Seasonings Developer/Research Chef

Location: Carrollton, Texas, USA; on-site five days per week. Travel of up to 25% may be required for customer engagements, plant trials, and business initiatives.

Company

hirify.global develops flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences solutions, with a focus on sustainable innovation.

What you will do

• Develop and optimize seasoning blends, dry mixes, coatings, marinades, sauces, and flavor delivery systems.
• Create finished food applications and prototypes demonstrating seasoning performance, functionality, and consumer appeal.
• Translate customer briefs into commercially viable formulations using culinary expertise and food science knowledge.
• Conduct bench-top development, pilot plant trials, experiments, and scale-up activities supporting commercialization.
• Lead customer tastings, culinary demonstrations, innovation sessions, and ideation workshops.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, procurement, regulatory, marketing, sales, product development, customers, and other stakeholders to troubleshoot challenges and support product launches.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Culinary Science, Culinary Arts, Food Technology, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in food product development, seasoning development, savory applications, culinary innovation, or related areas.
• Professional culinary experience in food preparation, recipe development, and application creation.
• Strong knowledge of seasoning systems, ingredient functionality, flavor technologies, and food manufacturing processes.
• Experience with customer-facing projects, commercialization, sensory evaluation, product optimization, and experimental design.
• Knowledge of food safety, labeling requirements, quality systems, and regulatory compliance in the food industry.

Nice to have

• Culinary certification or formal culinary training.
• Corporate R&D experience and experience developing seasonings, coatings, marinades, sauces, snack seasonings, or protein-based applications.
• Advanced degree in Food Science or a related technical discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), vacation, and holidays.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave and an annual incentive plan.
• Career development, commuter benefits, and tuition reimbursement incentives.
• Exposure to flavor, seasoning, and food application technologies.
• Cross-functional collaboration with teams around the world in an inclusive workplace.
• Opportunities to contribute to safer, healthier, and more sustainable solutions.