Food Scientist (Beverage Formulation)

Location: Santa Ana, California; fully remote work environment

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing wellness brand producing mushroom coffee and expanding from direct-to-consumer sales into mass retail and new product categories.

What you will do

• Lead formulation for new products, new formats, and renovations from concept through co-manufacturing qualification and commercial production.
• Develop liquid beverage and powdered or instant formulations, including stability, solubility, moisture control, emulsification, pH buffering, pasteurization, and shelf-life considerations.
• Qualify co-manufacturers through technical evaluations, formula alignment, production troubleshooting, and QC standards.
• Build ingredient validation protocols, backup supplier qualification checklists, and written sensory specifications for retail products.
• Define third-party testing programs, interpret results, and collaborate with Regulatory and Quality on action thresholds and formula changes.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Marketing, founders, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Sensory, and Lab teams on commercially viable product development.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in food or beverage product formulation.
• Hands-on ownership of a product through a co-manufacturer to retail shelves, including production-floor work, fill-line troubleshooting, and QC alignment.
• Deep formulation knowledge in a commercial format such as liquid beverages or powdered and instant products.
• Experience creating sensory specifications and validation protocols for commercial-scale production.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Ability to work independently and cross-functionally across scientific, regulatory, quality, and commercial requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with adaptogens, mushroom extracts, nootropics, or botanical ingredients in liquid matrices.
• Experience scaling functional or natural beverage products through major retail channels.
• Familiarity with structure/function claims and active ingredient dosage requirements.
• Multi-format experience across beverages, powdered products, bars, gummies, or similar products.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote and flexible work environment.
• Hourly or monthly contract compensation.
• Work on products for a fast-growing wellness brand with a large subscriber community and expanding retail presence.
• Low-ego, team-first, self-starting, and comfortable with ambiguity.