceutical / Genomics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, R, statistical genetics, machine learning, cloud computing (AWS/GCP), Docker, high-throughput sequencing analysis (RNA-Seq, WGS, WES)

Preferred skills

Drug discovery R&D experience

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Docker, RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, WGS, WES

Responsibilities

Design bioinformatics pipelines for sequencing data, perform statistical and ML modeling for drug targets, develop biological databases, integrate multi-omics data, collaborate with experimentalists to design experiments, develop advanced algorithms, mentor junior scientists

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC