Title: Food Scientist
About OK
OK is building the next generation of FMCG by creating healthier everyday essentials and delivering them directly to customers in as little as 10 minutes. We own the journey from product development and manufacturing to delivery, enabling us to offer better products at lower prices without middlemen.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Food Scientist to develop innovative, nutritious, and high-quality food products across categories such as snacks, breakfast essentials, beverages, proteins, condiments, and ready-to-eat foods. You will work closely with sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to bring products from concept to commercialization while ensuring exceptional taste, safety, and affordability.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and improve food formulations with a focus on nutrition, taste, shelf life, and cost optimization.
- Conduct product research, ingredient evaluation, and benchmark competitor products.
- Work with manufacturing partners to scale recipes from lab to commercial production.
- Define product specifications, nutritional profiles, and ingredient standards.
- Lead product trials, sensory evaluations, stability studies, and shelf-life testing.
- Ensure compliance with FSSAI regulations, food safety standards, and quality requirements.
- Collaborate with sourcing teams to identify high-quality ingredients and optimize formulations.
- Analyze customer feedback and market trends to continuously improve existing products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition, or a related field.
- 2–6 years of experience in food product development or FMCG.
- Strong understanding of food chemistry, ingredient functionality, preservation techniques, and quality systems.
- Experience in product commercialization and manufacturing scale-up.
- Knowledge of FSSAI regulations, food labeling, and food safety standards.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing health-focused or functional food products.
- Familiarity with nutritional analysis and clean-label formulations.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers or private-label products.
What You'll Build
- Healthy, affordable products customers love.
- Innovative formulations that balance nutrition, taste, and cost.
- Scalable products that can be manufactured consistently at high quality.
- New product categories that shape the future of OK's private-label portfolio.
Pay: ₹301,530.86 - ₹1,161,108.76 per year
Benefits:
- Food provided
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- Are you an immediate Joiner?
Location:
- Bengaluru, Karnataka (Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban District) (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
