Protein Chemist

Just Food Company is on a mission to build a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food system—starting with what’s on your plate. From pioneering plant-based eggs to making real meat without slaughter, we’re reimagining the future of food in ways that are better for people and the planet.

We’re a lean, passionate team of scientists, chefs, engineers, and operators who believe that doing hard things well can make a meaningful difference. We’ve brought groundbreaking innovations to market, like Just Egg and GOOD Meat, and we’re just getting started.

If you’re excited by big challenges, real impact, and the chance to shape what the future tastes like—we’d love to meet you.

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About the Role

We are looking for a Food /Process Chemist to help advance the science behind our food and protein platforms.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone who combines deep technical expertise in food chemistry and process science with strong experimental judgment and practical problem-solving skills. You will design and execute studies to better understand protein structure, extraction, functionality, stability, and performance — and translate those findings into better ingredients, products, and processes.

We are looking for someone who doesn't simply execute experiments. You should be comfortable working through ambiguous technical challenges, developing hypotheses, determining what to test next, and turning complex data into clear recommendations that move the work forward.

What You'll Do

• Develop and optimize novel extraction and processing approaches, balancing protein functionality, extraction yield, food-grade requirements, scalability, and downstream processing constraints.
• Develop and apply analytical methods to understand protein structure-function relationships and identify drivers of functional performance.
• Apply protein chemistry, food science, and computational approaches to troubleshoot technical challenges and improve protein functionality and stability.
• Evaluate protein performance through processing, formulation, storage, and shelf life, translating findings into actionable recommendations for product and process development.
• Independently interpret complex or ambiguous results, develop hypotheses, and determine the most valuable next experiments.
• Partner closely with Product Development, Process/Manufacturing, Quality, and other technical teams to translate laboratory findings into practical, scalable solutions.
• Maintain rigorous experimental documentation and clearly communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.